Piggyback

Older siblings and friends can become amazing role models. We're grateful for the time these two are able to spend together. Zane has piggybacked on so many developmental things. Vanessa may not realize that she's taught Zane so much. He's determined to do everything she does. If you ask him to tell you how old he will be on his next birthday, he will tell you six, like Vanessa. But if you ask him to show you how old he will be, he works his fingers to show that he's two and soon will be three.

He counts to great numbers and almost has one-to-one correspondence down for each of those numbers. He goes across three bars on the monkey bars at home. He begs to ride a bike without training wheels.

We beg for him to slow down -- to not hurry through life. We're back to enjoying activities with just his peers. And I'm determined to piggyback and capture this precious and extremely valuable time with him. There's so much he needs to teach me!

 

I waited to schedule this post until I could share some video of Zane doing his awesome tricks. Still though, we don't have great videos of just him, but now we have the chance to work on it!