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She’s grown enough hair to get some serious bed head going.

When asked to say Happy Thanksgiving, Ezri said, “Thank you, Happsgiving!”
It was indeed a happy holiday.
Ezri ate turkey and apple sauce and discovered cranberry sauce for the first time. It was great to have her say “cheers” and raise her sippy cup during the meal for the first time.

Ezri was allowed to play with the Little People toys that belonged to her aunt and dad when they were kids. She loved the barn with its animals. Ezri delighted in putting plastic people around the table with the sticker that showed hot dogs and kool-aid on the table and saying, “yummy! yummy!”

Ezri’s Grandpa sang “I Am My Own Grandpa” for her and played the guitar. She banged on the piano while singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or Froggy Went A-Courting. We did a lot of toddler dancing and moved dolls throughout the house pausing to inspect their belly buttons or add or remove their clothing. I find I have plenty to be thankful for.

Ezri is happy to have a doting house guest.

Here she is “playing naptime” with Amy. Real naptime is trickier, but she loves the play version. Also, bringing Amy blankets and stuffed animals to nap with was a great game. “Here you go!” as she delighted piles a stuffed ferret onto Amy’s face.

Amy is looking at photos with Ezri.

Here she is with a gift from Amy.
Seuss Classic in Yiddish.

Ezri is saying more and more.
She is making sentences.

Yesterday morning, I recorded what Ezri said for about an hour.
Here it is:
Say Moo. (Title of a book she could see on the floor)
Yes. (Answer to do you want to feed the cat?)
No, Sushi, no.
Cat food. Ezri feed. (Ezri loves helping feed the kitties in the morning.)
Hold hands, Mama.
Turn around and clap clap.
Yes. (the answer to do you want breakfast?)
Ezri yogurt – strawberries.
Let’s open this.
Baby sit right here (sitting her doll in a chair)
Pencil
E-Z-R-I Ezri (while scribbling with the pencil she found)
Miss Mouse Come Out Come Out Come Out (She knows it’s storytime morning)
Ezri get up. Sit.
Strawberries! Strawberries!
Mama yogurt too.
Bagel.
Dada Dada.
1,2,3,4 Jump!
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star How I Wonder What You Are
Look, Mama, This.
Manchi Manchi
Ezri stamp (pretending to put a stamp on her hand)
Kim cookies (looking at a Kim and Carrots story in Baby Bug Magazine)
Mama do it. Again.
Come here Sushi up.
Sushi read a book.
Boo!
Miss Kitty Cat.
Ezri cats in the morning. Meow. (request for a favorite song)
Puppy dance too. (She makes her puppet dance.)
Here ya go, Mama.
Bitsy Spider.
Patty Cake Patty Cake Baker’s Man Bake Me a Cake as Fast as You Can.
Stinky Diaper.
Baby Baby.
Rub-a-dub-dubby.
Ezri socks and shoes.
Horses in. (Pointing to a drawer where there are plastic ponies)
Dance dance! (Dancing her ponies to the music)
Where did nook go?
Ezri look for it.
Ezri pick a book. Hop Pop.
Ezri ouchy.
Go, go, mommy.

So, that’s it. That’s what Ezri sounds like these days.

Ezri sang this to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
She is super happy that Sushi likes her bed for naps.

I am glad that the cats and toddler are proving increasingly friendly toward one another.

It is getting dark in the four o’clock hour which cuts into our post nap park walks. I will miss them this winter.

Thing I find too cute right now is that Ezri calls band-aids – rubberbands.
“Mama ouch foot. Rubber band on it.”
Less cute was the complete meltdown when the band-aid came off in the bath. Sobs of “rubber band. rubber band. nooooo.” A new one was put on the small, fully healed scratch right after the bath. Sometimes I guess a band-aid does just make it better.

This photo is exceptional because Ezri is playing happily with all the cats present and untormented.
Ezri is giving Sushi crayons. “Here, Sushi!” and “This one.”
Sushi isn’t so interested in the game, but she’s happy enough.

