Football season already? I can't believe it is already here. Zack cheered on the Hawkeyes the first half. He really likes it when Iowa has the ball, but loses interest when they are on defense. Matt is a little worried since he is grooming Zack to play safety like Bob Sanders (LOL). I was in charge of half time food and it was delicious. I cooked Chicago dogs and sweet corn (yum, yum). Happy Labor Day!
Zack posing by the "Bean."
Zack and Daddy at lunch.
Zack playing in the fountains.
We are sadly nearing the end of summer. Zack and I are cramming as many swimming and water park days in as we can. Zack loves the sprinklers at the park and he discovered a new way to go down the slide (on his feet). He repeats everything we say. His new phrase is "oh my goodness" and yesterday he brushed my hair and said "you look beautiful." His expressions are priceless!
Today we signed Zack up for hockey. He and a few other 2/3 year old rug rats are going to learn how to skate. I'm a little nervous since I have to be out on the ice with him. Matt called to make sure I can be in my tennis shoes. He didn't enjoy buying all the gear as much as daddy, but he really liked watching the guys at the rink play hockey. He starts September 10th. Wish us/me luck!
My baby just got home from his first haircut! Don't worry Grandma Jude, I didn't let them cut too much off. Zack and I ventured to Snippets today for his first haircut. Snippets is a kids salon with cool car and airplane chairs. Zack, in true fashion wanted nothing to do with the cool car or airplane. He wanted to sit in the big boy chair. So his first hair cut went fairly smooth (with only a little sucker for a bribe). After the 3 minute hair cut ($8/minute) he wanted to sit in the airplane and watch Sesame Street. All in all is was a successful trip and if I do say so myself I think he looks pretty handsome.
Zack started finger painting a few months ago and loves it! Just recently I bought him paint brushes and poster paint. We try to do messy art projects right before bath time. It appears in the picture above that he has mistaken his paint brush for chapstick.
We hosted Zack's 2nd birthday party in the playlot across the street from our house. The theme was dump trucks. While Nemo is probably his favorite, I didn't think a fish theme worked in the park. So by default he had to have dump trucks for the theme. For the second year in a row, he didn't love people singing and looking at him during the "happy birthday" song. He did seem to enjoy playing on the jungle gym and in the sand box with all his buddies. There were about twelve little 2 year olds and four babies. It was a very crazy time! He received a ton of presents and our playroom is now the former living room.
Last week Zack's cousin Emma came to stay with us for the week. We had a great visit. She is such a well behaved and polite little girl. She is very good with Zack. We had a ton of fun. We went to American Girl (minus Zack), Lincoln Park Zoo, Shedd aquarium, the pool and the beach. I think Emma had a really good time. We have been really missing her this week. Towards the end of the week Grandma Jude and Grandma Jeanene came in for Zack's birthday party. The picture of Grandma Jeanene and Emma is from the dolphin show at Shedd.
Zack turned two on Monday. I can't believe it! We went out for birthday pizza and birthday malts. Zack had a great day. We have his birthday party this Saturday. I wrapped his presents yesterday and he seems more interested in the center tube of the wrapping paper then any of his presents. He continues to talk a lot and has started going potty on the big boy toilet. It will probably take a year, but a least we have started the process. I bought him Nemo and Cars underpants. We haven't braved a day with underpants yet. I have to work up to that!
What a week of fun! We just got home from Lake of the Ozarks with the Huebsch family. Zack had a great time. He loved tulin' (tubbing), boat rides, swimming in the lake and being spoiled by grandma and grandpa. It was good to get him out of the city so he could enjoy a little nature time. He was pretty amazed by the various bug noises. He would look up at the tree and say "buzz, buzz." Zack has been talking for a while now, but in the past two weeks he has become even more articulate. He now is speaking in 4-5 word sentences! Crazy he will be two in less a week.
We're off to Grandma Jude and Grandpa Scott's lake house in the Ozarks. Check back in a week for more pictures and stories about our vacation.
This is Zack's buddy Connor. Connor is 8 months younger then Zack. Connor lives across the street and Zack calls him Baby Connor. As you can see in the picture, Connor is almost as big as Zack. Zack has taken several pounds on that cute bald head and Connor is gearing up for some sweet revenge.
