January 24th, 2013 — outside play
It has not been a snowy winter, so we put on snow pants to go out and play in a mild dusting of snow.
Ezri’s pathetic question is, “Now do I have enough snow for a snowman?”
Despite sweeping up snow into a pile we did not manage a snowman.
Ezri’s attempt at a snow angel was slightly more successful.
We did a project where we used the cold outside to make colored ice cubes on our outside windowsill.
Ezri used them to slide around on the picnic table and to make patterns.
Ezri also enjoyed catching snowflakes on her tongue.
I am happy to report that our cocoa after playing in the snow was a complete success.
January 21st, 2013 — at play
Ivan and Dolly and Madison and Baby Cory are all invited. We are having tea and bottles and knitted cupcakes and plastic ice creams.
Dolly is the hostess, so she pours the tea for everyone.
January 21st, 2013 — Uncategorized
January 16th, 2013 — cooking
January 14th, 2013 — at play, outside play
Friends leaving town have gifted the kids with this fun playhouse. We need to get a new bolt to put on the other half of the roof, but it’s fun as a convertible.
Ezri thought cleaning it up with a big, pink sponge was great. We sploshed soapy water all over the play house and it was fun and somewhat effective and the sponge was pink which Ezri loved.
Coming out.
Going in.
Coming out again.
You know, Ezri, it does have a door.
She made me pretend alphabet soup in the kitchen. I had to wait outside, because I was the pet and she was the owner. This worked because I don’t really fit in the playhouse comfortably. Ivan also loves the house.
January 13th, 2013 — books, grandparents, Ivan
January 10th, 2013 — at play, Ezri speaks
“I want this mustache to be a masterpiece.”
“See, Ivan, easy as peasy.” Showing her brother how to craft.
Meghan: What’s the hardest part of being a big sister.
Ezri: The special smell.
Ezri: BEE-BO PINATA! BEE-BO PINATA!
Amanda: What is a bee-bo pinata?
Ezri: It’s a pinata shaped like a bee-bo.
Rodeo bookstore is a game where Ezri lays out books from our collection and offers them for sale while she plays her harmonica.
She also “speaks rodeo” which involves speaking through her harmonica. It’s a trick to understand.
Eric made up a song we sing when we play rodeo bookstore, “Going to the rodeo bookstore and we’re gonna have a good time.”
I am usually the customer. Though lately Ivan has learned to play. You ask the bookstore lady (Ezri) if she has a book on a topic and she gets it for you and sells it to you for pretend money. Ivan walked up and said “Baby” and Ezri happily sold him a Peekaboo book with a baby on the cover.
“The pink ninja goes like this” (lots of spinning and jumping and thumping).
“I will teach to be PINK NINJA!”
Ezri: I’m the Las Vegas call girl!
Me: You’re the Las Vegas call girl?
Ezri: No, no, no Las Vegas cow girl. Like in the lights.
Me: The Las Vegas cowgirl?
Ezri: Yes, I ride cows and have that circle rope thing.
I think we are referencing this: Neon Cowgirl Sign
Though the neon Vegas cowgirl does not have a lasso. She is also not riding a cow.
This picture is Ivan and Ezri in the story box they made. It has stars drawn on the inside and buildings and a girl with rainbow pigtails.
January 4th, 2013 — at play
Ezri loves this new drill set. It comes with a drill and screwdriver and wrench and many colored bolts.
The pieces screw together just perfectly. Eric says it has just the right amount of torque for preschoolers. Ezri likes being a fixer. She also enjoys making patterns with the colored screws. Even her brother can get in on the action by placing the bolts where Ezri can then drill them down.
“I am really good at screwing!” she says.
Here is the drill girl at work.
Ezri with her finished design. Voila!
January 1st, 2013 — holidays, Ivan
Here we are under the tree pre-present opening.
Ivan woke up at 7:30. Ezri did not appear until 9 a.m. due to her festive Christmas pinkeye.
Ivan saw the unwrapped red rocking moose left for him under the tree and called it,”Ee-Oh! Ee-Oh! Ee-Oh!” We’ve since learned he uses this word for strollers too. Perhaps it means conveyance?
Ezri is unwrapping a really cool pop-up book. She helped Ivan unwrap his gifts too. I liked it when she unwrapped a present in pink cupcake paper and said that clearly Grandma Tam who wrapped it “knows me because I like cupcakes AND pink.”
The kids love the Star Wars spaceships that came with small Vader, Luke and R2.
They did a pretty good job sharing the present. Only occasionally did we hear Ezri says, “No, Ivan, no! I want Vader!”
We had to take a brunch break. Bacon and coffee – hoo-ray!
Ezri loved the new pink sleeping bag and insisted on taking it to sleep with in her bed. It has made one out of the house foray now to a New Year’s Eve party.
It wouldn’t be Christmas without new books.
Eric unwrapped his Dr. Who lego compatible mini figures.
Ezri and Eric tested whether all the doctors could fit on the lego police car from her stocking. It’s tight, but they just made it.
Ezri in a new dress that is both striped and pink (two of her signature fashion favorite trends) and wearing the paper chain we made to decorate for our holiday party.
December 21st, 2012 — holidays, Ivan
We put the tree up and did just a little decorating.
After our first pass at decorating, Ezri’s ornament placement may have needed adjustment.
The next day we did some more work on the tree. Here we are junking up our tree really nicely.
Ivan found an ornament shaped like a star. He holds it aloft saying “Tee-Ko Tee-Ko!” That’s his version of “twinkle twinkle.”
Here Ezri is showing the “baby frosty” who she hung next to the “mama Frosty.”
I am so happy to have a tree full of ornaments – many homemade. We have ornaments made by Ezri and ones Eric & Amy made as children and ones Tam made during my childhood and ones from special friends. It’s completely festive.
