Ezra James' Blog

Let's Talk

So we have this kids music CD that Ezra loves. Loves it, loves it, loves it! We’ve listened to it a million times in the car. And Logan & I are about to chunk it out the window. It’s the only thing Ezra will listen to in the car. He always wants it on and only wants to listen to about the first 5 seconds of each song before he shouts "Mama, next song. Please!" So a couple weeks ago I started trying to get by sometimes without the CD . Instead of music I would say to Ezra “Let’s Talk.” And then we would talk about all kinds of things with the music turned off. But for some reason Ezra has it in his head now that when I say “Let’s Talk” then it always needs to start with “monkeys.” Here’s how the conversation usually goes….

Me: Ezra, let’s talk.

Ezra: Monkeys? (Sounded out like Monkeeeeeeeys???)

Me: What do you know about the monkeys?

Ezra: Monkeys fight. (We saw them fighting one time a long time ago.)

Me: What else do you see at the zoo?

Ezra: Gorilla, night-night.

Me: What else?

Ezra: Rhino, pee-pee. (Yep, we saw that. You can see lots of things at the zoo!)

Me: What other animals?

Ezra: Giraffes.

Me: What about the giraffes?

Ezra: Loooooong neck. Tall!

Me: What else?

Ezra: Sit down (We saw the giraffes sitting down one time recently. It was kind of odd to see about 10 giraffes all sitting on the ground.)

Me: What about the flamingos?

Ezra: Pink!

Me: And the elephants?

Ezra: Ball. (We saw them playing with the ball recently.)

Me: What does the lion say?

Ezra: Roar!!!!!

Me: What about the meerkats?

Ezra: Two!

Me: What else?

Ezra: Little!

So that’s the conversation we have every day. Several times a day. Sometimes there are different animals but these ones usually make it into the conversation somewhere. And as always this brings a smile to my face.

p.s. - The top picture is Ezra looking down at the Rhino. And this last shot is Ezra looking at the gorilla.