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| Zach's elf outfit He picked it himself. |
- Zach knows the safety plan at daycare! "If the fire alarm goes off, go to the back door and get on the butterfly!” So amazing!
- This month, sitting on the couch, Zach said, “I'm so glad you're here.”
- Zach kissed me and gave me a leg hug when I dropped him off. :)
- Took Zach on the Metro as a way to spend time on a rainy day, and it was so much fun! We went to Ballston.
- We went to the park in the rain, and I shot down the slide and landed in the mulch. After that, I just caught myself three more times! Very fun. Zach loved it!
- Sliding down the pole at playgrounds
- We continue to visit the fire station regularly.
- The concept of being scared has become a reality. One night he came into our room scared, so we added a night light. It might be working.
- Zach is loving hide and seek. He always wants to hide in the same two places: under the covers in the guest room bed and under the covers in Mommy & Daddy's bed. He says, “Hide, hide, hide,” urgently! He definitely doesn’t get it yet, but it’s so much fun!
- He roars like a dinosaur.
- We played that a monster bit us on the playground, and we were running away from it all the way home.
- On an 80+ degree day in October, we all had popsicles, Zach and I got mosquito bites, and we took him to the fountain at Lake Anne.
- For Halloween, we're talking about a monster, dinosaur, or firefighter.
He's doing great. Still having a few accidents at home. We've instituted just this second week of October that he has to sit on the potty before watching programs at night. One night he had two accidents! But really, he's amazing.
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| A shot from daycare at nap time |
- There have been age inappropriate words of the day, but I haven't been good about writing them down! Only one to note: "condescending."
- Zach became briefly obsessed with gummi bears, that I believe he thought were called “yummy bears,” just makes more sense! :)
- Zach said, “Can you take me to that lighthouse,” in our Maine pics.
- He's been talking nonsense this month and laughing at his "Gaga Gookee," etc.
- Sometimes Zach says, “Yes, sir,” in a very gruff, formal way. Very strange to try and figure out where this is from…. There are no men at daycare, and I can’t imagine there are books that teach, “yes, sir,” etc. Very odd! It might be Fireman Sam, I guess.
- On a visit to Aliana and Nathan, the dogs in the kennel down the street started barking and really scared Zach. He said, “You'll keep me safe?”
- Zach has been playing around and saying "poopy." Frank hates this and is being rather rigid in trying to stop Zach from saying it.
- He knew Patricia's name when I mentioned our house was getting cleaned. I hadn't said her name at all, and we don't really talk about her. That's amazing!
- Zach asked “Where's Zach in that picture?” Remarking on Auntie Em's wedding photo. I tried to explain it was before he was born!
- Zach has started taking music lessons and soccer once week. Zach wakes up and says, "It's soccer today?" "It's music today?" "I get a popsicle?" So funny.
- We were decorating Auntie Em's card, and he pointed out the cupcake and called it a "pucake." It's a super-cute mispronunciation.
- Date night of a walk around Reston and tacos at Taco Bamba
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| Big Schloss |
- Great hike with Frank up to Big Schloss from the Wolf Gap Recreation Area and then a stop at Ridge Runner Brewery. Thanks Gamma and Bob for babysitting.
- Made chicken, white bean soup (used mushroom broth) with spinach. Added basil and roasted garlic as a topping. Yum!
- Aliana's delicious cornbread and strudel. Evera helped to make the strudel!
- Yummy breakfast sandwich: bread with butter (probably not necessary), egg, meatless sausage, and roasted sweet potatoes and avocado as spreads more than toppings
- Emily and Andrew. Zach showed them everything as if it was new, “You’ve never seen this before.”
- Aliana and Nathan, Evera and Esher
- Gamma and Bob for Gamma's birthday. Zach said we went to Gamma's birthday party. And we went to see harness racing. Mom showed a video of Debbie’s son’s first baby, and he used a TON of wipes to change his first diaper! Zach loved it and laughed about it later in the day.
- Dammann extended family. Michael and Leah hosted and Tim and Meaghan and Nolan came along with Ralph and Charlotte!
- Celebrating Auntie Em's birthday with a night out. So much fun! Though she and I have seen each other at the farmer's market, with all of her travel, I've missed her. I have had to do the heel dig wooping all by myself!
- Grandad came for Friday evening pick up, a visit to the shady park, and dinner
- Catching up with Candice and Jessica, Kathryn and Jenifer
- Call with Sofia
Personal
- I am 100% obsessed with minute 21:34-22:34 of Season 1, Episode 7 of the show Tin Star. Some pretty amazing acting and character development.
- Rollerbladed
- If it has to rain and rain and rain and rain, I’m leaving my window open at night and get to hear it, which is nice.
- We said goodbye to Bess.
- Trying for some weight loss. We all use the scale together!
- The week of flu shots for all of us!
- Enjoyed Trapped...lots of amazing snowy scenes!
- GREAT call with Dorsey. Thank you, Nancy!
- Good energy with the AARP call. I talked to Cathy, Jim, Bill, Larry, Bob, Curt, and Donna. All good things! I have the skills and the cred!
- Problem solving and communication practice and got the job done!
- Some good collegiality with Steve M. I told him, "What would I do without you."
- Patti & Communication Skills training - still great!
- Working with Laura
- Hopefully attending a StrengthsFinder course!
- Really enjoying Mindset. I joined the ATD book club, and it's great!
- Another spate of departures at SCORE. People I really liked, who believe in SCORE and are passionate. :(
