Brooke loves to play a new game recently.  She brings you her zebra to hide, then she goes and hides behind some curtains, or will find a pillow to hide her face, while you hide the zebra.  You have to be careful though, she loves to cheat and watch where you put the zebra.  She’ll even try to reassure you that she’s not cheating by saying “No peak”.  Once the zebra is hidden she comes out and looks for him and usually screams with joy when she finds him.  In the video below she is saying “Zebra” attempting to cup her hands around her mouth as if calling out for him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2iupf4iG6M&feature=youtu.be

We had one of the hottest days all summer yesterday, the unofficial last day of summer – – labor day.  We all went for a walk after dinner and didn’t make it very far because of the heat and humidity.  Laura graciously volunteered to watch Alex at home to keep him out of the heat while Brooke and I went to the pool, the last day it’s open for the summer.  We had fun splashing around and Brooke got very courageous and swam without her swim noodle.  She did a great job with just her arm floaties and really enjoyed it.  The video is about the fourth time she swam on her own yesterday.  Each time if I tried to help her while she was doing fine, she would say “No Dadda, Brooke try.”

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