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Updated March 18, 2008:
| Photo Gallery |
Since we've accumulated so many pictures, I've decided to group them by age. Click on a group to see the pictures within.
June 2007 to March 2008 (7 1/2
years to 8 1/4 years)
February 2007 to May 2007 (7 years to 7 1/2 years)
September 2006 to January 2007 (6 3/4 years to 7 years)
May 2006 to September 2006 (6 1/2 years to 6 3/4 years)
February 2006 to June 2006 (6 year to 6 1/2 years)
November 2005 to January 2006 (6 years)
September 2005 to October 2005 (5 3/4 years)
May 2005 to August 2005 (5 1/2 years to 5 3/4 years)
February 2005 to May 2005 (5 years to 5 1/2 years)
Click here for pictures from birth to 5 years old
| Movie Gallery |
This section contains video clips of Zachary in QuickTime format. Click the description to view the movie.
Click here for videos from birth to 5 years old
| Music Recitals |
This section includes some music practices from Zachary, recorded in MIDI. They are unedited and raw; what you hear is exactly how he played it. So if he makes a mistake, it's in there. If it sounds great, that's because he didn't make any mistakes. :-)
| Date recorded | Length (min:sec) |
Description |
| 2007/06/11 | 0:41 | Ins and Outs (part of his Grade 1 exam repertoire) |
| 2007/06/11 | 0:22 | Hunting Horns and the
Echo (part of his Grade 1 exam repertoire) |
| 2007/06/11 | 0:23 | Beaver Boogie (part of his Grade 1 exam repertoire) |
| 2007/06/11 | 0:25 | The Snake (part of his Grade 1 exam repertoire) |
| 2007/06/05 | 0:25 | Red Stream (improv composition in A minor, named by Zachary) |
| 2006/12/17 | 0:47 | Jingle Bell Shuffle |
| 2006/06/08 | 1:00 | Dragon Hunt |
| 2006/02/26 | 0:28 | Prelude to Bach |
| 2006/02/18 | 1:03 | Ancient River (improv composition in A minor, named by Zachary) |
| 2006/02/18 | 0:41 | What Will They Wear |
| 2005/12/26 | 0:53 | Angels We Have Heard on High |
| Growth Chart |
Click here
to see how Zachary has been growing (1, 3, 4 1/2,
6, 9, 12, 15, 18 months, 2, 2 1/2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7 and 8 1/4 years in the same pose).
Click here for baby growth chart
| General Zachary Update |
Well, there's certainly a lot to cover since last update...
Beyond Grade 2
Zachary had an excellent first year at his newest school. In fact, it's a keeper, and he returned there for Grade 3 (accompanied by Kyle in Pre-K, no less). His final report card for Grade 2 arrived in August, and you can see it here. As Grade 2 wound down, Zachary had quite a successful sports day: He won 1st place in his race, his class won its tug of war, and his house, Hemlock, won the house competition for the term (even though it didn't score top in the sports day itself). To our surprise, on the last day of school, Zachary was just ready to go home, rather than stay and play with his friends.
He had no time to sit on his laurels, however. The very day after school let out, it was time for the Grade 1 Royal Conservatory of Music Exam. (No pressure, right?) The Music for Young Children programme he had been participating in since age four is intended to give their students all the skills necessary for this "certification", so this is a graduation of sorts. Zachary had been practising diligently for this exam for half the year. (We got rather too familiar with the repertoire, even having a cassette of the practice pieces that was played in the car.) His exam went extremely well, and Zachary passed effortlessly (and with honours!). He has continued his piano lessons in the form of private lessons, and made a guest appearance at Kyle's Christmas recital where he was able to perform the Mission Impossible theme (and more) as a fun diversion for the group.
Also as Grade 2 wound down in June, so did Zachary's acting class. The final performance was somewhat surreal. Using books brought in (including Zachary's book on Greek myth from Hannah), the kids put together their own performances, drawing from a number of inspirations, albeit some of the most gruesome Greek stories we've ever heard. (e.g. guy cooks his own son to serve to dinner guests.) The results also included, e.g., Spider-Man dealing with being swallowed by a whale. Check out the videos for some highlights. We can't say Zachary was particularly enthusiastic about performing, but he faced it admirably. His mood was probably largely due to having been sick and still quite rundown. Unfortunately, the class's teacher may have taken his glum mood on performance day for disappointment in the programme. Too bad. All the same, Zachary decided he probably wouldn't be doing this again, at least for a while. That said, he definitely was inspired by the school's performance of Wizard of Oz, and seems keen to participate in drama at his school. In fact, in Grade 3, Zachary has a drama class for first term, and seems to get along well with its teacher.
