Entries from April 2011 ↓

Curious George visited the arboretum for Arbor Day to plant a tree and greet children.

Ezri repeatedly slinked her way through throngs of children to get to George.
She would follow this monkey anywhere and is not shy about it.
Here she is giving him a high five.

Here she is dancing with George and super thrilled that he also danced.

I realize I only have photos of the back of her head, but there was no chance she was looking at a camera when there was a giant Curious George in the garden.

We also stopped to smell the flowers.

Ezri really wanted an umbrella when we saw them at the store.
She had seen other “big girls” with umbrellas walking in our neighborhood and she remains very into big girl status.

Here she is with her new pink, Dora the Explorer umbrella.
I tried to talk her into Hello Kitty or the frog umbrella, but she *really* wanted this one.
It was next to one covered in Barbie and I’m pretty happy that was not the one she wanted.

Ezri called this rock Pony Rock.
“Pony rock. Look, mama, Ezri ride!”

Giddy-up, Pony Rock.

Tonight Ezri kept shifting around during bedtime stories trying to get comfy in my lap. I realized this is happening because my lap is shrinking. Sorry, firstborn, you are already having to learn how to share mom with the fetus.

Her hair is wet in this photo because she stuck her head in the frog fountain.

It turns out if Ezri expresses desire for a soccer ball at Target, her dad will buy it for her.
It has made our backyard even more fun.

Ezri does kick it.

She also enjoys sitting on it.

Hugging it.

And generally rolling around with it in our yard.

Ezri is getting good at putting on her own sunglasses, but she always goes with the upside-down look. They still work, so I’m letting it go.

Ezri climbed all the way up into the play structure at the Children’s Garden by herself and she’s pretty darn pleased with herself.

She got to the top and said, “I DID IT! I DID IT!”

The climb tired her so she decided to play naptime at the top.
“I’m napping!” she asserts with her eyes wide open and a grin.

Ezri is having trouble with making decisions.
This morning I asked her if she would like vanilla or banana yogurt.
She looked up and said, “Vanilla!” paused a moment and followed it up with, “and then banana.”

Ezri had a great time at her 3rd Passover Seder on Monday evening with her Grandma Liz and Grandpa Harvey and assembled math professors.
This year she was old enough to help with one of the four questions during the seder. She also really liked grandma’s homemade matzah ball soup. She liked dancing to Chad Gadya and trying on yamulkes from her grandparents’ collection.
But, the highlight of her night was finding the afikomen. I think she’d have done that even without getting the bonus of a fish shaped purse and chocolate ladybug as a prize for returning it.
I, of course, was too busy eating to take any photos of the occasion. There’s always Ezri’s fourth seder. . .

So, I leave you instead with this photo of Ezri who has put on her dads sneakers and announced, “Mama, I am ready to go to the GYM!”

Also, she really wanted me to teach her how to tie shoes. I tried to tell her to just be happy about how cool velcro is for now, but she really wanted to try. We worked on it together.

Eric and I would not be into waiting in line to take photos with large costumed characters if Ezri did not LOVE LOVE LOVE them. At Halloween she met Curious George and followed him around. And the love continues with a giant bunny who was a part of the dancing and egg celebration at a park district program. She waited pretty patiently for her turn to meet the bunny which is AMAZING for her age and excitement.

I tried to get her to look at the camera, but she really only had eyes for “Mister Bunny.”

Mister Bunny accepted high fives and hugs. Ezri gave him both.

We also did a very easy paper egg scavenger hunt and there was a rainy day egg grab in the gym. Ezri discovered her plastic egg had tootsie rolls inside. She declared them “yummy” but also was surprised at how sticky they are. Here she is with the classic something-is-stuck-in-my-teeth look.