{"id":2155,"date":"2011-03-21T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2011-03-21T18:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T23:19:00","slug":"black-manta-is-a-daddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/?p=2155","title":{"rendered":"Black Manta is a Daddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ezri became interested in this Black Manta action figure today.  His eyes light up red at the press of a button.<br \/>\nEzri informed me, &#8220;Black Manta is a dada.  Black Manta needs his baby.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantaray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantaray-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mantaray\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantaray-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantaray-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ezri found Black Manta a baby.  Then she decided, &#8220;Need a Mama.&#8221;  Here is Black Manta playing with his family.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantafam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantafam-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mantafam\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantafam-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantafam-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think the baby favors Mama&#8217;s side of the family.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/blackmanta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/blackmanta-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"blackmanta\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/blackmanta-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/blackmanta-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then Ezri picked up Black Manta and had him sing Rockabye, Baby while rocking the baby.  Ezri said, &#8220;Black Manta is a good daddy.  Ezri&#8217;s dada good dada.&#8221;<br \/>\nShe then had Black Manta and Mama on either side of the baby giving the baby a &#8220;family hug.&#8221;  Eric and I often do family hugs with her in the middle.  In fact, if we hug without her she may look up with a glint of jealousy and say, &#8220;Ezri family hug?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Manta family hug.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantahug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantahug-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mantahug\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantahug-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/03\/mantahug-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ezri became interested in this Black Manta action figure today. His eyes light up red at the press of a button. Ezri informed me, &#8220;Black Manta is a dada. Black Manta needs his baby.&#8221; Ezri found Black Manta a baby. Then she decided, &#8220;Need a Mama.&#8221; Here is Black Manta playing with his family. 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