His school drama teacher is also the organiser of many an extra-curricular activity, including activities over the summer. One particular thrill for Zachary was the skimboarding excursion on July 13th. I was charged with the task of finding him and getting some pictures. Unfortunately, Jericho Beach is a big beach, and every kids club in Vancouver seemed to have picked that day to be there. And, tide was out, so not only was there the breadth of the beach to comb looking for his group, but there was also the depth. It was the equivalent of trying to find one child among hundreds over the span of several square city blocks. Sadly, I got no pictures, but did manage to find Zachary's group just as they were boarding the bus to return to the school. So, I at least was allowed to pop onto the bus and prove to my son that I had not abandoned him. :-)
As usual, there was no shortage of summer activities, including biking camps, swimming, kids club (in which he was reunited with friends from his old day-care), etc. A new activity for August 2007 was robot building. For that, Zachary seemed to have a particular affinity. He finished it ahead of the group, only half way through the week-long programme. Granted, it was from a kit, but he managed to figure it out with little assistance. This particular robot is a path-seeking robot that will follow walls, etc. The building theme continued with Lego camp, wherein he won prizes for the tallest tower, the sturdiest cable car (that didn't break upon hitting the bottom), and fastest car. In the afternoon of the same week, he participated in a science camp in which he won an exploding can (Alka Seltzer/baking soda meets water) competition. Additionally, just for a bit of contrast over the summer, Zachary also participated in a couple cooking lessons with Irene, Grandma and me in tow. There were very little complaints about the chocolate chip cookies, pizza and ice cream that resulted.
Fandom Shifts
In mid-July, Zachary and Kyle spent a week with Nanny and Poppy again. They seemed to have a very productive weekend, with crafts, including huge wooden dinosaur skeletons (that did not survive much handling upon their return to our house). Also returning with Zachary were the combined collection of Hardy Boy books from both my father's and my childhood. Zachary is not particularly concerned with the idea of spoilers and so would gleefully read the last page first, just to see how the story turned out. This carefree attitude to spoilers meant he also carried with him several key Harry Potter spoilers for the just-released last book, much to Irene's great distress. I did manage to convince him not to spoil the end of this multi-year story for Irene. And, since I was reading Harry Potter to Zachary from beginning to end, and would soon be getting to the last book ourselves, I did my best to confound him on what he thought he knew. (At the time, he had not yet reached the end of the sixth book, the events of which make the spoilers for the seventh book rather hard to believe.) I think I had fairly convinced him that what he'd heard was wrong, though he soon declared "I knew it!" when he was later proven right.
Knowing the end doesn't seem to dampen his enthusiasm for the story, however. In September, for the first time since I started reading novels to him, I caught him reading ahead. Apparently, the previous night, I'd stopped in a rather critically exciting part of Harry Potter 7, and he just couldn't wait. The next night, as I started to read, forgetting himself, he said, "you read that already." I was certain I hadn't, and so managed to get out of him that he had taken it upon himself to keep going. Well, one can hardly get mad at one's child for that sort of enthusiasm. :-) It's probably a good thing spoilers don't really spoil the story for Zachary, given that he already knows Luke Skywalker's lineage -- not to mention some particularly obscure details about Rebel, Republic, and Imperial technology including what colour droids go with what ships -- without having ever seen a Star Wars movie. (We had been hoping for a 30th Anniversary theatrical re-release of the original Star Wars, so he could see it in the theatre at the same age as Irene and me, but alas that was not to be unless we had chosen to fly to California for the event. We're not that fanatical about it. Nonetheless, Irene has been promising, for months, to leverage her friendship with a co-worker to watch the original movie in the mini-theatre in the friend's highrise.)
