zach, version 2.9

• is crazy about the park
• loves to climb the slide and ride it in other nonconventional ways
• must have a vehicle of some sort to play with at the park-Lightning McQueen or any of his trains
• survives on goldfish and apple juice
• devours popsicles until they fall on the floor or melt on his hands and then refuses to eat them
• thinks he sees characters from Thomas the Tank Engine or Bob the Builder or Cars everywhere we go; just last week he saw Mavis on the George Washington Bridge; of course, he was the only one who spotted her
• despises riding in the stroller
• prefers jumping to walking
• would like to drive his cars or trains from the door of the apartment, to the elevator, from the elevator to the car, from the car to the elevator, from the elevator to the apartment every time we go anywhere; his mother finds this exasperating and generally does not allow it
• is still attached to his blanket
• loves candy
• finds breakfast to be the least enjoyable meal of the day unless it is waffles that he has assisted in the preparation of
• loves to cook
• can successfully operate the computer and the portable dvd player
• thinks that no one should have a turn on the computer but him
• frequently "reads" his Thomas the Tank Engine catalog
• will give hugs and kisses if it is his idea
• loves and devours slurpees (which he calls slipperies)
• refuses to ride in the cart at the store