Zachary's 100th Post!

Zachary loves dressing up and had a wonderful trip to the museum to try on a new outfit. He then ran around the balcony repeatedly to show off his royal clothes, charming a group of school children who playfully bowed down to him.

Zachary has grand aspirations

Admiring himself in the mirror

Zachary has been out and about in Exeter, enjoying time with friends and taking lots of walks in the rain. Last weekend we had a lovely lunch with Lucy and Rob from church and Zachary had fun playing with Zoe:

Zoe loves giving hugs; Zachary's not so sure about receiving!

Story time with Lucy

We had a wonderful afternoon stroll along the Exeter Quay in the sun (mostly) and met lots of swans up close.

Swans tried to peck the bread out of Zachary's hand

They walked for nearly two hours around the Quay

On a more delightful note, Zachary left a little present in the bath for Daddy the other day...

A second later, Zachary reaches to pick up the strange brown lump

He loves to blame Daddy for everything, so when we asked him who did the poo, he said it was Daddy!

Zachary's afternoon fun

Recently, Zachary has altered his naptime to around lunchtime, so we have been out and about enjoying the afternoons following several late lunches. Here's what we got up to yesterday...

Zachary helped Mummy do some planting in the garden (the first time we've touched the garden since we moved). Zachary loves copying everything we do so he enjoyed holding a trowel and helping with the digging.

He wants to be like Grandad Harry when he grows up

Digging away

Unfortunately Zachary had a little accident and somehow ended up face-down in the mud. Here he is, trying to taste the mud while Mummy ran for a wipe.

Mmm, just like chocolate!

Then Zachary wanted to go for a walk (his current favourite thing to do), so we headed down the hill. The first things we always reach are the recycling bins and Zachary can't resist pointing out the warning sign of a man falling after climbing on the bins.

That's what happens when you climb on things, Zachary!

There is a children's playground very close to our house and we go there regularly. Unfortunately, most of the equipment is for older children, but Zachary enjoys watching the other children running up and down after school. Zachary can put one foot in front of the other in a straight line to walk on the balance beam (with Mummy's support) and he also loves jumping between the stepping stones.

The balance beam

Here's Zachary sitting on a hanging tyre, but he wasn't too sure.

The chain is clearly the most interesting thing to look at

Zachary has a thing about gates - he always has to be the one to open/close themn and it's always difficult to get him to move on and leave the gate behind!

Opening the gate to leave (or perhaps not)

We usually see at least 3 buses when we go out and Zachary is still enthralled with them. Heading into the town centre is always a delight for him, as there are buses all around him.

We headed home and whenever we get back, Zachary always loves to help put things away. He'll bring Mummy's slippers and put her shoes back on the shoe rack. He'll put hats/gloves away, turn the light off in the understairs cupboard and close the door (he can't quite manage to hang coats yet - he just needs a bit more height!). 

Zachary headed to the lounge to get his toys out and have a game in his ball pool.

I don't think he realised it's not quite on the floor properly