Catching Up (on the last four months)

Here is what you've missed . . .

May -

• Zackary celebrated his summer birthday before preschool ended.

• Received a certificate for successful completion.

June -

• He was in a gymnastics class from January until June . . . this was the Exhibition that he participated in.



 

• He caught his first fish . . . was very disappointed that we released it and didn't cook it for dinner!

• He went to his first movie "Cars 2" which opened the day after his birthday!

• He asked for a "honey cake" for his birthday, after much discussion and questions, I determined he wanted a cake that looked like a bee . . . he was very pleased!

July -

• We spent the first week and half of July at our trailer at Somerset Beach Campground.  Zackary and I attended Bible School each morning and had a great time.  One afternoon he rode Misty in the arena.

 

• He attended his first Detroit Tiger's baseball game with Pop-Pop, Uncle Brian and Mama.  It was 95 degrees that day . . . but we had fun!

 

August -

• He got funny glasses at Cody's birthday party!

• We spent four days in Mackinaw City with the Tomlin family.  This was taken on the boat ride to the Island where we spent the day and had a lot of fun,

• We visited the Butterfly house.

• We went on a carriage ride and we ended our day at Fort Mackinac.

• Enjoying the sunset at the bridge . . . and throwing rocks in the lake!

• Playing Mario on the Nintendo DS . . . he went for a period of time he was obsessed with it (so it became restricted) but now he only plays occasionally!

We had a great summer!!

A Day Out With Thomas 2011

We had our 3rd annual Day Out With Thomas yesterday at Greenfield Village with the Tomlin family.  The rain stayed away and we had a great time!

(Ken and I were the photographers)

Big Wheel 500 - Awards

The Story

The clown costume was made in 1976 for me for Halloween by my mom.  I was in kindergarten when I wore it but it fit Zackary really well.  It also has a hat but he wasn't fond of it, so I bought "clown hair" for him to wear.  He told me he liked the colors but he wouldn't even put it on.  I chuckled when I went to his school and the teacher told me they tried to get him to wear clown hair . . . like I hadn't thought of that!! 

The Circus

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Big Wheel 500

Zackary participated in the Big Wheel 500 at his preschool on  
February 8. This is a fundraiser for the school and he completed 12 laps in 3 minutes!! As you can see from the video, he really got into it. He did a great job!

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Dentist

On the first of November I took Zackary to the dentist for the first time!  He did great while Roxann demonstrated everything on his fingernails . . . . .

but when she tried to work in his mouth . . . it was a different story!

He finally let her polish his teeth.  It went all right for the first time but not as great as I had hoped.



The hat was Zack's contribution to his outfit!

Halloween

Mommy had the job of cleaning out the inside and Daddy made the face.  This year he asked Zackary what kind of face he wanted and he showed him (with the expression on his own face).  Then he requested round eyes and a nose.

 He loved pumpkin.  We carried him from room to room with us and he even went to Inny & Pop Pop's one day.  I was glad he didn't chose a larger pumpkin!

 At preschool they had a Noah's Ark Party and he dressed as a bear.

This year we went to Zoo Boo at the Detroit Zoo (unfortunately the pictures didn't turn out very good) the day before Halloween.  Then on Halloween the Cat in the Hat did some trick or treating in my parents neighborhood and really got into the whole experience this year.  Then we went to our church for Trunk or Treat.  We all had fun!

Apple Orchard & Pumpkin Patch

A couple weeks ago Zackary and I went on a field trip with his preschool class to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch.  Here are the highlights:

I made several attempts to get a good picture of him sitting on a pumpkin but he was being a little stinker!!  At least he was wearing orange!!

A Day in the Life with Zackary

I feel like I'm going to forget the things Zackary says and does, so here are a few recent things that I'd like to remember:

According to Zack "Z starts with Zackary" (instead of the other way around).

We rarely go to Buffalo Wild Wings but we went on Wednesday night and it was Family night. This means the kids meals are $1.99 (great deal) and there is a clown walking around making balloon animals. When Zackary was younger he wasn't a fan of clowns but this time it went better. The clown held up three fingers on one hand and asked Zackary if that is how old he was? He said "no", and held up two fingers on one hand and one on the other!

We have a lot of fun discussions in the car. We recently saw a very colorful sign outside a pediatrician's office that had children on it. Zackary said "the little boy has brown hair like me". Then he informed me I had "white hair". I said "isn't mama's hair brown like yours?" Very seriously he said, "No, white". I just laughed and dropped the subject!

I was so excited when we got our new vehicle because it had a little mirror so I could see my back seat passenger. But Zackary complains when I put it down and says "don't look at me"! I even tried putting it down one day before I picked him up and he noticed as soon as he got in!

Zackary always wants to be a helper. He is tall enough to turn on almost every lamp and light switch in the house. We were trying to get ready to go to Wal-Mart last night and he was going around turning on all the lights. But he also knows how to turn them off and after asking him twice, he finally did it! This was SO helpful. 

We went to a dinner at camp on Saturday night and one of Zackary's preschool teachers and her husband were also there.  She was so excited to tell me that in class on Thursday her and a few children were sitting the table doing a project.  Apparently Zackary needed some attention because she heard him say "hello".   Even though we were a bit embarrassed she was laughing and assured me it was okay!

And one of my favorites is "I smell something in my nose"!

First Day of Preschool

Zackary is going to preschool two mornings a week.  I went with him this past Thursday since the first day was informal for the children to get comfortable and the parents were able to stay.  He did great and is really excited about school.  I hope he still feels that way on Tuesday morning!

Note:  It was trash day in our neighborhood which also includes a visit from the Street Sweeper.  Zackary is fascinated by the Street Sweeper lately, so this just made his day.  Between trash cans, the sun, the Street Sweeper and a little boy who can't stand still . . . I was pleased to get any decent pictures!

Vacation

We went to Florida on vacation for nine days and we had a great time.  We stayed at hotel on Cocoa Beach for the first three nights and relaxed on the beach. 

We spent an afternoon at Downtown Disney and then went to visit Grandma Joyce, Aunt Arlene & Uncle Perc. 

We enjoyed the Florida Aquarium and the pool.