enzomatic: train man

First thing this morning we surprised Enzo with his new train set and table. He was pretty stoked about it and spent the morning pushing trains through the tunnel and pulling apart the track pieces.

After Zoe went to work, Enzo and I dropped off the dogs and went to Peets for breakfast. Enzo was stressing me out — running full speed down the concrete ramp, and stumbling down the grass hill into the fence below. Not a very relaxing coffee and bagel. We headed out for a drive-nap about an hour before class.

Enzo fell asleep as planned and got a great nap before school. We met Zoe in the school lot and she took him to class while I went and hit golf balls and the range right next door. Zoe had to head back to the hospital, so I came back and spent the last 30 minutes of class with Enzo. He was in a great mood and had fun during closing circle. Apparently he was up to his old tricks when Zoe had him — trying to go outside during class and dumping his snack on the ground without eating a bite.

Milestones: Enzo has added a few more words to his vocabulary - owl, blue (bah-loo), shoe, chip, acorn and train (and also "choo choo").

Nanny Note: We played with the train set for a while, read books in his room, then I put him down for nap. He complained a bit but not too bad. I don't know how much he actually slept. He was very quiet for most of the time so that's a good sign. I did listen in after 15 minutes and he was talking to himself and listening to music. At least he was not crying. I don't think he slept at all so we went to Kidspace but he wanted to play at the park. When we got home he went to play with his trains.

After picking up the dogs, I came back to hang with Enzo and let Alex go a little early. We played with his train, and then read books in his room. He requested a Casey in the Bath a couple times. Zoe got stuck in the OR, so Enzo ran out to get some Peruvian food from down the street. We were right in the middle of dinner when Zoe came home, and Enzo was very happy to see her.

After dinner, we took a bubbly bath, and then played with the train table again. Finally Enzo grabbed his blanket and headed toward the stairs. Time for bed.