Wow…can you believe he’s nine?
Category Archives: zeke
Seven Thirty AM Wake Up Call
Both Elijah and Zeke are doing piano lessons this year, which, ironically, is much easier than it was to have only Elijah in piano lessons. For the time being, Zeke actually likes to practice, and even [insert the "Hallelujah" chorus here] remembers to practice on his own! And this is where having competitive boys becomes a good thing. You see, Elijah ends up being provoked to practice when Zeke practices regularly …cause there’s no way Zeke’s gonna be better than him at piano! Humph! For the past coule of mornings, Zeke has decided to practice as soon as he gets up, which works out well, and makes my life easier still. Elijah’s a difficult one to rouse come morning time and since the piano is under his bed…well, the photo says it all! He he! P.S. Zeke just scored this rare Packers jersey at Marshall’s for $7.99. Sweet deal!
Music to My Ears
“Mom, can I feed Ellie some applesauce?”
Except when his only reason for wanting to feed Ellie some applesauce is to get out of doing his Literature unit assessment.
And somebody – I wouldn’t want to name anyone, per se – may have actually forgotten that Zeke was supposed to be doing school work when he asked, with great enthusiasm, to feed Ellie some applesauce. Not that this person is absent minded or anything… she – oops! I mean, this person – just appreciates all the help she can get. 
Favorite Photo of the Day
In 20 years they’re gonna love this photo. And they’ll forget all about how they were so ticked off with me for making them take they’re shirts off. Or…maybe they won’t forget.
The Rip-Van-Horsmans
Have you heard of/seen the new-fangled skateboard called a RIPSTIK? Oui? Non? (I need to brush up on my French. We begin a French foreign language course this fall. Exciting! Elijah and Zeke think that they’ll finally have a language to have secret conversations in the same way that the Portuguese speakers on campus do.) A RIPSTIK was all Zeke wanted for Christmas this past year and a RIPSTIK he did get.
As soon as the snow cleared this spring Zeke started practicing the wiggling maneuver used to propel himself on his RIPSTIK. He soon found out that it wasn’t as easy as it looked. He fell…a lot. But he kept at it. And fell a lot more. His elbows took the brunt of most of his collisions with the sidewalk. Ouch. Me? I would have given up.
But finally – like overnight – Zeke figured it out! Now he’s cruising all over campus. I love this picture of him doing a U-turn and the concentration evident in the tongue curl.
Of course, it simply would not do for Zeke to have a skill that Elijah didn’t have, so now Elijah is determined to figure out the RIPSTIK too…
Boys…everything’s a competition.
Very Impressive, Elijah
Now could all three of you look at the camera? Just once. And smile…or at least not look weird. Please?
Not gonna happen.
So happy and proud of us all. We did it!
