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The kids have plenty of toys in the house. But on the afternoon pictured below, they found Eric’s box of dice and played together for 40 minutes or so. They stacked dice. They counted dice. They made dice have the same number facing up. They divided dice by color into teams. Ivan was in charge of green team. They debated whether white dice with black dots belonged on the same team as black dice with white dots. They divided dice by number of sides. They fought over the one perfectly round yellow die. Ezri asked whether the round die was a die or a ball and if maybe they should keep it with their marbles instead. If you are gifting a 3 – 6 year this holiday season, go ahead and buy them a bunch of dice. They make for good times.

It’s a serious time of day.

And we spent a lot of time bathing our toys.
First there was a bath for fairies and smurfs. Here are some drying out after their bath.

Then it was superhero bathtime (and some extra dinosaurs and plastic tools).

Tam and Mark came to stay with the kids for 3 days and 4 nights while Eric and I traveled to Wyoming to celebrate a good friend’s wedding. It was the first time Eric and I had both been away simultaneously since Ezri was born. Eric did spend one night in the hospital with Ivan and I after his birth – so we were both away from Ezri that night.

I missed my kids, but enjoyed myself. The reverse seems to be true of the kids. Here is a photo of the kids with the grandparents after our return – all still smiling. It is weird (though natural) that as they grow our lives become more separate and this first longer separation made me realize I am becoming less the center of their world. This is a good thing, but I anticipate nostalgia for these early years.

We read Jeff Mack’s picture book The Things I Can Do. It inspired us to think about the things Ezri can do. She is demonstrating that she can do a puppet show with her feet.

Here is a big pile of friends on the futon. While we were gone this same thing happened in the bathroom with a “hair salon” styling of the plush friends.

There was a long line at the hair salon yesterday. But eventually everyone got their looks that Ezri said were “ready for the display window.”

A week ago we had friends over to our house to celebrate the return of good friends from a year in New Zealand.

Ezri loved being a hostess – or she loved showing her house to friends.

Whenever a train went by on the tracks, a viewing party assembled.

Everyone loved exploring the dress up clothes.

Her bed became a rocketship.

A: What did you like about our playdate?
e: I liked that my best friends were there.