Shoes and Ducks

Shoes have arguably become Zeke's favorite sight in the whole world. This little guy knows what shoes mean. When Zeke wants to go outside he will often bring me my flip flops and point at the door--too cute. Other days if he is doing something else I will pull out his shoes and the get his attention. The very second he catches site of the shoes his whole face lights up with a grin and laughter and he literally charges at me, plopping into my lap with his feet at the ready. the first week he wore shoes he hated them. Now he's made the connection. Shoes = Outside = my favorite thing to do. There are two things Zeke would probably do all day: play outside and eat blueberries. We spend probably two hours or more a day outside, which considering we live in Vegas heat, is a whole lot of time.

Here is several pictures of one of our latest outdoor adventures, another trip to the duck pond.

This duck seemed to have broken both of his wings and then they healed that way. We felt bad for the guy, but at least he seemed to be well fed. Zeke took care of that!

This is obviously not at the duck pond, and in fact it is several months old, but I just had to share it too because it makes me laugh.

I wonder what he was thinking at this moment

Finally, this is just a cute video of Zeke feeding the ducks.

Hey Good Lookin', Whatcha Got Cookin'?

The answer to that question, is anything Zeke can find. He is almost a daily chef of "Stone Soup" and this last week he decided to branch out to "Toy Soup." Mom provided the tupperware of water and he added all of the best ingredients. After adding a few he'd stop and stir it up.

Every chef knows that a good meal has lots of color and variety.

Taste Test.

Yep, its delish!




So every day before leaving for work Trustin picks up Zeke and says "Ok, Zeke, I've got an important assignment for you today: I need you to be the man-cub of the house and take care of Mama. Make her laugh lots."

Zeke follows his counsel incredibly well. I'm always laughing. And Zeke is definitely a cub of some sort. While he still can't say many words I think he's fluent in both Lionese and Dragonish. On Monday we went for a walk and he made me stop for several minutes so he could growl at a decorative frog outside someone's front door. I showed him how frogs hop and he squatted down and stood up just like a frog (well, a slow frog whose feet never leave the ground). I said "Ribbet" and Zeke said "Roar." Close enough.

So here's our little Dinosaur/Lion/Frog:

Life and the Zekester

Well it seems that since having Zeke, every moment is a moment we wish we had the camera handy. We miss so many great picture opportuties, but even with that, we have a lot of pictures that I wanted to share this week.

We went to a 51s baseball game with our good friends about two weeks ago, and so I had to include a picture of Zeke and his handsome Daddy.

This last weekend we had a ward pool party. (As you may guess, Zeke loved it...he's such a fish!)

Just chillin' in a boat in the kitchen with a monkey.

Zeke is in the market for a new hat.




This one got my vote. Adorable and provides protection from falling rocks.

Bubbles

Random position Zeke has taken to getting into several times a day. He thinks he's so funny when he does it; he's right!



With this face around, life is good! Trustin's new job is going well so far. Ups and downs like any job. The house hunt is still on, but we are hoping not for too much longer.