enzomatic: i zoom!

Enzo snuggled with mommy this morning while daddy got ready to take him to Cindy's for breakfast. We ordered our pancakes and then went out to look at the owl decoys on the big sign out front. He thinks the owls just sit there all the time, I'm sure. He had a great big breakfast, and we saw some of the regulars, who Enzo says hello and goodbye to as they come in and out.

Nanny Note: We painted and then played outside. We pretended that we were sailing to Constantinople and Betty was the shark and Harriet was the whale. We walked down to talk to Mary then we came home to have lunch. I was thinking that Enzo might like to have his own little garden, just a little spot off to the side that he can dig in and plant and water and explore. We played outside after nap.

Zoe is on call tonight, so after work, Enzo and I just ate dinner and played around the house. He liked his spaghetti. He did such a good job with dinner, I let him have a fruit "pop". We sat and played with animals at the dinner table for another half hour while we talked about all the different kinds. We mixed them all up and then sorted the similar animals into groups and talked about that too. It's too bad that his favorite animals - shark, fish, and turtle - don't say anything, because he loves to make all the animal noises. He also likes to tell us that bees make "honey", and cows make "milk".

After the dinner table, we played in the living room, reading books and examining the drawing of Sherman the turtle that Alex drew on his cardboard house. Enzo got right down on his stomach to get a closer look - "sherman" he says matter of factly.

We played with trains some, wrestled on the couch, and then Enzo wanted me to chase him around the house. As he runs, he yells "i zoom!" It's still very unsettling to see him running full speed in such tight quarters - one stumble away from the wall or a piece of furniture. We put on our shark slippers, played with the fish puzzle, and examined the new ornaments on the tree that he made today. One is a fish, which he pointed out at least twenty times. Remarkably, he didn't ask to watch his Planet Earth dvd tonight.

Enzo took a very long bath tonight. I turned on the faucet and he spent about 15 minutes just watching the water run through his fingers. At one point, he stuck his head under the running water, but instantly regretted that decision.

We only read three books before bed, but he asked to read each one four or five times, so it went on for about 30 minutes. He was siily and very wide awake when I put him in the crib, but he wasn't upset at all. I've been listening to him talk to himself and to his stuffed animals on the monitor while writing this. He just now finally fell asleep about 30 minutes after I put him down.