We are all packed for our trip. Zack is so excited that he gets to ride on an airplane tomorrow, and, of course, watch his movies! He wants to watch Jungle Book and Monsters, Inc. After being burned on a trip to Vermont not long after Zack was born, we learned from our mistake and packed enough of Steve's snowboarding stuff in our carry on so that if our luggage gets lost he can just rent a board and go. This trip should be so much fun!! Now, we are just hoping that they get all the runways cleared in Philly so that the flight my family is on takes off on time and they don't get stuck in the airport for a long time.

I know that I say this a lot but Zack surprised me again tonight. We were on our way home and he was talking to himself. Out of the blue he says "the big one is called a quarter Mommy." I said, "Yes it is. What is the baby one called?" Without any hesistation he tell me "A dime Mommy!". So, pushing my luck I ask him what the middle one is called. Again, he resonds without hesistation, "A nickle! Just like the piggy bank." Whenever we have silver change we let Zack learn to save money and put it into his piggy bank. We would discuss what all the coins are called as we put each one in but he never had any real interest in tellng me what they were. Before bed time Steve had some change that he let him save. As Steve held up each coin Zack told him what each one is called. He stumbled a little on the nickle but knew right away which ones were dimes and quarters.

Today was quite a day for Zack. It was his first day wearing a tie to "work". Ok, let me take a step back and tell the story. Steve was getting dressed this morning when Zack said that he wanted to wear a tie. He asked me to pick him up so I did and we waited for Daddy to come pick out the "perfect tie" for Zack. He repeated this continuously until Steve picked out one of his ties (the oldest one I think) and put it on Zack. The knot came to the middle of his chest and the bottom of the tie came below his knees. It didn't matter to him though as he was so very proud of himself.

As Zack and I were leaving day care today, Miss Dawn stopped us to tell me this story. She went into Zack's classroom toward the end of lunch and hears him say "You're welcome Cale". His teachers were busy with other kids as Zack was still eating so she paused to see what he was doing. She sees Cale holding out his spoon and Zack counting his peas onto Cale's spoon and then Cale eating them. After Cale would take a bite, Zack would tell him "You're welcome Cale". I guess he may take after his Daddy after all and not eat his vegetables!

Steve came home from his hockey game last night and he was on top of the world. Not only did his team defeat a team with a better record, but he scored two goals and had one assist!! It's too bad I didn't keep Zack up and go to the game. I think it must have been all that practice on Sunday with Zack and I that really made the difference

Today was a pretty great start to the week. And began the countdown to Colorado.