No More Toupee

Well if you remember from his first birthday, Ezra was definitely serious in his business attire. However, you may not have noticed his strikingly realistic toupee. Well, he decided it was time for a younger look and now is sporting a much more youthful doo. Hope you like it!

Santa Baby

There is a little history to this story. It's about Mimi and swearing. She doesn't really swear in the strict sense. This is simply because she doesn't have the ammunition. However, she has her own way of getting the message across.
One of her first swear phrases was "you bad girl ____." You simply insert the person's name in the blank. You can imagine the hilarious forms of this phrase, from the times she called the table she just ran into a "bad girl" to my personal favorite, "you bad girl Daddy." Eventually we had to outlaw the phrase. Then another one popped up in it's place: "I not like you." This too had to be outlawed and was soon replaced with the most amazing teeth gritted, angry little girl hiss of "I like you." Eventually, she gave up on this one herself because we either laughed at the irony or simply told her that we also liked her. Not the desired response.
The latest swear phrase is "you baby." She lovingly calls Ezra, "Ezra Baby" with no seeming contradiction. However, if you make her mad she will call you "you baby" with the full force of her almost three year old anger. Lately it has become something of a joke, even to her, to call someone, "you baby." She will lovingly say, "you baby, mommy" just to get a laugh. Well the other day we were listening to Christmas songs on the radio when Mimi piped up from the back seat. "Santa a baby. Hey mommy, Santa a baby." She started laughing and I realized how the song, "Santa Baby" sounds to her. Like a funny joke or name calling.

Our Magical Experience

So we visited the Magic House in St. Louis this past Friday. It was truly a great time. After the first 3 or so hours, Jason did ask, "So when are the kids going to nap?" I replied, "They aren't." He told me that I was being my mom. Which translated means: "You are crazy and have not fully thought through how this will wear us out. You have simply cracked out our kids by planning for us to be here all the live long day." After another hour or so, we did at least give our kids some legitimate crack by treating them to donuts (note the creepy snowman picture). Then we finished it all off with two movies and pizza at Uncle John and Aunti Kayla's house. Needless to say, I took a two hour nap the next day and so did all the kids. It was awesome!

Getting down to business

Here are some pictures from Ezra's first birthday. I know he looks formal, but he really wanted to take things seriously on his big day. He wore "bib-ness" attire (made for him by his Aunti Vera). And, as you can see he certainly got down to business.