As of October 5th, though, Harry Potter came to an end for Zachary -- at least, in book form. I definitely prefer reading a long story to Zachary vs. repeating short stories each night, so we had some debate about what to do next. Several candidates were put forward: The Sword of Shannara, the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, etc. We finally settled on The Hobbit. I soon became acutely aware of Zachary's lack of appreciation for the legacy. All the magical elements of the story had to be explained to him in the context of how they differed from Harry Potter: "Dragons are smart and can talk, not like the Hungarian horntail. Necromancers are like Inferi." And, when we finished The Hobbit recently and moved on to Lord of the Rings: "yes, the black riders do suck the joy and warmth out of things just like Dementors, but they're immaterial except for their cloaks, and can't take someone's soul unless they use a cursed weapon." At the very least, I tried to instil in Zachary an understanding that, if there were any familiar elements, then J. K. Rowling was likely inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien, and not the other way around. Nonetheless, his analysis of the lore gets pretty deep. He managed to pick out some subtle parallels between the idea of Horcruxes and The One Ring: It has a piece of its creator and exerts its creator's will to evil ends. I'm sure somewhere out there there's a graduate student putting the same thoughts into a thesis.
That said, Lord of the Rings is not the obsession that Harry Potter was. In fact, just recently (February 6th), Zachary fell asleep while being read to, for the first time. Granted, he was pretty sick again, but sometimes that book reads like Numbers from the bible. Tolkien's penchant for tangential songs doesn't help. That's not to say that Harry Potter continues to captivate Zachary in the same way now that the story is over. (Though, perhaps that enthusiasm may return with the next movie.) His current obsession is indisputably Pokémon. Pokémon has held an interest for Zachary for some time, but it has become an obsession, rivalled only perhaps by his knowledge of Canucks details. With his own money he bought himself a Pokédex, and he studies it religiously. To compound matters, he received two Pokémon games from Grandma for his Game Boy Advance for his birthday, and bought another for himself out of his Christmas money. Every spare minute is either spent playing the game (when he's allowed), studying the index, discussing strategy with schoolmates (or friends at Sunday school, etc.), or recounting adventures or discoveries to Irene and myself. The latter he does so no matter how unsubtly we voice our disinterest in Pokémon minutiae. :-) He's also taken to role playing with Kyle where they are both characters and are fighting other evil Pokémon or trainers, though even Kyle is growing weary of the theme.
As a further demonstration of this obsession, Zachary had long been eager to get a computer/notebook of his own. This seemed fairly unrealistic given his indelicate ways with toys, but late last year I heard about the One Laptop Per Child programme: It's a charity which has managed to create an economical laptop designed for distribution in developing countries, to support education. For a limited time, if you bought two of these laptops, they would send one to the developing country and the second to the buyer as a Christmas gift. The laptops are designed for children and are quite durable. I thought this might be an ideal trainer for Zachary. Well, what does he want to do with his WiFi-enabled, webcam-enabled notebook with an array of measurement devices designed to educate? He wants to surf Pokémon walk-through and strategy sites. After that, he soon discovered eBay and the rare Pokémon merchandise therein (including a limited-edition Pikachu-themed Game Boy Advance -- "only" $90). That, if he ever acquires it, will be bought by his own money. (This is not a great fear: being a compulsive spender, he rarely has the strength of will to save money to any great volume.)
Family Activities
One place his compulsive spending has definitely shown its face is in Webkinz land. Early in August, Grandpa came a-visiting. It seems that Grandpa had been doing the daily maintenance on Mi-Mi's pet in Webkinz land, helpfully earning her "Kinz Cash". Zachary and Grandpa instantly bonded over this. Grandpa helpfully volunteered to help supplement Zachary's "labour" of keeping a virtual pet, too. A few days after passwords were exchanged, to Zachary's delight, there was a great quantity of Kinz Cash available to his pet. And, to Grandpa's astonishment, that cash was quickly spent on flashy furniture, big TVs, and room themes.
Late August was an auspicious day for the family as Zachary met his first cousin, Catie, as Uncle Tom and Aunt Heather came for a visit. Zachary and Kyle both did their best to entertain Catie. We also had a fun time as the two families made trips to the Vancouver Aquarium and the beach.
On a day-trip return to Nanny and Poppy's the next month for a barbecue, Zachary actually helped make burgers. Zachary does enjoy helping, and often feels quite pleased with himself when he gets the opportunity. Only days after returning from his July visit with Nanny and Poppy, he happily vacuumed our house. This isn't a task he's taken over permanently, but it's nice to see him so willing to pitch in. That's not to say he gleefully completes all his chores. Novelty plays a big part. To get him to complete his daily tasks (making his bed, hanging up his jacket, emptying his lunch of banana peels, etc.) is quite an ordeal, and something he's needed several reminders for each day. It has reached the point where Irene has created a reward/deficit system for each time he has to be reminded of something. Complete a task without anyone mentioning it, and a coin gets added to a container for him; be reminded twice or more and a coin is taken away.
