Finally, guess what Ollie is going to be for Halloween.
To Infinity and Beyond!
September 20, 2006
Quick Pics From our Last Trip
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!
September 19, 2006
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.
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.
September 17, 2006
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.
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.
September 11, 2006
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?
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?
September 05, 2006
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.
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.
August 31, 2006
Sleeping Trouble - The Expanded Edition
3 nights ago, Ollie was scared of going to sleep in his room. I got the boot and he slept with his Mama. 2 nights ago he wanted to sleep in our bed again. This time he claimed he was scared of multiple things in his room. You know how scary a door is don't you? After 30 minutes of crying about how scared he was and saying he was scared, I was able to convince him that the door, dresser, drawing board and toys WERE NOT SCARY! He calmed himself down enough to go to sleep.
Last night the SCARY crying started again. After 20 minutes of trying to convincing, cajoling, distracting, threatening and whipping his butt, he still was crying that he was scared. His Mama got up instead. She yanked him out of bed and acted like she was going to take him to the garage to sleep. He cried emphatically that he didn't want to sleep in the garage and would sleep in his bed. He went right back to his bed without a peep and fell asleep.
When his Mama got back into bed, we had to stifle our laughter so he wouldn't hear us cracking up. We weren't really going to put him in the garage, but he thought we would and that was all that mattered. We were laughing because it was absurd, but it worked.
This morning when he woke hope, one of the first things out of his mouth was, "Dad, I didn't want to sleep in the garage!".
This weekend will probably start us right back where we started 3 nights ago. He'll get to sleep with us since we are travelling. At least the garage will still be here when we get back.
Last night the SCARY crying started again. After 20 minutes of trying to convincing, cajoling, distracting, threatening and whipping his butt, he still was crying that he was scared. His Mama got up instead. She yanked him out of bed and acted like she was going to take him to the garage to sleep. He cried emphatically that he didn't want to sleep in the garage and would sleep in his bed. He went right back to his bed without a peep and fell asleep.
When his Mama got back into bed, we had to stifle our laughter so he wouldn't hear us cracking up. We weren't really going to put him in the garage, but he thought we would and that was all that mattered. We were laughing because it was absurd, but it worked.
This morning when he woke hope, one of the first things out of his mouth was, "Dad, I didn't want to sleep in the garage!".
This weekend will probably start us right back where we started 3 nights ago. He'll get to sleep with us since we are travelling. At least the garage will still be here when we get back.
August 29, 2006
Sleeper
Ollie has been skipping his naps on the weekend and he hasn't been cranky because he missed his naps. Saturday and Sunday night he fell asleep earlier than usual. He also fell asleep watching his movies in our bed.
He was easily transferred to his bed without being woken up. Yesterday he got a nap, last night, he was wide awake at bed time. After crying that he didn't want to go to bed, he crawled into our bed and I was given the boot to his. He was scared of something, probably something from Aladdin, and wanted to sleep with us. Since he is a mover and shaker while sleeping, there wasn't enough room for 3 of us. Maybe tonight his fear will be gone, if not, guess I'll be Homer's bunk mate again.
He was easily transferred to his bed without being woken up. Yesterday he got a nap, last night, he was wide awake at bed time. After crying that he didn't want to go to bed, he crawled into our bed and I was given the boot to his. He was scared of something, probably something from Aladdin, and wanted to sleep with us. Since he is a mover and shaker while sleeping, there wasn't enough room for 3 of us. Maybe tonight his fear will be gone, if not, guess I'll be Homer's bunk mate again.
August 28, 2006
The Teacher
There are certain things an older brother is supposed to do. One of them is teaching his younger sister things. Sometimes they are fun, good things, other times the things that are taught end with a smack on the butt. This was a fun thing for Ollie to teach Tori.
They both got on the balls and bounced. Tori wasn't quite coordinated enough to sit on the ball without kicking it away. She had to have a little help, but once she was on the ball, she could easily keep up with her brother. She continued bouncing and playing, long after he left the room.
I'm sure he'll teach her other things in the future. Hopefully, they will be as fun as the bouncing.
They both got on the balls and bounced. Tori wasn't quite coordinated enough to sit on the ball without kicking it away. She had to have a little help, but once she was on the ball, she could easily keep up with her brother. She continued bouncing and playing, long after he left the room.
I'm sure he'll teach her other things in the future. Hopefully, they will be as fun as the bouncing.
August 23, 2006
Monkeys Off the Bed
Ollie has always been a fitful sleeper. When we would go to get him up in the morning from his crib, it would always look like he had fought a battle with the covers and lost. Some days he was buried under them.
He got to the point that he could sleep in a regular bed and wouldn't end up in the next town from rolling around. Moving into the regular bed didn't deter his fitful sleep. These days, he'll bang his head on the wall in his sleep. Several times in a row some nights. He'll also end up at the bottom of the bed, turned sideways with limbs spread all over the place. This isn't good when he has to sleep with his parents during a bad night. He sleeps well, we wake up bruised and tired.
Ollie also falls out of his bed on occasion. He usually falls all the way out and cries because he gets suddenly woken up and isn't sure where he is. We have to make sure the floor is clear of objects, just in case he falls out. Last night, Ollie only fell half way out of bed. I heard him crying at 3:30 and went in to put him back in bed. He wasn't on the floor and I couldn't see very well. I felt around for him and found him at the bottom of the bed with his legs still on the bed. He was holding the rest of himself up with his arms. I'm sure he thought his dad was an idiot for passing him right by and not helping. Once back in bed he fell asleep and was happy as he usually in the morning. I'm not sure he even remembers he fell out of bed. Hopefully, the monkey will stay in the bed tonight.
He got to the point that he could sleep in a regular bed and wouldn't end up in the next town from rolling around. Moving into the regular bed didn't deter his fitful sleep. These days, he'll bang his head on the wall in his sleep. Several times in a row some nights. He'll also end up at the bottom of the bed, turned sideways with limbs spread all over the place. This isn't good when he has to sleep with his parents during a bad night. He sleeps well, we wake up bruised and tired.
Ollie also falls out of his bed on occasion. He usually falls all the way out and cries because he gets suddenly woken up and isn't sure where he is. We have to make sure the floor is clear of objects, just in case he falls out. Last night, Ollie only fell half way out of bed. I heard him crying at 3:30 and went in to put him back in bed. He wasn't on the floor and I couldn't see very well. I felt around for him and found him at the bottom of the bed with his legs still on the bed. He was holding the rest of himself up with his arms. I'm sure he thought his dad was an idiot for passing him right by and not helping. Once back in bed he fell asleep and was happy as he usually in the morning. I'm not sure he even remembers he fell out of bed. Hopefully, the monkey will stay in the bed tonight.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)