Entries from October 2011 ↓

Ezri says, “This is my drawing of Ezri.”

This new toy tells the user to match the colors. Ezri does like matching colors, but she decided her house needed eyes and a green smile and didn’t mind bending the rules to make it so.

The pegs in this toy are perfect for Ezri to do all by herself which makes her very happy. It’s made by ALEX toys in their Little Hands line and is well designed for 2 year-olds. Lots of fun.

“But I don’t know the words.”
This comment was repeatedly wailed after being asked to read to herself in her room, since she would not, could not nap. She was holding a library book that we had not read often enough to memorize.

Pointing to the Obama ’08 logo on Eric’s T-shirt:
Ezri: That’s from Meghan’s laptop. That’s Meghan’s favorite.

Ezri: What’s that? It’s like a tongue for his bum!

“These raisins are grape flavored.”

“I’ll take off my socks and you kiss my feet.”
Said to me after I read Counting Kisses by Karen Katz which features a baby getting kisses on various body parts. Sums up our relationship some days.

“I am your big sister.”
This comment was said in Ezri’s version of a Darth Vader imitation into a toy microphone right next to Ivan’s head. Eric so often used this toy to say, “Ezri, I am your father,” in his Vader voice that Ezri thinks this is the microphone’s purpose. Early on in her speaking career she carried it around and said into it simply, “I father. I father.”

“We talked about bird poop.”
Just telling me about her conversation with Eric.

“One day ago.”
Ezri uses this phrase for anything that happened a long time ago. Her last doctor’s appointment in February was “one day ago.” Visiting her dad’s office 10 months ago was “one day ago.” I like her stories about what happened one day ago.

“No, no, Ivan! One at a time. One AT A TIME.”
With both kids in the back of the car, Ezri was crying because we’d had to leave the park where she was playing. Then Ivan started crying (not sure why) and Ezri yelled in her bossy big sister tone, “No, no, Ivan! One at a time. One AT A TIME.” If she can enforce the one-wailing-child-at-a-time rule, in my house I am all for it.

In other news, Ezri is now big enough to try the monkey bars. She even got herself from one rung to another before dropping. She is SO STRONG.

Though we must admit, he does kind of look like a pillow.

Mr. Eric, the author of Pete the Cat, and James Dean, the illustrator, visited Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville.

Mr. Eric brought a guitar and harmonica and some great kids’ songs.
Mr. Dean painted a canvas with Pete the Cat during the performance and book talk.

Ezri doing some dancing up front.

The illustrator working on the painting.

Dancing in motion.

Thanks, Anderson’s Bookshop, Ezri loved meeting the creators of one of her favorite books.

Dressed up for a birthday party wearing her big sister shoes.

Balloons!

Pin the tail on the donkey

Party hat