A Danger to Himself and Others
Late summer brought about Zachary's usual propensity for injury. Returning from the annual Celebration of Light fireworks festival, Zachary managed to take a serious spill on the sidewalk and scrape up his arms and legs. Though, thankfully nothing was broken this time. Then, less than two weeks later, he won himself a bee sting on the bottom of his big toe. The reason? He was kicking a flower while wearing sandals. Thankfully, he didn't have a particularly bad sting reaction, so he didn't get a lot of sympathy from me -- particularly, as I pointed out, since the bee fared much worse for the encounter than he did.
In the end, it was not Zachary but Kyle who suffered the greatest injury, albeit at Zachary's hand. Mere days before the start of school, Zachary and Kyle were playing tag. Now, they'd been banned from each others' rooms for horsing around, but that didn't stop the rough-housing in the hallways. In an effort to stop Kyle from making it to the sanctuary of his room during a tag session, Zachary grabbed Kyle by the ankles. Kyle fell forward and slammed his forehead into the edge of the drawer at the base of his bed. Another bloody forehead ("crying strawberries" as a three-year-old Zachary once put it), another trip to Emergency, another evening washing a child's blood off the carpet and bedsheets (as we had done when Zachary hit his head). Kyle didn't fare as well cosmetically, requiring six stitches very visibly on his forehead (vs. Zachary's glued scalp in his hairline).
Actually, as upset as I was about Kyle, the event that disturbed me for some time and had the greatest risk happened in October: in a game of hide-and-seek, he'd managed to slip into Grandma's air-tight footlocker that had been used to store toys they played with in their visit. Fortunately, we found him (with Kyle's help) before anything bad happened. It'd been several minutes, but he'd kept the lid minutely propped open, as it happened, though out of a sense of curiosity, not safety. I hope we suitably impressed upon him how dangerous an act that was. The locker is now locked to prevent such mishaps.
Sophomore Year?
The start of Grade 3 in September marked a new turn in Zachary's life: two successive years at the same school. :-) (Thankfully, it's been opportunity, not trouble, that's motivated Zachary's moves from one school to the next. The school he's in now, though, seems quite excellent, and we're inclined to keep him there, along with Kyle who started Pre-K the same September.) Grade 3 marks the beginning of a number of extra-curricular activities not available to the earlier ages. In particular, Zachary was quite excited to begin the strings programme, and was talking daily about how excited he was about the prospect of getting his own violin. As it happens, Mi-Mi has been playing violin for some time, so had the various sizes of violins including the half-sized violin that would've been the appropriate size for Zachary. She and Grandpa offered it to Zachary, but we had some trepidation. This particular violin was bought by Li-Hong and was of very good quality and had been Mi-Mi's first in a number of prize-winning endeavours, so there was some sentimental value to it. The idea of giving it to Zachary, who could break anything within 24 hours of it getting into his hands, did not seem the smartest move. The choice was between that, or buying or renting one in Vancouver. We decided, ultimately, that we would rent a violin for three months and see how it went. If Zachary managed to take care of the rental, then we'd return it at Christmas and accept Mi-Mi and Grandpa's gracious offer.
While Zachary did take reasonable care of the violin, we saw him use the bow as a walking stick one too many times for our liking, and he did manage to break the bridge, which needed repairing (for a price, of course). When the time came to make the decision, we decided to stick with the rental rather than risk Mi-Mi's. Actually, it seemed to make more sense to buy the lease out on the rental. We'd have it if Kyle entered the same programme later, and in any event could sell it (and recover some cost) once it was no longer needed. Naturally, two days after we bought it, Zachary lost it. It didn't bother us as much that it had gone missing, but that he forgot to look for it for several days. As it should happen, a classmate accidentally took it home.
As for the violin playing itself, he's been quite enthusiastic about it, and his teacher is quite pleased. He's progressed through the skill levels quite quickly, having achieved "green belt" (mimicking karate rankings), and participated with his group in his first recital on November 14th. (See the video from that event.) In the second term of Grade 3, Zachary actually received the Merit certificate for strings in his class, of which we're all quite proud.
