Sunday Monkeyshines (Part II)

I saw our favorite little monkeys briefly on Saturday, when I stopped by the Sensory Gym at the end of Zach’s therapy session to get the debriefing. Luz (the therapist) said that he had had a great session – he did lots of activities and she was working with him on using scissors. The real visit took place on Sunday again this week and it was great fun! Once again, Daddy took a bunch of digital pics, but I still haven't finished the "roll" - stay tuned for image updates.
The little people arrived at 10:30 on this cold December morning, but Daddy's place was a warm and cozy place to get away from all the stress of being a toddler. Zach held the doors for us, like the fine little gentleman he is becoming, as we wheeled the crew in. These two were off to the races immediately, going straight for their bedroom and the toys therein.
I wont bore you with all of the details, just some of them:
Some new activities/behaviors this week included Zach climbing on the dressers and hanging upside-down off of them (he really likes the upside-down show on Noggin). Of course, once she saw her brother doing it, Miss Miranda had to partake of this soon to be banned activity.
Miss Miranda found her first limit at Daddy’s house and cried (got quite pissed off actually) when Daddy refused to allow her to color on the walls and windowsills with her crayons. I realize that standard construction paper is kind of limiting for artistic genius of Miranda’s caliber and I’m working out a solution, perhaps for Christmas.
This visit also featured a two-hour solo flight for Daddy, who did the lunch thing on his own with our little people. Lunch was kind of on the early side this week, as Zach seemed very hungry (he wolfed down three whole bananas before lunch and ate his spaghetti and a whole mess of grapes – must be a growth spurt coming. Miranda enjoyed almost an entire bowl of green beans, lots of grapes and several other delicacies.
After lunch, we opened two more “Christmas” presents that Daddy brought back from the North Carolina Miller Family Extravaganza. This week we found a cool magnetic tow-truck set and a magnetic drawing set which was the big hit. Both little monkeys did some really groovy doodles and used the magnetic stamps to make patterns. Of course Daddy was most pleased by the good sharing that he saw.
Zach did a lot of really good talking and at one point he picked up on of the stuffed cows and brought it over to me and said “cow” which he says like “owww”, he then told me that a cow says “moo” which Zach says like “oooo”. He also did a great job of saying his colors and organizing the magnetic numbers on the refrigerator.
Miranda brought Elmo over and had him go to school with her weebles. She played with her playing cards and dominos, and had a lot of fun making silly faces and sounds with Daddy.
When Mommy returned we all decided to go to the park by the Fort Hamilton High School track. Both Miranda and Zach were very into the big slide that stands alone by the swings and Miranda must have gone down it 30 times. They both also enjoyed swinging on the big peoples’ swings, though Zach gets excited by this and waves his hands in excitement, which has caused him to fall off in the past – we’re working on it.
The day was cold and after only an hour at the park we all had cold hands, so back to Daddy’s house we went. We played some more until it was time to say farewell to each other with hugs and kisses, until our next episode of Monkeyshines.