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After a fast and violent storm that knocked down lots of branches and trees (and left us without power for three days), the sun came out and Ezri and I went out to play.
As soon as Ezri knew it was wet outside she found her boots and put them on all by herself.

Ezri really wanted to put all the leaves and branches back on the trees.
“Why are they broken? Why? Let’s fix it!”
I explained we could not fix the trees and Ezri asked. “Why?” and made this face.

She liked puddle stomping.

The playground was wet, but still fun.

It was really too warm and too dry for her raincoat afterall.

So simple . . . Kids decorate bikes and buggies and wagons and trikes. Then the police close a block of main street. The kids roll around the block with as much pomp as they can muster and then go to the park to watch a juggler do a show.

We decorated the wagon with balloons and some streamers.
Ezri said, “It’s Fancy like Nancy!”
We had her shake her tambourine down main street.

Towards the end of the block long parade, Ezri got tired, even though Eric provided the power to move her along.
It was a HOT day.

After our efforts, we needed ice cream.

This is only Ezri’s second ice cream cone, so she’s still learning how it all works.

Ever since seeing a magazine ad for Kool-Aid with kids sticking out different colored tongues, Ezri has been fascinated by the idea of a tongue color changing. I really wish her tongue would change color when she eats green peas or red grapes, but it took a yellow lollipop from the Trader Joe’s treasure chest to do it.

Then she wanted me to take her photo, but every time I snapped she closed her mouth.

Finally, we got this photo. Hello, yellow tongue.

Then she found yellow toys and the yellow stripe in her shirt and said, “Tongue – Match! Match!”

We met up with friends at the Taste of Westmont and Ezri was all about the carnival rides.

This first car ride went faster than I thought it would.
I thought that might be a problem, but Ezri thought it was grand.

Ezri the back seat driver:

Ezri and Eric up on the ferris wheel.

Eric decided to go on one of the fast rides with a friend. Ezri pointed, she waved and she kept saying she wanted to sit next to Daddy. There was an empty seat right next to him. “Ezri, you can’t go on that ride?” “Why no? I want to ride.” No fear. None. I am so glad she is not yet tall enough to ride this ride. Eric’s up there somewhere.

Ezri enjoyed the Downers Grove parade.

Miss Rachel is moving to Mississippi, so this morning was her last storytime at the library.
We could not miss it.
Miss Rachel did many of Ezri’s early storytimes as she led the Early Walker storytime for kids walking to 23 months.
Ezri always asks about Miss Rachel when we go to the library and I know she will miss her.
I am not sure she yet realizes that Miss Rachel won’t be at library some days, though we’ve tried to explain. This is the first time a friend has moved away from town.

Good luck moving, Rachel. Ezri, Eric and I will miss you. I bet Miss Mouse will too.

Ezri really likes this magnifying glass.
She uses it to pretend to be a vet and look in the eyes, the mouth, and under the tail of various stuffed animals. When the house cats are in range, she tries to examine them as well. She has been warned that this behavior may result in a time out or scratching incident.

Outside she discovered the magnifying glass was pretty good for looking at plants too.

Here she says, “BIG EYE! BIG EYE!”

Here she is saying, “I’m ‘spicious.” She can’t quite say suspicious, but she likes trying to look suspicious.

Ezri was fascinated that the box that came with the mail carrier was for her.

E – “What’s in it?”
Me – “I don’t know.
E – “Mama, scissors, let’s open it!”

Inside was a purse with kittens on it. She has filled this with marbles and small stuffed cats. Carrying it around makes her look so grown-up – like five instead of just two.

There were wall stickers. Ezri was excited to stick them on the wall. We had to do it immediately. We’ve also had to discuss how not all stickers are for putting on the wall – just the ones that came in our box.

Ezri had to carefully decide how to place her kitties.
She would say, “Here ya’ go, kitty. You will be cozy here,” as she stuck each one.
She reached on her tip-toes to place the highest of them.
Then she decided which color flowers each kitten needed and discussed how the flowers matched – often placing ones of the same color near each other.
Here is the finished design.

She then had to see how tall she was against her new kitty wall. At naptime she kissed the kitties good nap and after nap she said, “Wake up, kitties!”

By far the best thing in the box was a pair of feathers from Norbert, the parrot. Here they are:

She used them to turn avian saying, “Ezri is a bird. FLY! FLY!”
See, how they are wings.

Then she took them to Manchi cat and said, “Now, you can fly Manchi. FLY! FLY!”
Manchi was unimpressed.

In other bird-related hijinks, Ezri has not yet learned that running after the robins at the park excitedly saying, “Come back, robins. COME BACK!” will never actually result in the return of the robins.