Funeral

Ollie lost his great-great grandfather over the weekend and even went to his funeral, but he has no idea that he went. All he knows is that he went to a place with a lot of people he didn't know. Overall, he was well behaved, though he did pucker up when his grandparents left on Monday afternoon.

Today he is his normal happy-go-lucky self who will probably spend the evening insisting that his mother is wrong about everything and bossing his sister around. Who knew a three-year-old could be so wise!

Quick Pics From our Last Trip

Finally, guess what Ollie is going to be for Halloween.

To Infinity and Beyond!

There's something on the TV, Mom

"Come see it," Ollie pleaded. So I went to investiage and what did he show me but Tori's chocolate kiss marks on the TV screen. Yes, our house is filled once again with sticky handprints on every visible surface, including the TV screen. I got out a paper towel and wiped off the screen and Ollie was all set. No more mention of the hundred other handprints around. Wish me luck cleaning them all up this weekend. I am sure Ollie will spot all of them for me as he does with the cat barf!

Mom onboard

Since Ollie has been born, his dad has been posting on the blog. Since his dad no longer has access to the blog during his lunchtime at work, his mom is going to help out. So, here is my first post about Ollie.

Ollie is the oldest, and now that his sister Tori is walking, he is demonstrating his rank by pulling her wherever he wants and moaning when she doesn't obey. Huts caught him pulling Tori up on our bed last night. Of course, being stretched like a rubber band hurt, and Tori screamed like mad about it. I can't say I blame her. Who would want to be yanked all over the place by a giant three-year-old. Anyway, to make a long story short, I find myself yelling at Ollie from time to time to leave his sister be and let her do as she wish. Boy, oh boy, do I now understand how my brother Travis felt with me bossing him around.

On another note, Huts is concerned that the video Max and Ruby is causing Ollis to regress in his language skills. "Hungry," "thirsty" and other single words have now replaced "I am hungry and thirsty." Of course, that doesn't mean Ollie cannot talk. As his grandma Marie pointed out to me, "He can yak your ear off when he gets going." The boy has an incredible vocabulary and continues to astound his parents with concepts like, "Let's play croquet." What three-year-old knows about croquet?

Well, that's my post for today. Kind of stiff, but don't worry Ollie, I will loosen up a bit as time marhces on.

Good and Bad

We tired Ollie out this weekend with the Garage sale. After we were done around 2, I took Ollie to run errands. On the way to return the battery, he fell asleep in the car. I couldn't leave him there, so I grabbed him, the car battery and went inside. I backed into the door and banged his head into the door. This woke him up a bit and he was someone coherent for that transaction.

He fell asleep on the way to the car wash and slept through the entire thing. We got home and he took a 2 hour nap. Then he went to bed at 11 and slept in a little bit.


During the sale, he was pretty good for the time he was outside 'helping' . He didn't complain too much about people taking his stuff. I think the main reason he didn't complain was because he didn't see most of it going. He just kept coming in and out throughout the day. Had to watch his 'Max and Ruby' movie that I'm about to throw out the window.

I think he's regressed vocally because he like Max and repeats how he talks. So "I want eggs" has become "eggs". Great teaching video. I wish we could've sold it in the garage sale.

Already

Ollie: I can't help you wash the car, I don't have energy.

3 years old and he's already devising ways to NOT help around the house. When you are as innocent looking as this, how can you really argue?

Labor Day Weekend

Ollie made a trip to see his grandparents in Kansas City this past weekend. We made a stop in St. Louis our first night and went to the zoo on Friday. After wanting, then not wanting to see certain animals, we saw almost all of them in a 3 hour span. There were certain requests like Zebras, Elephants and Giraffes that we had to see. We also had to see Ollie's Mama's favorite animals in the herpetorium. He was a bit afraid of the first animals we saw, the Hippo's.


After we tired them out with the zoo trip, we made our way to KC and spent a couple of nights with Ollie's grandparents. Ollie slept with his Grandma and kicked his Grandpa out of bed the first night. The second night Ollie and his cousin Stella both slept with Grandma, while Grandpa didn't even put up a fight for his bed position and slept in another room.

Ollie and Stella
The full day of our trip, while Grandma and Mama went shopping, everyone else went to a farm park to see the animals. Lots of animals to watch, feed and listen too. There were several activities as well. Slides, tractor rides, jungle gym's and a school house.





After a quick afternoon of lazing around, Ollie went to World's of Fun with his Grandma and Stella. Summing it up, crying was more prevalent than riding the rides. Several attempts were made to ride rides, but once the tears from one started rolling from Ollie or Stella, that was the end of riding. Plenty of food was had and a souvenir was brought home.

After a late bedtime, they woke up late and after breakfast we were on the road back home. It would have been better to drive straight through, but we had already made reservations, so we spent the night with tired crabby kids in an hotel. Where Ollie's new fascination with Superman was founded and continues to this day.

Once home, much fun with unpacking was had by all and normal lives resumed today.