Entries from June 2011 ↓

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.

Eric’s hair is even wilder than usual here because he let Ezri put plastic barrettes in it while it was still damp. Once removed the barrettes left buoyant curls.

This conversation I posted to facebook, but it is worth repeating. Ezri was so proud of her pee/ P.U. joke. So proud! It is also worth noting that this week was her first time peeing in her potty. It’s a TMI toddler milestone. We have only begun toilet training, but the game is on. Conversation follows:

Toddler: Do you want to see my toe jam?
Me: Sure.
Toddler: Do you want to smell my toe jam?
Me: Not really.
Toddler: It smells like pee.
Me: Really?
Toddler: It smells like pee-eww!

After Ezri worked hard in her play kitchen to “bake” these plastic play muffins and lovingly brought them to the relaxing kitties who had done naught to help, the cats did not show any gratitude.

Here are Ellie and Manchi with their muffins which Ezri has gently placed on or near the kitties for their convenience.

Step 1: Remove all sprinkles and eat them commenting on their colors.

Step 2: Remove as much frosting as possible with your fingernails and eat it.
Resulting cookie as follows:

Step 3: Consider eating some of the actual baked good instead of just the toppings.

Step 4: MILK!

I rarely think my daughter looks like me as a kid, but in this blurry photo with her mouth full of cookie I can see a smaller me.

Ezri decided she wanted to take her wagon.

We had sandwiches and visited Champion the Wonderhorse at Two Toots.

Champion needed a big hug from Ezri.

We continue our tradition of matching T-shirts on Dad’s Day.
e for ezri.
E for Eric.

Remember last year?

And the year before?

Our tomatoes aren’t very big yet.

Ezri enjoys spraying them with water.
I have plans to get her a watering can of her own. Our current models are too big for her.

I don’t know that any watering can could be as exciting as holding the hose.
Ezri says, “I hold it steady. Tomato, drink. Here ya’ go! Here ya’ go!”

This farm and local wildlife zoo was perfect for a sunny morning. Ezri loves the caboose at the park that you can climb up into and explore.

We saw sheep.
This is Ezri showing me there are sheep.

We watched the ducks swim.

We met friends.

We saw a calf who was born just last night. Ezri liked that he drank milk from his mama.

That’s the face you get when you ask Ezri to say, “cheese!”

Rabbits, snakes, turtles, deer, and a really cool maccaw made this trip a good one.

We left all tuckered out.