Check out those matching grey sweatshirts. Looking good, father and daughter.

We took a walk around the block and, while she was carried for some portion, Ezri walked much of the distance on her own two feet.

Things about my little girl that are new.
1) Past Tense
I am hearing more past tense. It’s still new but she knows that verbs ending in -ed mean things have already happened.
2) Doorknobs.
She can open the door to her bedroom and she is getting out of her bed on her own. Now, instead of calling “mama” from her crib. She is standing knocking on the door to her room calling for one or both of her parents. Maybe someday we’ll wake up before she does. Then again, maybe not.
3) Doll Play
She had Eric do the entire bedtime routine with stories in the rocking chair and songs for her baby doll last night at her direction. She also will say, “Baby up,” and pick up a baby doll. Then pat its back saying, “it’s okay. it’s okay.”
4) Manners?
Every once in awhile unprompted she says, “please” or “thank you” or most endearingly, “thank you, mama.”

Things Ezri loved about our long weekend in Denver:

1) The speed bumps in the parking garage for Coral’s apt.
There were two speed bumps so she could say, “bump-bump” followed by “again” and then we’d go over the second one. She seemed to know at this point saying “again” a second time would be fruitless.

2) Crashing Blue the dog’s 3rd birthday party –
which got her an opportunity to see 6 dogs running around, be given a balloon and a cupcake. Blue’s party was at the school where Jason teaches and he was showing us around. Ezri said, “Dogs running. Ball! Ball!” This tour also included a playground and freshly picked apples from fruit trees on the grounds. Score!

3) Running up and down the halls in the apt. building and being called a little stomper by Coral. She would stomp-stomp-stomp and then copy Coral saying, “Hey, little stomper” while Coral and I followed.

4) Chasing, petting and attempting to play with the household cats, Sugar and Smack.
She was so excited about the cats (and a bit congested) that she would start breathing heavily like a mini-darth and bouncing and stomping when she saw them. All of which made the cats VERY nervous.

5) Shower Curtain Peek-a-boo
Aunt Coral came up with a whole new fun game.

6) Finding and playing with the two toys in the house that made noise
A kitten and a pig puppet.

7) Hugging Curious George
A large costumed character george was at the Trick or Treat Street event and Ezri hugged him. Then she demanded that Mama hug George. When we went past George a second time she asked for another hug. Later that night she used past tense for the first time I recall when asked what she did today and said, “Ezri hugged George.” Thanks to whomever was in that costume for humoring Ezri and giving good hugs.

8 ) Firetruck
In the Denver Children’s Museum they have a firetruck display that let’s you climb up in a firetruck. The stuff of Ezri’s dreams.

9) The Megamind display of happy meal toys in the local McDonald’s

10) Play Dough
Coral and Jason bought Ezri a play dough set. Which she requested several times during the visit saying, “Ezri squish” and pointing at the box. I was impressed with her imagination as she made a dough ring and called it “bagel.” She also called one of my dough roll-ups “paper towels” and I had to admit it was rolled up just like paper towels.

11) Corn Maze Bubbles
A windy day means you just have to hold up the wand and bubbles come out.

12) Dancing in the living room with assorted adults and demanding various songs “again”

13) The Poster of Einstein sticking his tongue out at the Red Robin Restaurant

14) The cookie from the coffee shop at the Tattered Cover Bookstore

15) Flipping through Coral’s photos

16) Climbing up on Coral & Jason’s bed for tickling and pretending to nap.

17) Trying on the shoes of various adults from high heels to boots to sneakers and clomping around.

18) Wearing her monkey backpack which has a tail that doubles as a tether. It was great in the busy airport and she loves to put it on. Note she’s wearing it with her pajamas in one photo.

19) The gift of a doll with open/shut eyes who also is wearing glasses was a big hit.

20) I think 19 things is enough though I am sure I am leaving out some of the Ezri highlights.

It was a great trip. The little one had a blast and Eric and I got to spend time with close-to-my-heart friends who are too far away most of the time.