Man Time & the Zoo

Poppy (aka: Ken, Kyle's dad) and Daddy spent the morning in Man Time at the local donut shop, while Granna (aka: Gail, Kyle's mom) and I stayed at home and got ready for the zoo.

This weekend yielded our first trip to the OKC Zoo. One of my students gave us a gift card, so we decided to take advantage of the weather. David definitely loved most of the animals from afar (his favorite was the zebra), and for many, he would say the name of the animal followed by "Mama, the puzzle." (David has a wooden alphabet puzzle in which many of the letters are shaped like animals.) It's amazing and so much fun to watch him see things for the first time and begin to connect them with what he already knows. 

I think his favorite part of the day was being outside and running from the "tickle" monster. At various parts of the day he would say, "Go. Daddy tickle, " as he ran, and all of this stems from a Backyardigan's episode where one of his favorite characters, Pablo, is chased by Captain Red Boots, who wants to tickle him.

Officially, David will be a "big boy" at daycare because he had no accidents this past week, which means that he'll be out of pull-ups and in underwear. Go David!! 

Until next time, E