Well it has been a heat filled few days for us this week. With temps reaching 106 WITHOUT heat index we have had to resort of staying inside with the drapes closed to keep the house cool-ish.
Tuesday was party day for Zach. Suzie was swimming at David's parent's community pool so Zach took full advantage of the our undivided attention.
We decided to play blind for a while
and then we felt the need to dance
Zachy also had the rare un-Suzie-fied visit with his big sister Amanda. He was totally content to let Amanda cuddle him and babbled at her a lot. Normally Suzie monopolizes Amanda and Zach is pretty quiet. On this visit you could tell that he was just loving all the solo attention. Amanda is SO great with both kids and it is fun to watch them together.
On Wednesday Zach's PT brought over a bouncy horse for us to use to do some core strength building. We are hoping that it will mimic riding a real horse a little. Zach LOVES riding it and stays on much better than Jen (his PT) and I thought he would. Suzie also loves it and as soon as Zachy falls off of "Rockin'" she declares that it is her turn.
She had to practice her sad face after riding Rockin'
She loves having Henry and wants to check on his all the time. I think it would be nice if we could have Henry in the living room but there is no where to put him that he would not get knocked over by Z,
Suzie is also starting to help me fold laundry. It is cute to watch her try SO hard to fold a dish towel. We worked together last night to fold one of her blankets. She was very proud of the end result.
All of us went to Jason's Deli for lunch yesterday. That place is the perfect quasi fast food place for families. Their kids menu is very reasonable and they have healthy choices. They have a great salad bar and a great drink selection. Lastly there is an ice-cream machine where you can make your own cone or dish. Do you think Suzie had any ice-cream?
It was interesting to watch her 'help' me carry drinks and cones back to the table. She walked in front of me and never hesitated walking back to the table. She just looked like such a big girl.
Tuesday was party day for Zach. Suzie was swimming at David's parent's community pool so Zach took full advantage of the our undivided attention.
We decided to play blind for a while
Zachy also had the rare un-Suzie-fied visit with his big sister Amanda. He was totally content to let Amanda cuddle him and babbled at her a lot. Normally Suzie monopolizes Amanda and Zach is pretty quiet. On this visit you could tell that he was just loving all the solo attention. Amanda is SO great with both kids and it is fun to watch them together.
On Wednesday Zach's PT brought over a bouncy horse for us to use to do some core strength building. We are hoping that it will mimic riding a real horse a little. Zach LOVES riding it and stays on much better than Jen (his PT) and I thought he would. Suzie also loves it and as soon as Zachy falls off of "Rockin'" she declares that it is her turn.
She loves having Henry and wants to check on his all the time. I think it would be nice if we could have Henry in the living room but there is no where to put him that he would not get knocked over by Z,
Suzie is also starting to help me fold laundry. It is cute to watch her try SO hard to fold a dish towel. We worked together last night to fold one of her blankets. She was very proud of the end result.
All of us went to Jason's Deli for lunch yesterday. That place is the perfect quasi fast food place for families. Their kids menu is very reasonable and they have healthy choices. They have a great salad bar and a great drink selection. Lastly there is an ice-cream machine where you can make your own cone or dish. Do you think Suzie had any ice-cream?
Today we decided to play hide and seek peek-a-boo... Can you find Zachy?
Zach is continuing to work on his walking. He has taken 3 to 5 steps by himself several times now. We bought him one of those popping push toys and he loves it. He will hold it up off the floor and walk a few steps with it. He has a push toy (in the pic above) that he has mastered. He will walk everywhere with it, pick it up to move it and turn it to go in new directions. It is also sad/interesting to see Zach trying to get used to feeling pain. Things that never used to bother him now hurt. He hit is mouth on the end table today - sort of intentionally - and looked shocked when it hurt. Since he didn't feel pain as an infant I don't think he knows that a kiss or hug can make it all better. His favorite thing to do it bounce so I have start to use bouncing to distract him from the pain. Poor guy...
Tomorrow is Suzie's first friend b-day party. Hopefully she will allow Colin to actually blow out his own candles and open his own gifts!
The kids are adorable! I miss Jason's Deli so much! It was one of our favorite places to eat when we were in Louisiana! Lucky you guys! Don't envy the heat though.... ;-) Stay cool....
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