Ezri speaks

A collection of conversation and quotes from Ezri.

“I am a big girl. You are a woman.” As she leaves the room ahead of me, “C’mon, woman!”

“I am a hooker. See, I have hooks for hands.” She likes the idea of Captain Hook and I am certain he would be even better with two hook hands. But, we really need her to rename this supervillain persona she’s developing.

Ezri is having trouble settling at bedtime. She makes up reasons she needs Eric to come back to see her. An example :
e (calling from her bed): Eric I NEED you.
E (exasperated): What do you need, Ezri?
e (pauses to think): My thumb is wet.
E: Did you put in your mouth?
e: Yes, dry it for me. I need you.
A few nights ago after we thought she was actually settled. We heard this over the baby monitor from the basement.
“Eric. . . ERIC!. . .Eric Benjamin! I need you. . . . . RIGHT NOW.” We laughed for a good long time before responding. I am afraid Ezri will have to learn the hard way that invoking the use of the middle name to command attention is a pattern of speech whose power is for the parents to use, not the offspring.

Ezri is enjoying singing the My Little Pony theme song. She can only sing three words – “My Little Pony” but she will keep at it repeating them for a good long time. Notably, she has only watched two episodes of the show EVER and it has a powerful place in her consciousness. The second episode we watched I tried to skip the theme song, but she called me on that and asked for the song.

We’ve stopped getting so many “Why?” questions, but now get gems like this,
“Do Wampas eat ponies?”