Zacky=sicky

my little rug-rat is really sick today. He woke up saying his BWAIN HURTS. He was lethargic in the afternoon. After a nap, he asked if I would please put some ice down his shirt. That's when I knew it was bad. His temperature was 104. Poor kiddo. He had some medicine, a lot of gatorade and a cold bath. Since then, he's seems to be doing much better. It's sad watching your spaz-child become a mellow-zombie.. hopefully he's better tomorrow.

As much as I complain about Zack, he has completely surprised me with this new baby. He's helpful and sweet and basically well-mannered. I just want to channel all his energy into doing something useful rather than everything destructive. He still gets himself into trouble and he still uses that personality to get him quickly OUT of trouble.

For instance. Yesterday we were trying to sit down at the table for dinner. Zack was using his new sword to turn on and off the lights. On. Off. On. Off. On. Off. Eventually we were all irritated. Ben scolded him and Zack replied in the most animated voice, "Well, I am just trying to be CRAZY!" That got a laugh out of everyone and he was quickly forgiven.

He is obsessed with writing everyone's name-- especially his own. He's tries awfully hard to ONLY write it on paper, but the Devil inside makes him write it on other objects. I always know it's ZACK who wrote it because he signs his name to every drawing. Last week, I got mad at him when I found a remote (one that isn't used, but that's beside the point) with permanent marker all over it. I told him he was in big trouble for coloring on something other than paper. He got a big smile and said, "Well, YOUR name is on it!" I could tell by his smile that he had been waiting for me to find it... only to see that I had been FRAMED. Why I oughtta....


If that isn't clever enough, check out this huge lego ensemble. I thought at first it was just a random bunch of blocks, but if you step back, you can see that he built his NAME out of legos. Holy crap is right! Can you see it? His letters are all connecting with each other (he spelled Z-A-C-K-Y if you were confused..) After I took the picture, I found out that Luke helped him with it. I don't care if it's a 3 year old or a 6 year old who built it, it's freakin' awesome!