Playtime

Everyday around here is playtime!  We've done a lot of inside playing lately because it is just easier with Rachel and it's been raining a ton and there are gobs of mosquitoes.  She gets to roll around, crawl, and I know what she's getting into.  :)  She is 8 months old and loves loves loves to be near Zane.  And Zane doesn't necessarily want her to be nearby.  He wants to play, but is learning about sharing right now.




The next one is not so pretty, sorry. But it gets better in the one after that! Sharing is being learned!!!



There is many videos of Zane singing and doing lessons in the mornings.  He was doing many songs that he knows, but has seems to have switched back to songs of made up words.  I don't know why!  Maybe because he's 2!  That's my answer to most things.  :)  But he does know that he is two, almost three and will have a birth day in "June on the 29th."






This one I knew..."Ring It Out," but it didn't last long because when he got to speed it away, off he went!




We did go outside for a little bit on Wednesday and I got some video of Rachel's belly laugh.  It was the hardest I've ever heard her laugh and it was so wonderful!  Of couse, who was she laughing at?  Her best brother, Zane!!!

Zane is a great helper.  He helped me dry the floors after I swiffered!

Thanks for the swiffer cover, Grandma D!

And here are my two cuties at lunch.  When Jeff is gone, Zane wants us to sit by him instead of leaving a place where Jeff usually sits.  And usually we happily comply.

Messy girl!

Happy Daddy is home!!!!!!!!!!!

Videos!

Rachel is so fun to go get in the morning.  She just squeals and if she could jump up and down, she would.  :)




I've been trying to get a video of Zane singing this song, and last night he did it in the bathtub!  Fine with me!  We have been singing songs to him at bedtime and this is one of them.

Zane Quotes

Zane was weed-eating and...
"Broke!"
Me:  "You better fix it.  Can you get your hammer and screwdriver?"
Zane-bang, bang, bang-then gets screwdriver and works some more.  He gets up, goes behind the couch trying it out and comes back...
"Works great!"
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Zane was standing on his scooter singing at the end table we have and had his Bible.  He looked up as I came by...
Zane..."Angel, Mary!"
Me-"The angel came to see Mary?"
Zane nodded-"And Joseph."
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Sitting at the supper table we were talking about weed-eaters, lawnmowers, etc.  I decided to imitate a weedeater...
Me:  "Brrrrrrr", waving my hand like a weed-eater.
Zane: "No!"
Me:  Something like, "how's it supposed to go?"
Zane:  "VRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!"
Me:  "VRRRRRRRRRR???"
Zane:  "yes!"
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The other day we played with legos:





Zane also played worship.  This is quite a long video.

Our Summer Celebration

Jeff had the Independence Day holiday off of work and asked if I'd like to celebrate summer, so that we did!  He got out the swimming pool, put up the umbrellas, and froze some icee pops.  I ran to the store and got hotdogs!  We celebrate big like that.  :)  We had a fun time yesterday and again today!

Zane took swimming lessons last summer and both of us can remember him loving the pool.  We would push him through the water and he would laugh and squeal!  This summer, it was a different story!  He didn't want to even sit down in the water.  He preferred to stand and would say "no, thank you!" when we'd ask him if he wanted to sit down.  So, Jeff ran to the store and bought a smaller pool, but he still didn't care for it.  Maybe next summer he will!  He really liked digging and water plants dead or alive with his cups.  :)  He did get in the big pool with us, but he was very careful about what he did.  :)

Coming back after checking out what Dada was doing.

Our oasis!  The umbrellas were "treasure" left at the new house!

Filling Zane's new pool!

He's got a mouth full of blue icee pop!

Yummy!!!  He got to eat two!

He loved his cubby spot under the table.  He dug and dug and dug to his hearts content. 

Dump!

This was a couple days ago.

This next one is of Zane singing today.  He is pretty creative and makes up songs with tunes he knows.  Tonight it was about cantaloupe!


We got Zane a little slide for his birthday.  It didn't take long, maybe a day, for him to climb up it!


The next video is of Zane counting his tractor tires.  He and daddy did it over and over and over!

Manly Things at the Big Age of 1 and 7/8ths

I am so so lucky that Zane has Jeff as a Dad!  Every kid needs a dad to teach him things and Jeff is so patient and loves teaching Zane.  We got to go over to the new house last week and Jeff took the time to let Zane help him, and teach him some new skills!

That is attentiveness for a 1 and 7/8ths year old.

Love this boy.

Helping Daddy put the screw in the drill bit.

Maybe I need to look too!

Learning to hammer.

Hard workers!

There are many many videos.  I think I'll just post them all!





Zane liked playing with the screws!




More of the same!









And then there is learning how to hammer:

Reading with Daddy

Zane had lots of books for Daddy to read yesterday.  Jeff of course, was happy to read with him.

And when Daddy couldn't read anymore, Zane decided he could read to Daddy!  I think this video is hilarious!

Videos of Zane

Lots of Videos From the Weekend

Videos

I have been having trouble uploading my videos and tonight, my loving and patient husband, Jeff, helped me learn something new!  I started uploading my videos to youtube and then learned how to embed them in my blog.  The videos are unlisted, so the only way that you will be able to see them is to follow the link on my blog.  I think it works great.  The only thing I am not thrilled about is the pictures that come up after the video has played.  These are links to other videos on youtube, not Zane videos.  If you would like to view the Zane video again, just click on the arrow that goes around in a circle (repeat) and it will play it again, or you can just refresh your page to get it back the way it was originally.  The good news is that people with apple products will be able to view them on their iphone or ipad!  (I'll take payment in diapers!--just kidding)  If you have any concerns, please let me know.

Here are some videos from my new camera in HD that I haven't been able to post before.  Enjoy!

Videos

Zane has started shaking his head.  Last Saturday to be exact was the first time he did it.  He also says Nah, or Meh, when he shakes his head.

Zane has started saying "bye" in the cutest high pitch voice I've ever heard.  :)  We were outside for lunch and Daddy had to go back to work, so he said "bye!"  I had to get him to say it again on video.  I've also been told "bye!" when I lay him down for his nap.  :)

Waffcakes!

Tonight was breakfast night and I didn't have enough pancake mix, so I added the rest of the waffle mix to them!  They smelled like waffles, but were cooked like pancakes.  And I added blueberries!  Pretty good!  No pictures either because who really cares about them?!  haha!  Where's the post about Zane??

Oh, Zane BIT himself!  He has teeth marks on his arm.  Two on top, and two on bottom.  I hope he doesn't do that again!

And now for the Zane videos!