Silence=Time To Worry

Most parents of toddlers already know this equation....but apparently I need to re-learn it.

The other day I was doing dishes, while Ezra was happily making noise in the front room.

Singing to himself...

...talking to any train that would listen...

..throwing bouncy balls across the room and then screaming, "RUN THE BASES!"

I guess I just got so used to the continual din that I didn't really notice when it stopped...

...until suddenly I did...

...and found this:

In two minutes, he had eaten almost a whole pack of gum,

(some of which he spit out politely onto a wrapper....but I guess the other half has taken up a seven year residence in his gut.)

opened my wallet and helped himself to a bit of cash,

and placed a call to a 9 digit number on my phone.

Hmmmmmm.....at least he keeps things interesting. =)

On a completely unrelated note, I'm pulling together photos for my Easter post and stumbled upon this little jewel from October.

HA!

He had JUST been buckled in, and between that time and my climbing into the front seat, putting on my belt and checking to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything, he'd fallen into such a deep sleep that his jaw was hanging open!

To be fair it WAS Halloween and he'd been runing around like a crazy person all day long.

Good times...good times...

The Foreman

The foreman begins a job by meeting with his senior supervisors.

They discuss the goals and expectations for the day and then get to work.

Next, he organizes the drivers and directs each specialized vehicle to where it needs to go.

Then, of course, he has to go back and check on the ground crew to make sure they're not slacking.

Naturally there will be accidents that the foreman has to manage and correct.

(You want him?...Come and get him...I dare you....)

And, occasionally odd situations might arise...

(apparently this is a "dinosaur working man"...ok...)

...but at the end of the day, being the foreman is a pretty sweet job.

(P.S. thanks for the Thomas pajamas Grandma Maridawn!)

Ezraisms

Today at the park Ezra met a new friend.

After introducing himself

"HI, my namesezra", (HA!)

He turned and pointed at me,

"This is my friend, Mommy"

OH!

There you have it, world!

I am officially my son's friend!

HOORAY!!

This little conversation made me think of some other funny things he's said lately that I wanted to document

(along with some random, cell phone pictures of everyday life).....

--At lunch the other day I sat his plate on the table and announced,

"Peas and raspberries, side by side, yum yum!"

He looked at the plate and declared,

"Just like Hondo and Fabian!"

(The dog and cat characters in his favorite book)

What the what?

HA HA!

--He's recently started talking to a cartoon dog dressed up like a fireman on a magnet the local fire-station gave us.

One day I heard him say,

"Firedog you are a hero....but I am just a boy."

When I reminded him that boys can be heroes by helping their mommies, he triumphantly turned back to the magnet and declared,

"Firedog I AM a hero TOO!"

(these are his "fireman boots". He demands to wear them to the weirdest places...like Joann's fabrics.)

--While laying in bed one morning, Ezra came barreling in and demanded,

"You be Harvey"

Which meant that he wanted me to give his stuffed monkey a voice so that they could have a conversation.

I groggily sat up and said,

"Good morning Ezra, how are you"

(In Harvey's voice of course.)

Ezra smiled and said,

"Harvey, I ask you a question?"

To which Harvey replied that he could...

Ezra flopped down on his belly, rested his chin in his hands and stared deep into his friend's little plastic eyes,

"soooooooooooooo, you are a monkey?"

he asked.

HA!

That "so" at the beginning KILLED me!

Lately he's also been trying out random phrases that he's heard.

Here's just a few that he'll attempt to start a conversation with.

"I have never seen that"

"Speaking of which"

and "That's unbelievable"

(although that last one sounds more like umbereafuble)

Oh man!

This little kid makes me laugh like NO ONE else can.

I am so grateful that I get to be his mommy. =)

Early Saturday Morning....

...a love affair begins?

We'll see how he feels at the end of the season. =)

Baby sister

Don't hate me for posting this, Heidi!

I'm just so blown away by your talent I want to scream to the world.....

MY BABY SISTER MADE THIS!!!

HA HA HA HA!

You've got some serious skills darling!

I love you. =)

Snippety snip!

Have I told you about how awful Ezra is when it comes to hair cuts?

I'm serious!

At his last appointment it took three women to help me wrangle him AND he was watching a show....licking a lollypop....and snuggling Harvey.

He still screamed so hard that I was literally afraid he was going to throw up on all of us!

BLARGH!

It was not fun.

So.....I've just been letting his hair grow.....but sadly for our little blondie he doesn't have the silky hair that grows into gentle curls...he has seven cow licks that make his long hair stand up on the top of his head like a bird tuft!

Maybe thing will change for him as he gets older...but I have a feeling that he will always need to keep things cropped pretty close if he doesn't want people staring at the strange golden mound residing on the top of his head.

Lucky for us, my sweet friend Siera's sister, Kari (who just happens to be a stunning stylist), is visiting from Washington.

She agreed to do an in-home cut for BOTH of the boys

(to be fair...Talin doesn't scream and yell when he gets a cut....well...not too much)

What could be more conveient then that???

Ezra watched Daddy get his haircut, then happily climbed into his high chair and successfully sat through his cut without ONE peep!!!!

It was GLORIOUS!!

I wish I had taken a picture of the process...but of course I was too busy chatting. =)

So here's the final product.

Hooray for happy hair cuts!!

p.s. No, Owen did not get a cut...he just needed to be in the pics.

Pfff!

Narcissist.

When the temp. goes up....we get OUT!

It feels like I'm always writing about the weather!

I guess it's just that time of year though.

We've gone from blustery storms to record high temps....and let me tell you...I'm not ready for record high temps.

BLARGH!

We had to eat dinner "out-of-doors" for the past few days because we just couldn't handle the muggy apartment

First, we had an impromptu Subway dinner in the park when Talin got home from work which led to much giggling from Ezra...

...not sure what he thought was so funny about eating sandwiches in the great outdoors, but for some reason he found it pretty hilarious!

We staked out the perfect table next to a little brook surrounded by croaking frogs and dragonflies.

Maybe all that silly giggling was because Ezra knew that as soon as he was done eating he could JUMP off his bench, run and play, and generally be crazy.

There's nothing like letting a little boy run wild minutes before bed time!

We had NO problem getting him bathed and in pajama's that night! =)

The next day we packed up our dinner and headed to....where else...THE BEACH!

I swear I should start a new blog called "our beach adventures" it seems to be my second favorite topic of discussion on here. =)

It was a gorgeous day!!!

Literally...it was a bit surreal...

... plus it was cool AND uncrowded.

We were so happy to be there!

Well...some of us were more happy about the FOOD we brought.....but it was smiles all around none the less.

Ezra wasted no time scrapping and living it up.......

.....a little game of football (don't ask me how Talin's face got blurred out!

Apparently I still don't know how to work this new camera!)

....some digging and dumping....

...and of course a little exploring and discovering.

I think he had grand plans of bringing this "whip" home with us...

...until he saw what the end he was holding looked like!

Needless to say it was dumped in the sand and forgotten shortly after that.

The boys went in search of shells and watched a GIANT wave show....

...then came back for some delicious peanut butter and honey sandwiches (a family favorite) and the obligatory photo with mom....

..which captured my all time favorite face of Ezra's...I call it, "pure bliss!"

HA!

I'm seriously thinking of blowing it up HUGE and putting it on our bedroom wall.

Too bad it's so blurry!

We watched the sun set and sang him a good night lullaby.

Things got chilly pretty fast after that...it was time to pack up and head for home.

I know I've said it a million times before, but I feel so lucky to live in such a beautiful place with such wonderful boys! =)