monday at the madhouse ~ a week of firsts

Ezra's first bike ride!We had such an amazing weekend, full of wonderful firsts. We had Ezra's first bike ride, his first trike ride, his first sushi, his first club soda, his first ice cream cake and his first rice krispie treat. Are we teaching this kid to live right or WHAT?!Now this, this is a funny story.When Jamie and I were first married, I had (or may still have...) a habit of taking off my shoes when I got home and leaving them wherever they fell. Jamie got fed up with this (apparently) and one afternoon I walked into the living room to find an enormous pile of all my shoes he had found throughout the house. Message received!So this week, when Ezra began collecting Jamie's shoes (oh, all right, there was one pair of mine) and putting them in a pile on the living room floor, we both nearly died laughing. Who knew that sort of hijinks was genetic?  On Saturday, we took Ezra to FujiYa, a Japanese restaurant in town. We sat in one of the private rooms where you sit on the floor and eat at a small table. Ezra loved it! And he ate squid and tempura and edamame and sushi and it was awesome. We will have to go back for sure.And on Sunday, we went to a friend's birthday gathering where we ate ice cream cake and rice krispie treats and Ezra got to play with a new dog, Sammy. Oh, how dogs make him happy! (Along with ice cream!)