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A few shots from our walk today.

Ring around the rosy

I don't think we've really played this game ever.
But Oliver knew just what to do the moment I started singing.
He was making himself so dizzy.
I think we played it for about 15 minutes tonight before bed.

(I don't know that you can hear it so I should probably not mention the fact that when he stops in the middle of the video, he's tooting- which made Jerimy and I laugh.)

fun filled afternoon

Walked to a local park. Played around on the small kids gym set.

We called Mormor who showed up to hang out when we realized the twins (my cousins) were playing softball in the fields right off the playground. Mormor brought chairs and we watched for awhile. Oliver was up, then down, then up again to cuddle with Mormor.

Great Auntie Melanie was there, what a hoot & a half. She's so silly, makes Oliver laugh so hard.

Went home where Auntie Mick stopped by just in time to help finish Oliver's bath and read him TONS of fun bedtime stories. What a lucky boy to have a big extended family near by and to see so many of them in one fun filled afternoon.

More teeth

I was playing with Oliver last night, he was upside down laughing hysterically and his mouth was wide open. I got a good view of all his teeth and noticed that there was a purple spot on his upper gum. From what I've been reading it might be something quite common for teething toddlers. I'll keep an eye on it none the less.

He continued hanging out upside down, so I thought I'd just see if there were any other teeth we could expect soon. YUP, there they were: three teeth just poking their sharp top ridges thru the gum. Two flanking either side of the top four front teeth and one molar, opposite the one on the lower right that popped thru a couple weeks ago.

3 more teeth makes twelve!

Finger Painting

Okay, so this was last minute and might not be ideal, but Oliver did a little finger painting today.
I had reddi wip in the fridge and used a tiny bit of food coloring.
If anyone else knows a better solution, please let me know.

It didn't last very long, maybe 5 minutes or so. Interestingly enough he didn't eat as much of it as I thought he would. I think it's about time to look for an art smock.

Hey...that's not Toto

Oliver meeting Auntie Em & Uncle Jon's new dog Eko

Documentation: word count

Oh, thank you
for pointing out
that I did in fact
forget one:

"where?"

Our favorite ice cream

It was a gorgeous day today, perfect day for Ice cream. We went over to our favorite little Creamery. Daddy got a single scoop of snickers in a waffle cone. I got two scoops in a waffle bowl- one chocolate chip cookie dough, the other was cinnamon. Yummy. Oliver sampled a bit of each, mostly snacking on the cinnamon flavor. He got a sample spoon when I asked for a taste of the banana for him (I totally should have got that- delicious). Oh so good. I do believe this is the first day of spring that I dressed Oliver in shorts and a t-shirt.

This photo with daddy in it I'd like to call:
"The thinkers!"

Easter Gifts

Here a couple of our favorite Easter gifts this year:Oliver got a pair of Pigeon Pajamas and the wonderful new book "The Emperor of Absurdia" by Chris Riddell. Its a fanciful dream adventure book, and has quickly become Daddy's new favorite to read to Oliver. I read it the other night and Oliver laughed so hard when I said "squawk" like the pointy bird that we continued to just squawk thru the rest of the book.

A Huge Thank you goes out to the grandmas for their awesome gift choices!

And just because I know you'd love to see some action films- enjoy!

Lions and Tigers and - What no bears?

Sorry sweetie, the bears are all on vacation.

We went to the Zoo this afternoon. Daddy was showing Oliver all the big cats. I got to show him all the really cool giraffes. Look how tall they are Oliver. You want to be that tall- ok- now you're 13 1/2 feet tall. It's all a matter of perspective!

We were watching the monkeys swing and run around. Ogled as the seals swam laps. Walked, and walked, and walked some more.

Then we got up close and personal with an Orangutan (What a fun Day!):

Easter weekend

We spent the weekend at Oma and Opa's house. Lucky for us, it was beautiful weather outside so we could go on a few walks. Oliver walked a lot, got carried a while, and had a nice picnic for one in the great outdoors.

Know what else is fun in the Great outdoors??

No, not the typical Easter Egg Hunt, in fact there weren't any eggs to find on our outing (maybe next year). Nope, I mean that Opa has a four wheeler. Daddy loves to drive it around, but I think Opa (or Daddy) needs to find a melon protector for Oliver before we go off roading.

(It wasn't a very long ride, neither was it very fast.)

the Money shot

I was taking some photos of a project while Oliver and Daddy were walking about, when all the sudden Daddy says "quick take his picture!" Got it, just in time.

Afterwards, Oliver had a Doctors appointment...

Just his 15 month well check visit. In case you were wondering, he's growing just fine and is a SUPER healthy kid.

A evening at the Park

We went to the park with Daddy- who went to play tennis.

It was a little colder than I first thought,
but Oliver was prepared.
We walked all the way around the lake bundled up in the "Bob" stroller, we explored the tunnels and slides at the playground. Mostly Oliver crunched leaves and stumbled around the park walkways, while I tried to keep up.
We're super excited that it's getting nice out enough to be outside for longer periods of time.

(from the photos- you'd think it was fall instead of spring)

Mini Model

Tried to get Oliver to model a pair of pants I made for him.
He's so silly and funny. I couldn't resist showing you how sweet he is.

(Check out my project page to see the Photo I was going for.)

Sunday Date Afternoon

I took Oliver and Daddy out for a pizza Sunday afternoon. I figured it was about time to have a date with my Husband, even if Oliver needed to accompany us.
It was fun just getting out of the house and walking around town. We went to a brick oven (which are my favorite kind of pizzas) build your own pizza place. Oliver helped us polish off a few pizzas, yummy.