Robot Zach

We didn't think Zach was going to be able to dress up as a robot for Halloween. The costume we ordered over a month ago for him didn't look like it would show up. Yesterday, a few hours after ordering him something different, I got a tracking update on the costume. It made it here and was waiting at the Post Office.

You think he likes it just a little? I don't think it's coming off any time soon.

Robot!

Zach's latest obsession is robots. Dad was flipping through channels last weekend and Transformers was on. Zach got so excited and started repeatedly shouting "Robots!" Since then we thought we'd let him watch a few kid-friendly movies showcasing robots. We started with Wall-E which he and Ben loved. I hadn't seen it before either, and I thought it was a cute movie. We also rented Robots for him. Another big hit. Before Zach saw Robots Joy broke out a Rodney toy figure from the movie. It was a toy included in a jumbo Christmas stocking she won last December. She also found a cute wind-up dancing robot at the drug store that she bought for him. Well, we're on day 5 now and Zach won't part with either robot for very long. I'm not exaggerating. He literally has had one or both robots in hand for probably 95% of the day. He eats with them, and "feeds" the robots. He takes them along on our walks. He bathes with them. He goes to sleep with them.

We were playing outside a couple of days ago and Zach put down Rodney Robot on the back porch so that he could push around his little cart. We went down the street and all of a sudden he stopped and looked around with a puzzled look on his face and said "Robot" as though he was asking himself where it was. He immediately took off back to the house, around to the back and went right to the spot where he had left the robot.

Ben has managed to get hold of the robots a couple of times, and it has not been a pretty sight. Zach blows his top and you would think his world was coming to an end. It's a good thing that Ben isn't as passionate about robots as Zach is, or I'd have a big problem on my hands.

Zach must imagine that the robots are talking to him (definitely gets that from me) and talks back to them. I overhead him saying thank you to one of the robots the other day, as if it did something nice for him. Even the way he says robot is adorable. I love this little phase he's in!

Listen close at the end of the clip for a little something extra from Zach.