His excellence isn't restricted to music, alone, though. In the first term, he received the class Merit certificate for Science. (It's been pointed out that the certificates are not a guarantee. In a later grade, no certificate was handed out for strings to anyone, as the teacher didn't feel it had been earned.) In December, his math teacher was referring to him as "Mr. Geometry" and he was quite proud to receive the class's top mark of 53/55 in a geometry test the following week. His first term report can be found here.
One matter of brief contention early in Grade 3 was "zee" vs. "zed". :-) It seems other students had been questioning his use of "zed" and how it failed to rhyme in the alphabet song. Thankfully, we had the foresight to give Zachary a name with "Z" in it, so that he'd so long been used to hearing "zed" that habit ultimately won out. In other struggles of culture against person, he has made various attempts since the start of this school year at becoming "Zach" vs. Zachary to the family, and calling me Dad vs. Daddy, but, to date, he falls back into old habits after a few days.
Beyond Academia
In extra-curricular activities, he's also had a very successful turn with both the junior cross-country running team and the junior swim team. In his first cross-country meet on September 29th, he came away with a silver medal: 2nd in his group (though 1st from both his school and his age). In the second meet, he came in 5th (the first four placers came from the same school that came first in the previous meet). The meets presented us a bit of a challenge, however. They were always out of town (Surrey, Richmond, etc.) on Saturdays, and often in conflict with other events. Kyle and I would often go to music while Irene and Zachary would go to the meet. Cross-country ended as winter approached, though, so that was soon off the schedule. For his success, however, we bought Zachary his own personalised team hoodie. He was quite proud of it, but, as he looked in the mirror, was quite disturbed to see that his last name had been written backwards. (Someday, hopefully, that geometry instinct of his will give him a better intuition about optics. :-) )
Subsequently, Zachary joined the swim team. It was an enjoyable experience for him, particularly when he got to miss school all day for the meets, but he seemed a little less inspired, not excelling quite as he did with cross-country. Zachary does so like to win. :-) In February, the swim meet was in Victoria, marking the furthest Zachary had ever gone away from any member of the family. (I suppose, technically, GG was nearby, but as she didn't attend the meet, it was of little practical impact.)
Outside school, Zachary continued swimming lessons for another session, as well as skating. He's moved up a level in both at the sessions' conclusion. Though, he and Kyle are now going to take a break and enjoy the free family skate for the next session. It's not all sports, of course. In addition to piano and strings, he has also participated in the school's art club and arts and media class at the Kitsilano Community Centre. (The latter, so that he could have an activity with his friend and former schoolmate, Benjie.) At the end of art club this term, he received a nice card from the teacher praising his enthusiasm (and attendance... apparently not everyone embraced art club as he -- and Irene -- did).
Another new activity for the 2007-2008 school year is Cubs. True to his nature, Zachary was pouring over the cub manual mapping out all of the badges he'd be gunning for, looking to get everything at once if he could. He has been earning the badges at a respectable pace. His sash currently has artist, swimming and skating badges, with some groundwork done for musician and collector. (They thought that maybe he should actually catalogue his collection a bit more before showing it. Personally, I thought it odd that he decided to bring in his rocks, when his more prized collections are his Pokémon collection, his hockey cards, or even the rare coins he's inherited.) After inheriting our old digital camera, he did a brief foray into photography (including submitting a photo of a toy car to his kids' magazine's photo contest). His interest in this perhaps waned a bit too soon for the badge, though, particularly when one of the requirements was an understanding of the internal workings of a camera. (And, the requirements presumed film rather than digital, which made it all the more confusing.)
He's particularly enjoyed the excursions, though. It started with a night hike in the beginning of October wherein we (he and I, along with his pack and various parents) went on a hike through the trails on the University Endowment Lands. For that trip, they'd been making their own home-made lanterns, consisting of two tea lights in a tin can with a wire handle affixed. (Zachary was proud that his lantern had remained lit for the entire hike and most of the walk back to the cub's meeting room.) He also had a chance to participate in the Remembrance Day celebrations at the church, leading the carrying of the flag. The next excursion was a "camp out" sleepover at BC Place, after watching a game with the BC Lions. That was somewhat less successful, since they were not allowed to erect tents, nor turn off the field lights for the entire night. In addition to swimming and skating excursions (to test qualifications for the badges), Zachary also spent another, more successful, sleepover at Science World and a day trip to Cypress Mountain. He returned from Cypress with gloves on his feet, having thoroughly soaked his boots. (Upon retrieving him at the drop-off point, I turned over his boots to pour a considerable amount of ice water out.) Unfortunately, though he had a change of clothes, he did not bring a change of footwear. All in all, Cubs seems to be serving Zachary well. Though, Irene points out that he's definitely not yet ready for the Scouts' motto of "be prepared". For now, we'll be content with the Cubs' "do your best" I guess.
