We started celebrating Ezra’s birthday with a dinosaur countdown calendar. He was very pleased with opening the doors each day after his nap – which included things like chocolate, milk, craft, movie, new book, making his birthday cake, and a whole pack of gum.

Isaiah made pancakes for Ezra’s birthday breakfast, and then Ezra went to the market with Josh to buy a “new moto” to ride in the house. Ezra requested a dinosaur cake this year. Becca helped me make a pattern for cutting the cake. Ezra wanted hotdogs and mac&cheese for his birthday meal. I added chicken kabobs, roasted potatoes, and veggies to the meal. We had the Carson family come and join us for Ezra’s birthday lunch and had a wonderful afternoon with the family.

Ezra loves to have fun. He loves playing outside and getting dirty. He loves to play tiger inside (I’ve finally put a hole in my best jeans from crawling like a tiger and chasing him!). He loves doing mischief with his little brother. He loves “doing school.” You can often find him looking at books on the couch.

During his nap times and when Ezra goes to bed at night he listens to the Bible. He has an amazing memory for what he hears, and it brings us much joy to hear his retelling of the things he hears. His renditions of the story of Ehud and the story of Abimelch and the upper millstone were amazing. And the ways he misunderstands scripture are often very entertaining. Try explaining to a 3-year-old that Jairus’ daughter was really dead, when he insists, “Jesus said she was only sleeping.” When I asked him why he thought the people laughed when they heard Jesus say that, he replied, “they were happy!” It’s so wonderful. We’ve had our children listen to the Bible when napping and going to bed since Becca was 2, but I will never stop being amazed at how much Scripture gets into their heads.

Ezra was pleased with all his gift from family. He spend the next several days playing with things, in fact as I’m writing this he is sitting next to me using the play dough Anna bought him. We’re thankful for our little man Ezra!