Welcome Sweet Anjeli and Happy Pride

The sweetest little girl was born on June 10th, Anjeli Rhianna Looper! Congratulations to new big brother, Remy! And, of course the rest of the cute family! Ezra and Mommy got to meet her last week, and well, as you can see, it was love at first sight. Ezra was so very sweet and gentle with her. It still brings tears to our eyes when we tell the story.



Here is a picture of new Daddy, Malik, and Ezra at the May drum class.











And, Happy Pride everyone. We had a rather quiet weekend, but was proud nonetheless. Sorry to miss Oona and Sarah at the Dyke March. There is always next year.

School's Out For the Summer

Lordy, lordy! Momma is home for the summer and we kicked it off by spending a weekend with our friends Betsy, Steve, Leila and Gus at the beautiful Villa De Merz in Sonoma.

We picked lots of berries and ate them right off the vine. Lots of them. Then Betsy baked us a beautiful cobbler for dessert! And, Leila made a fabulous Best Berry Blast smoothie!
Ezra and Gus had some fun pool time!
We chased lots of bubbles.
And, Ezra chased Leila.
But, the highlight of the weekend was a little drive Mommy and Ezra took on the John Deere. We sang the tractor song all the home! Which goes like this.....


Tractor, tractor you're so big
Tractor, tractor dig, dig, dig
On the street or on the farm
You bend your great big arm
Tractor, tractor you're so big
Tractor, tractor dig, dig, dig

Yup, this song is all the rage in Ezra's group of friends. Momma out did herself! The tune is the very familiar Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or the ABC Song. We pick up the tempo quite a bit. Ezra wants to sing it even faster!

Thank you Betsy, Steve, Leila and Gus for such a wonderful weekend!

Hooked on Homophones

After being cooped up at home with an ear infection for a couple of days and feeling pretty rotten, today Ezra's health and energy level were finally at top volume plus some! Mommy spent a good hour trying to get him down for a nap today when Momma had to intervene. He expressed his joy of good health by singing songs really fast and jumping on the bed and flailing himself atop Mommy, to which Momma exclaimed, "Ezra, you need to give Mommy a little peace." To which Ezra replied, "I want big peas."




This is actually a picture from when we were at the zoo for his birthday. He just has the perfect little crazy face that we witnessed today.




We all gave up on the nap and called it a day around 6pm this evening. It is currently peaceful. At least for the time being.(/div)