Happy Father's Day! 2013-09-01

Zach loves to help assemble the church newsletter :=) 2013-09-02

He also loves to do what any other boy loves to do...... shred paper?! 2013-09-08

A rousing father-son game of Othello :=]2013-09-17

...Have we mentioned that Zach loves to read? :=) 2013-09-23

Exhibit 'B'.... 2013-09-23

He also likes to build things, like this periscope (a Dr. Zed creation!) 2013-09-24

Ta-da! 2013-09-24

Or this electric circuit 2013-09-25

 

We went to Canberra and took in our first ever Floriade 2013-09-27

Zach looooooved all the flowers... (NOT!) 2013-09-27

Cool street organ! 2013-09-27

The next day (still in Canberra) Zach and Mommy went to Questacon! 2013-09-28

Zach liked the Earthquake House earthquake simulator 2013-09-28

...And he *loved* cranking the eggs :=) (little engineer that he is) 2013-09-28

As much as he loves reading, it put him to sleep after such a busy day 2013-09-28

We stopped in to see the Big Merino on the way home! 2013-09-28

-The *BIG* Merino 2013-09-28

More gym fun at Sydney Olympic Park, this school holiday 2013-09-30

(It's no wonder he enjoys it!) 2013-09-30

Zach wanted a piñata for his birthday and agreed to help make it 2013-09-30

He participated in a drumming workshop, over the school break, too 2013-10-01

...But his *favourite* part was going to Monkey Mania with his friend as an early birthday present! :=) 2013-10-01

(Must document this event -- Zach is cleaning his room!! ...Not voluntarily, mind you,...) 2013-10-03

He can always count on Chickadee for a good read! (And oh so appropriate that his birthday-month issue is about SPYING!! :=D ) 2013-10-03

Zach got to go up the Westfield Tower with the Visser-Marchants! 2013-10-04

They saw the tall ships, too 2013-10-04

Another trip to the beach with Visser-Marchants, too 2013-10-05

Zach got to open one present before school, on his birthday. Ta-da, another cool electric circuit kit! 2013-10-10

HAPPY BIRTHDAY breakfast, SEVEN-YEAR-OLD!! :=> 2013-10-10

True to form, he organised his birthday presents,... 2013-10-10

Exhibit label #1 2013-10-10

Exhibit label #2... :=) 2013-10-10

The birthday monkey is in a climbing mood! 2013-10-10

Time to open cards & presents, woohoo! 2013-10-10

Lots of fun cards & presents :=) 2013-10-10

Birthday supper: Reubens, sweet potato fries and popeye fritatta! 2013-10-10

Wow... How did Zach get to be SEVEN already?! (He's practically filling up the whole chair!) 2013-10-10

For pictures of Zach in The Chair through the ages, click here 2013-10-10

Zach did a dandy job carrying his lime in the lime-and-spoon race, at his school's Games Day! 2013-10-17

Here he is with friends, at the end of Games Day 2013-10-17

Monkey-boy gets creative when it comes to hanging his own laundry! :=D 2013-10-19

Zach requested a rainbow-layers cake for his birthday party - he even helped mix the colouring into the batter! 2013-10-19

 

Organising stuff for his friends' loot bags was pretty fun, too :=) 2013-10-19

The finished product: a Fruit Ninja-themed cake! (The rainbow layers are hiding inside) 2013-10-20

One of his party's main events: the slip-n-slide! 2013-10-20

Another main event: the piñata! (a pomegranate, btw - going with the Fruit Ninja theme) 2013-10-20

Once the piñata was slashed and the loot bags acquired, the boys did the logical thing... and stomped on it. 2013-10-20

Zach helped (...somewhat...) at the church's mega garage sale-bake sale-sausage sizzle fundraiser! 2013-10-26

Next up...: Mommy's birthday! 2013-10-27

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Watch out.... Mommy got a new camera for her birthday!!! (A DSLR!!) 2013-10-27

(Who better to test it on...) 2013-10-27

(...than this cute little guy?!) 2013-10-27

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Not only did they give Mommy a new camera, they also made her Mommy-style eggs for breakfast in bed, plus gave her deep-dish pizza pie pans in which her main squeeze made her FAVOURITE: Uno's spinoccoli pizza!!! (pepperoni for the boys) :=D She feels very loved, today! 2013-10-27

More camera fun... :=) 2013-10-28

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Zach finally decided to get his camera out, too -- 2013-10-28

-To shoot this subject :=) 2013-10-28

And then they exchanged a few 'taekwondo' moves... 2013-10-28

...A little roughousing ensued... 2013-10-28

Happy Hallowe'en, Ninja Zach! 2013-10-31

Ninja Zach & his kitty Mommy 2013-10-31

Zach requested that Mommy take a burst of shots, as he swooshed his ninja sword down in slow-motion.... :=> 2013-10-31

 

 

Daddy took a gaggle of (novice) costumed creatures out trick-or-treating. HAPPY HALLOWE'EN! 2013-10-31