Ezri Speaks

There’s nothing like being read to by a professional. Lori also plays a great pretend tiger. I think playing with Lori and Jason was even more fun than the ice cream we all had together and that is saying something.

Here’s another collection of Ezri quotes.

“Stop it, Ivan. Ivan is flattering me!” Ivan was sitting on top of his sister.

“Gardening is hard work. Weeding is hard, but it is our destiny. Weeding is not the fun part of gardening, but it is our destiny. Weeding is taking a long time.” I look at my watch we have been weeding in the garden patch for about a minute and half. I ask, ‘What is the fun part of gardening?” Ezri answers, “The eating.” I suspect she may be confusing “destiny” with “duty.” I agree that fresh grown vegetables and fruits are the best part, but anticipate getting none of our strawberries or tomatoes this year with two pickers here who will pop them right in their mouths.

“Amanda, you are the best mama EVER!” It was said at a moment I hadn’t even done anything AMAZING like given her a cookie. I felt I should write it down to remind her she felt this way once.

As I added dried cranberries to my oatmeal (something Ezri loves to do), “Amanda, you are my kind of mama!”

Ezri was delaying bedtime and said she had to tell us something. Eric said, “Ezri, just spit it out.” She looked puzzled and said, “But, I don’t have anything in my mouth.”

“A hug is what you give when you don’t have a real present.” Her hugs are real presents, she just doesn’t know it.

She also now gives me kisses that are “proof” when I leave for work. I asked what it meant to have a kiss that was proof.
“You know it’s water proof and wind proof. It won’t wash off. Nothing can get it off because it’s proof.”