{"id":2430,"date":"2011-06-05T21:35:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T02:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2011-06-06T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T18:44:31","slug":"maiden-voyage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/?p=2430","title":{"rendered":"Maiden Voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eric assembled a surprise for Ezri this morning.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"wagon1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s our new wagon with all terrain wheels.<br \/>\nEzri declared it &#8220;perfect.&#8221;<br \/>\nWe took it out for its maiden voyage to the park tonight.<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"wagon2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We talked about several of Ezri&#8217;s favorite books featuring wagons.<br \/>\nThe charming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Red-Wagon-Renata-Liwska\/dp\/0399252371\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1307326871&#038;sr=1-1\">Red Wagon<\/a> in which a simple trip of taking a wagon to the market turns into an imaginative adventure with storms, pirates, train, and a circus.  And then there is Fancy Nancy who loads up her wagon in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fancy-Nancy-Posh-Puppy-OConnor\/dp\/0007254830\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1307327966&#038;sr=1-2\"> Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy. <\/a> Ezri is pleased we have our own red wagon.  She asked for her stuffed dog, Woof Woof, to come on our trip to the park.  There&#8217;s plenty of room in the wagon for friends.  We will have to have some over to ride. . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon3-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"wagon3\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon3-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/blog.ezriblau.com\/2011\/06\/wagon3-797x1024.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I knew parents got asked hard questions, but I wasn&#8217;t prepared for how hard this one was to explain.<br \/>\n&#8220;Why did he bite me?&#8221;<br \/>\nEzri has her first mosquito bite of summer and keeps asking over and over, &#8220;Why did he bite me?&#8221;  She can&#8217;t understand why the bug would do such a thing.  We tried to explain that it is in their nature and part of their life cycle and they bite other people and animals not just her.  This prompted a story about a mosquito who bit an elephant on his bottom and made it itchy.  Despite our best answers, I think we will be hearing, &#8220;Why did he bite me?&#8221; until this bite feels better.   The last few weeks have brought out many &#8220;why&#8221; questions.  We used to get &#8220;what&#8221;  and &#8220;who,&#8221; but why is here in a major way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric assembled a surprise for Ezri this morning. It&#8217;s our new wagon with all terrain wheels. Ezri declared it &#8220;perfect.&#8221; We took it out for its maiden voyage to the park tonight. We talked about several of Ezri&#8217;s favorite books featuring wagons. 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