Ezra Luke Secrest

Drum Solo

Just Because

A Great Way To Spend an Hour!

Today I gave the boys each their own roll of toilet paper to do with as they pleased. It was quite fun to watch them. Caleb’s website has his story so this will be Ezra’s story.  Ezra was not sure how to get the roll to roll right away so he did not take off as fast as Caleb. However he did figure it out and loved it! He did loose interest in the roll after about 5 minutes but kept coming back for more. Once both the rolls were unrolled he loved running through the pile of TP. He also enjoyed throwing it around the room, up in the air, and all over. When the boys were done with it I told them they had to help me clean up.  They both went to get their Tonka trucks to use to take the TP to the garbage can. It was really cute to watch Ezra push the big truck. It made him look so small. I didn’t get a picture of that, unfortunately but you can take my word on it that it was precious! 

Drumming

In an effort to not repeat everything from Caleb’s site I will not retell the whole story of how we got the drum in our house. In short Dustin just got his snare drum back and has started playing in worship at a friends church. The boys love having the drum here and love it when Dad pulls it out and lets them play on it. Ezra has not played a real drum before (unlike Caleb at his age). He get so excited when Dustin mentions it. It is so fun to watch him play. He goes to town on it. Soon I hope to have a video up so you can see how cute it all is. Anyway last Sunday Dustin played at the church and I took the boys to watch him practice.  Ezra was very captivated by the whole thing. It was loud first of all and that was kinda fun for him. But then to see his dad up in front playing drums was really a cool thing to him. Our friend also played the bass that night and Ezra thought it was fantastic to see the guitar and the drums in the same place. He just sat on my lap and pointed as they played. He loved it!! It was the first time he had see Dustin play.

Bouncy House

As you know a few years ago we bought a bouncy house to help expend the energy out of Caleb during the long winters in Montana. Ezra now gets to partake in that fun as well. He has been quite timid with the big thing as the fan is very loud and as it blows up it looks a bit scary to see a huge loud thing growing in our living room. However in the last month he has discovered that it has a door and that he can get in and out as he pleases. So now he loves to play in it though as it is blowing up he likes to be in the safety of his bed where it is not so loud and he does not watch it blow up. I was finally able to get some pictures of the boys playing.
On another note, Ezra’s vocabulary is growing! It is so fun. Each day there are new words coming out. He often surprises me with the what he says and what he knows that I have not heard him say before. I am really loving that though he is not saying sentences, he is very good at getting me to understand what he is saying. For example he will say ‘Beebah’ and then after I have repeated it he will say ‘ooool’ (school in Ezra language). He is telling me that we are going to get Caleb from School.  What a joy he is to have around. He also knows a good number of body parts and can tell you what they are or point to them. My favorite at the moment is eyebrows and elbows. He has just stopped them confused. They sound a bit similar so he would often point to his eyebrow when I asked him where his elbow was.  He is learning animals and color names right now as well. He calls all colors purple. Not sure why since he can say some of the other colors but that is always his default. I am sure there are other facts about him but for now that will do. 

Scrunchy Face

Ezra has started doing this face that I like to call his scrunchy face. it is so cute. Of course I say that about most things that my kids do. He is usually at the table when he does it and always shakes his head back and forth while doing the face. I had to share the pictures with everyone as I know you will love them too. 

Forts!

IF you have already seen Caleb’s website then this is a bit of a repeat. However I wanted to share Ezra’s side of the fun too. We have made a few forts in the last few weeks at our house. Ezra has not had a lot of exposure to forts and thought this was great fun. The first time we made a fort on the couch he thought that was really awesome and loved that he could get in and out of it. I thought I would post a few pictures of how cute he is. 

Fun With Spaghetti

Both the boys love noodles plain so the other day that is what we had for lunch. They were having so much fun that I had to capture some of it. They are just so cute!! 

Little Mischief

Unfortunately I do not have a picture for this one so I will try to paint a mental picture for you. Two days ago Caleb and I had to go downstairs to switch the laundry. Ezra was upstairs during that time which was not unusual. As I am doing what needs to be done down stairs I am keeping my ears open to hear what Ezra might be up to. It was very quiet upstairs and I was a little suspicious of what he may be up to. However I figured there was nothing dangerous that he could get into so I finished what I was doing. A few minutes later I came back upstairs to find Ezra standing on a chair at the dining table. He looked up at me with the big smile of a new discovery and pride in what he had done. As I quickly surveyed the scene I noticed that there was something all over the table. I then quickly realized that he had gotten the salt shaker, taken the lid off and poured it all over the table, chair and floor around where he was standing. I of course got him down from the table and cleaned up the mess trying not to laugh the whole time. 

Botanical Gardens

Ok these posts are really out of order, I am sorry for that. However it is all so cute that I have to share it. Shortly before Christmas we went to see the botanical gardens in Belleview (about 20 minutes from where we live). I have never been in the summer though I am sure it is beautiful. During the Christmas season they make the gardens out of christmas lights. So we went at night to see the lights. We had to get all bundled up to stay warm. It was a great experience. The kids loved it! Not only were there flowers out of lights but they also did animals. As we went in we got a check list of all the the animals that we had to look for. Ezra loved the whole thing, though at the end I let him get out of the stroller and walk a bit. He really liked getting close to the light and tried to smell the flowers. The boys looked so cute all bundled up that I wanted to share the story.