Aside from all the school and cub activities, we've taken Zachary to a few things ourselves: another Canucks game (they lost), this time with Kyle, Mommy, Nanny and Grandma, and the Walking with Dinosaurs show. Both were in February. Zachary and Kyle seemed to enjoy the events, and talked incessantly about them, as they do everything. It's frequently difficult to have a conversation around these guys. When they can't find something new to add to their dialogue, they'll simply repeat the same thing over and over. Sometimes that "same thing" is nothing more than a single word batted back and forth between them like some unending tennis match. They're all too aware of this, too. At one point, upon remarking to Zachary, "Zachary, you're being loud," he replied, "yes, I know. It's my talent."
He does have a very odd sense of humour sometimes. For example, upon the recent shift to daylight savings time, I reminded Zachary, "we lost an hour today." He responded with mock sadness, "aww, bye bye hour. You're dead." I assured him, "you'll get it back in October." His face instantly shifted to a goofy grin as he cheerfully replied, "he's coming back again, like Jesus!" (OK, we had this conversation on a Sunday and Easter was approaching, so it's not totally insane that he'd make this association.)
He was a bit more on top of things regarding the leap year, though. He managed to figure out that Google had a frog on its logo on February 29th, in recognition of it being a leap day. (I didn't.)
Marking Occasions
At Hallowe'en this passed year, Zachary wanted to be something scary for a change, so we picked up a Death Eater costume for him in Cloverdale while visiting Nanny and Poppy. That seemed to satisfy, and he happily wore the mask more than was strictly necessary.
This year's birthday party was a glow-in-the-dark bowling party at Ridge Bowling. It was also a boys-only party, for the first time. Times are changing. In celebration of the boys-only motif, the ice cream cake was a Canucks cake. (His request for his family birthday cake was also a hockey theme. Hockey has since waned in favour of Pokémon, but not so much as for him to ignore the chance to bug us about the possibility of bidding on an autographed hockey stick in a recent charity auction. We didn't.) Zachary remarked (between Pokémon gifts from Grandma and Canucks gifts from Nanny and Poppy) that "this was is my best birthday yet!"
One novel event this Christmas was Zachary's (and Kyle's) participation in the Christmas pageant at the church. He played one of the soldiers and had the single (non-narrative) line that opened the play, directing people to come forward and be counted. For Christmas, Zachary's suspicions continue, but I think he fears challenging the status quo if it means upsetting a good thing. He did reach the conclusion that all toys that have labels on them must be store-manufactured, and is thus puzzling the economics and mechanics of Santa's role. He went so far as intending to lay a trap (a bell on his door). The trap failed to decide anything for him, though, and he received a stocking in his room as usual.
Incidentally, one should not be at all surprised to learn that, among these gifts, were two Pokémon cartridges. Other things that should not surprise: 1. that he plays them incessantly when they aren't confiscated, 2. that his awareness of those around him and talking to him is virtually non-existent when playing, and 3. that he will nonetheless leave them lying about when something else grabs his attention and thus has had one cartridge succumb to Nanny and Poppy's dog, Shilo, as a chew-toy. After some repair work to the casing, the cartridge again worked, and Shilo, though off his food for a day after a diet of metallic label, seems none the worse for wear. These cartridges, though, have given Zachary a topic of bonding with many, from Mi-Mi to many of his classmates (including older boys on the school playground).
See archive for previous updates.
| The Family |
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to view pictures of Zachary's various immediate family members.
| Relevant Links |
Here's the page for the Music with Marnie music class that Zachary attended when he was about four through six months.
Zachary's first swimming lessons were with Aquaventures Swim. More recently, he's joined Atlantis Programs' swimming class.
Gymboree sponsors both playgroup and music programmes which Zachary has enjoyed attending up until he was about three. After that he moved on to other programmes.
From there, Zachary joined Music for Young Children in the Fall before he turned four. There, he was learning to play the piano.
Also after Gymboree, Zachary moved on to Phoenix Gymnastics.
All content ©2000-2007 Jeff Vavasour. Updated March 22, 2008.