He’s getting really good at climbing up and down the stairs! You really have to remind him to go down feet first. I find it hilarious that sometimes he’ll throw his entire body down onto the ground two feet before the steps, swivel and scoot backwards. I guess he’s still going feet first!
Ezra found a new chair
Setting up the Christmas lights before the snow hits us
Ezra was pretty amazed with the Christmas lights. Even as I type this a few months later (I am becoming horrible for keeping these posts updated), Vero has asked me to keep the Christmas lights on after Christmas because he likes looking at them from his bedroom window when she is rocking him to sleep.
Sierra insisted we bring some bacon dippers along for a snack so Ezra got to hold the box for our walk around the block.
Hanging out at the park. Quite muddy!
Ezra discovering how the bell works
Everyone loves the “Where’s Ezra?” game
Ezra decided to jump around like a frog one evening
I wanted to find some really simple musical shows to entertain Ezra. Why not go back to my youth? I found some episodes of Mr. Dressup on YouTube and they are as fantastic as I remember them. I really think about the people who are children’s entertainers and how much fun it must have been to go to work each day and come up with fun little things to do for a television audience. Ezra seems to enjoy it. I think he prefers The Friendly Giant a little more as there is more music in that one.
I think this is one of the four snowsuits that we tried out with Ezra this winter before settling on one which wasn’t a pain to get him into. I remember this being a one piece except for the boots and the ends were VERY TIGHT so it was near impossible to get his boots on. This suit might have lasted two weeks.
While not a mighty front yard hill, it’s enough for Ezra
The season’s first snowman! I’m pretty sure the bottom of this snowman still exists even after the thaw a few weeks later
Ezra is starting to like to read by himself. You will see him pick up a book and babble on as he is turning pages. I wonder what things he is actually saying when he reads these out loud?
This must be around lunch time where I refuse to go outside because I’m preparing lunch but they want to go out!
I am sensing a trend here…Ezra likes using people as chairs!
Storytime
On November 28, 2020, Ezra successfully climbed onto the couch by himself. And so starts the era of “OH MY LORD WE HAVE TO CATCH HIM FALLING OFF THE COUCH!” that all parents love.
The snow was fun for a week and then it left us
I feel like this is a scene out of Mario Kart
My sister sent over a Friends themed Advent calendar for Vero. It was pretty good! We will re-use it for the future.
Mario Kart
No one can escape the Sierra monster!
Might be the highlight of the Galaxy of Adventures line of Star Wars toys! I really enjoy this figure. Too bad they cancelled the line. I enjoyed the look of these ones.
Need to teach Sierra proper focus techniques but at least she is framing us well
I don’t much about trees and berries and birds. I thought it was very strange to see birds go after berries in December. I always thought berries grow in the spring?
Pretty sure Ezra’s brain exploded when he saw all the Christmas decorations come out
Ah, the annual right of passage…trying to figure out how to light up the Christmas tree.
Much like houses with pets, we had to keep the nice ornaments a little out of reach
Christmas card photo shoot. While we had a little motion blur, this was the one we chose for our card this year due to the excitement!
Helping a brother out
The start of a Grinch themed Christmas village
Ezra really likes dancing to the house music
Sierra testing out the camera
Hanging out with Rudolf
This year the community association had a drive-thru Santa gift exchange where the kids could see and wave to Santa from the car
Ezra likes to spend time around the lights before bedtime
Mailing the most important letter of the year…the one to Santa Claus!
Ezra really likes his dog guitar
Helping out with the snowfall. This outfit was the snowsuit which worked the best over the winter
A nice afternoon with Maman outside. Vero tries to bring the kids out each afternoon when the temperatures are warmer.
Years of not visiting an optometrist finally caught up with Vero
