Making a bed

Liora likes to pull out all of her blankets and make a bed for herself on the floor. Here she is one morning still in her pj's getting comfy in her room. 

Mommy was hopeful she might go back to sleep so I could catch more zzzz's.

But no luck! We just kept pretending that it was nap time.

itsy bitsy

Liora is really getting into her songs, which is putting Mommy and Daddy into internet searching high gear. Yesterday, I had to look up the lyrics for the "wheels on the bus" because I wasn't singing it right. But I can always get itsy bitsy spider (as you can hear in this video).

This video is also cool because you can hear Liora saying "yeah" which is often her answer to whatever we ask her. It's much better than "no" let me tell you.



And now for some housekeeping! Her new words lately are:

• Bu-bye
• Night-Night
• Juice
• Teeth
• Eyes
• Ears
• Hair
• Earrings
• Ba Ba (for bottle, and for sheep)
• Wa Wa (water or waffle)
• Yogurt
• Apple

Comedienne

Liora is at the age where she just cracks us up. She makes faces, screams really loud, throws herself on the ground in a fit of drama, repeats words and hand movements. It's so much fun!

She brought this kitty bed into the kitchen with her one day and had a seat.

I think she's trying to stop me from taking a picture!

Trying on Mommy's sunglasses.

She asked to go into the hamper. I obliged...it makes for good photography.

Here she is, just talking on the phone on a Sunday morning with her friends.

Hamper Time

One thing we have come to know about babies is that toys are nice, but just about anything in the house will do when you're looking for something to do. Take this exercise for instance: Liora loves to empty out her hamper, then put the clothes back, then empty it again, then put them back...you get the idea.

This evening, it also became a game of peek-a-boo!

Easter - Egg coloring, egg hunts, and bunny ears

We were all very under the weather when it was time to celebrate Passover this year. We had a nice Passover meal together the first evening, but then had to focus on recovery! That meant that we were cooking very few meals and going to bed early.

By the end of the week, we were all back on our feet, and could celebrate Easter!

We went over to Robyn and Ava's house to color eggs. Did I capture that on film? No, I was too busy trying to color the eggs (Robyn and I did that for the most part) and trying to stop Liora from getting egg dye all over the floor. Here are the girls playing while our eggs dry on the counter. 

The next morning, the Easter bunny had visited! He filled Liora's Elmo easter basket (she picked it out, from a WALL of pretty flower and chick baskets...) with bunny ears, stuffed animals, markers and an Elmo ball.

Of course, we thought the bunny ears would look best on Zooks. He disagreed.

We did finally get a photo or two of Liora with the bunny ears. I am sure you can imagine how difficult this was to get on film; it lasted for all of five seconds.

But she's so cute as a bunny!

At Aunt Diane and Uncle George's house later, they set up some Easter egg hunts for her (using plastic eggs, thank goodness). Parker and Olivia helped her find eggs, and she really got into it.

As Daddy pointed out, the best thing about the elmo easter basket is that it can be a year-round toy. The day after Easter, she was lugging it around the house and opening all of her eggs. Luckily, Nina had already gone through and taken out all of the jelly beans--she did get some on Easter, but that is plenty for now!

And now for a video of Zooks and the bunny ears.

Cute Outfit

How bad is it that this post is just photos I took of Liora in a super cute outfit? She only got to wear it twice, and I liked it so much that I wanted to capture it on film.

Trying to climb into her crib. Luckily she can't do that yet. Or climb out. I am probably jinxing myself as I type.

She loves this bouncy ball, and here she is about to bite into it. It's not an orange!

Cute baby!

little helper

Liora loves helping out around the house. She's very good at cleaning up her toys and even helps daddy with sweeping (she has her own broom now).

One thing she absolutely must do every day is help to feed the cats. She gets the food bowls for the wet food for me, pushes the microwave buttons to warm up the food, and also puts the dishes down for the cats. Then, she fills up their dry food bowls: