Isaac's Vocabulary

Ball
Book

Hi
Bye
Stomp
Bounce
Run
Hot
Up
Uh-oh
Mess
'Eese (please)
'Oobie
Stuck
(whee!)

Juice
'Nana (banana)
'Ood (food)

Hat
Shoe
Sock

Dog (and woofing and panting)
Cat (and meowing)
(neighing)
(mooing)
(clucking)
Duck
'ird (bird)

Daddy
Mama
'Ra (Ezra)
'Pa (Grandpa)
'Ma (Grandma)
Gaco (Taco)

Uncle Jack

We had a great visit with my brother and his fiance at his house yesterday. Ezra cried the entire drive home because he didn't want to leave, and repeatedly chastised me for taking him away from his uncle for the remainder of the day.

Today he went over to Grandpa and Grandma's house and played with his Aunt Ruth, who sent me the following text:

Ezra just told me: "My mommy took me away from jack and I was crying because I was sad and I just want to play with him again."

Thurman's Rescue

Esra just insisted Seth and I put him in his fire truck bed and act out an entire play. Seth was Grandpa and I was Grandma and the bed was a car. The crib was the volcano and he was Thurman and he crawled out of the window and I had to grab his back legs and Seth had to pull over and run around to the passenger side and grab Thurman's front legs to save him.

This happened thirty-four years ago while my parents were driving up from California (the weekend Mt. St. Helens erupted), to move my dad (and his cat, Thurman) to Washington.

Ezra and Stories

Ezra asks for stories constantly. He enjoys books, of course, but loves stories about when he/his parents/his aunts and uncles/friends/grandparents were kids. And he remembers them in such vivid detail!

Seth

This post is as close as I will ever get to one of those saccharine "my busband's the best" FB posts...

But a blog summary of our life wouldn't be complete without recognition of how blessed Ezra, Isaac and I are to have Seth in our lives.

He loves us so well and self-sacrificially. I'm so glad God made us into a family.

"Isaac just keeps ruining my day"

"Isaac just keeps ruining my day" he says. It's kinda true. Poor Isaac wants Ezra's attention SO badly that he keeps forcing himself on Ezra.

This morning, at least, Ezra is overtired (Isaac did rudely wake him up) and just wanrs to be left alone. Isaac, however, is in a great mood and is being super sweet. He hasn't hit Ezra once! And keeps trying to (open mouth) kiss Ezra ("but he's so slimy!") and pet him ("but I'm not a dog or animal!")

This is as difficult as keeping them apart when they're being mean to each other!

"Such a Nice Lady"

Ezra finished his peanut butter and jam sandwich and stood up. "I think I need another one!"

"Oh?" I asked. "Do you want another peanut butter and jam sandwich?"

"Yes please! To the kitchen!"

I beat him to the kitchen and started spreading the peanut butter on a slice of bread.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm making you another sandwich."

"Oh! You are just such a nice lady!"