First (?) original song

"Winter and spring
Summer and fall
We will have a great time
Playing in them all!"

"It's called The Seasons."

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Crib monster

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More from dad's camera

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Dad's photos from the park

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Computer monster

Ash really really REALLY wants to scrabble the keyboard. But he is too short, so he pulls on the cord that he knows is involved somehow.

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Bed monster

Right after this video, Ash took a step from the bed to the blue yoga ball you see in the background here. It was a sort of not completely intentional first step.

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Message for Dad

Alex was in Barcelona for 3 days last week. This was a message Zack sent him.

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Legos!

Dad brought a couple small Lego sets home and Zack just spent 3 hours carefully following the instructions to build 6 vehicles. Here he wanted to share this steam train engine. (He fell off a riding toy at school and cut his lip, looks worse than it is. And his impatience with cameras continues, so sorry about the less than ideal photo. Ash, on the other hand, is happy to photobomb.)



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Leaves

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Ash eats orange

This to my knowledge is the first time Ash has used his own hands to intentionally put food into his own mouth.

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Box walks

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Cousin Kyla!

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Little button troll

Ash has become obsessed with keyboards.

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Breakfast

Thirds on frozen peas and Sesame Street crackers. He does love frozen peas! If it seems that there have been fewer photos of Zack lately, he has been protesting being photographed and I try to respect that. It was bound to happen sooner or later!









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Is it hot?

I think if "hot" means anything it means "contents of cup."

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Brothers

Zack has a tendency to be kind of rough with Ash, but here he was actually being very gentle, and Ash loves attention from his brother.




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Scrabble hands

Ash uses scrabble hands for all kinds of things. Here he is using them on wheels.

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Ash talk

Ash has been an unreliable but sometimes surprising mimic for a while now. Today he grabbed for my tea and I yelled at him "HOT!" It made a real impression and he's been saying it all day. I think he says it more around cups, but I don't think he has any real understanding of what it means, beyond the original "stop-danger." Here I am further confusing him:

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Proud of himself

Ash got into the pantry cupboard and dumped out some "wheels on the bus" pasta from a bag I didn't know was open. I went to clean it up, but he was so proud of his accomplishment and so sure those were HIS noodles that I let him play with them for a while.






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Fall

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Construction vehicles

Zack always needs a story line, and is always asking, "Make this truck talk to me." My stock answer has always been, "Hi Zack, I'm the truck." But with this new set of construction vehicles, we decided to copy some of Zack's favorite Netflix shows and give each one a signature phrase, and the beginnings of a personality. The excavator says, "I dig it, can you dig it?" He is chill and he is the mediator, and his voice is a little bit jive. The dumptruck says, "That dumps it!" He is emphatic and a little bossy, and is always reminding everybody to follow the plans (especially the bulldozer.) He kind of barks. The bulldozer says, "I am strong like a bull!" in a kind of growl. He always wants to push ahead regardless of the plans. I wanted to make him get sleepy all the time because he is a dozer, but Zack said no, that wasn't good for a construction vehicle. The roller says, "Flat, flat, flat as a mat," and has a flat tone of voice. The loader says, "Get a load of that!" and is excited about everything. He is the team leader, according to Zack. I want to make the roller and the loader female but Zack doesn't want to. We are still working on names. The excavator is definitely Diggerous (all excavators are.) Zack tried to add -ous to the end of all the other vehicles but it didn't sound right, and gender is still being negotiated, so names TBA. Their first job is to make themselves a garage out of blocks. Here they were still working out what their job was going to be. I didn't hear what was going on with the animals---I think they were consulting.










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Photo by Zack

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Ash at work

Photo by Sarah. She says Ash looks like Grandpa Joe when he's working on things.




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Selfies with Sarah

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