Since Mama has been completely slacking at keeping you all posted on Ollie's busy life, she's decided to just do a quick recap of the highlights of the last few months and then move on from there, hopefully with more regular postings. So sit down and make yourself comfortable, this is going to be a long post!
Ollie, what do you want to be when you grow up? What all little boys want to be:
Bus driver.
Train engineer.
Fireman.
Construction worker.
No, Mama, real construction worker!
Stay at home dad.
But not a coffee drinker! Yuck!
But his top pick might be a taco chef like his Papa!
Or maybe he wants to be a gardener.
This spring we went to a six week gardening class at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and Ollie loved it! The first class we sat and sang a hello song and made name tags, and the whole time Ollie kept saying "i want a shovel!"
First we had a little fun.
Trying to climb trees.
With a little help from Mama he made it up one.
And then it was time to get to work.
Shoveling (yeay!)
And mulching were first.
Then we took a break to find some garden animals.
And also be one!
Then back to work with some planting.
And watering.
And by the end of the class session, our carrots were starting to grow. And our lettuce was grown enough that we could harvest some of it.
And try it, fresh from the ground! Yum!
But really it's all play and no work for this boy.
With lots of friends here in Brooklyn, our free time is pretty full of fun.
Speaking of friends, being homeless isn't all that bad if you've got a great friend to stay with!
You may have heard that our bathroom construction is moving at a snail's pace. It's really annoying for all of us, but one good thing was that we got to stay with Bridget and her dog Gracie for a whole week. Ollie (and Mama) had a lot of fun that week!
Ollie was a little wary of Gracie at first. (And thought the doggie door was for him.)
But Gracie was great with him.
(Probably because he fed her everything on his plate.)
And by the end of the week they were good friends.
Ollie even managed to wear her out a few times.
He also had a lot of fun doing yoga with Bridget.
And making chalk drawings in her back yard.
And of course we found some time to visit family too!
Trips to both Hershey and to Ohio!
Flying to Ohio, Ollie got his very own seat!
And did what all good seasoned travelers do—slept!
Ohio was a blast. Swinging with Grampa.
Watching TV in the recliners.
(It's even better on Grampa's lap.)
And boy, is Grampa hilarious!
Reading with Aunt Nikki.
Roughhousing with Uncle Matt.
Rocking with Grandma.
Sliding is always better with two.
And you can't take a walk by the river without feeding the ducks.
By the way, Grandma is pretty funny herself.
Ollie's cousins even found time amidst a crazy week of packing and moving to come meet us at the awesome Children's Museum in Cincinnati.
The balls that fell from the sky were Ollie's favorite.
The kids had a marathon day and wore themselves out.
But not so much that they couldn't rally for a group photo.
Then we traveled to Hershey one long weekend where we got to see even more of Grampa and Grammy, along with more cousins and uncles and tias!
More swinging with Grampa.
With a little advice from him?
Sliding with Grammy.
And cuddling too.
And cousins, cousins, cousins!
Aren't they just adorable?
Ollie is normally pretty cautious, but he will try anything if Matias is doing it!
Or Sofia!
And mealtime isn't just for eating, it's for laughing too!
Look Sofia, you can get addicted to the iPad too!
But if you can tear yourself away from it, painting is pretty fun too.
if i got to choose a papa out of all the papas in the world, i would
choose you, papa. i am the luckiest little boy in the world to have a
papa like you.
Ollie got to the explore the World Science Festival today. He learned how to make and fly an "Ollie kite" (anything small is an Ollie thing anything big is a Papa thing)
After kites we went to Polytech to see some robots. Unfortunately Papa nerd as well as Ollie nerd was equally intrigued by the robots so we do not have pix of his favorites soccer ball kicking robots and bird and jelly fish robots but we did get a pic of this oneO
After the bots Ollie captured an alligator that was jumping out of the sewer
Tomorrow Ollie gets to leave Ollie's new house. It's been a fun 2 weeks with new toys, new bath, new books, and a new experience - his first attempt at eating with chopsticks! We are definitely going to have to pick up a set for him.
Bye bye Ollie's new house hello ......?????.... to be continued
i asked papa to find a good picture of mama to help me write this mother's day post. he told me this is one of his favorite pictures since it was taken within hours of finding out that I was growing in mama's belly. he said i was just a little more than a twinkle in her eye. do you think she knew I was going to be such a handful?
i woke up nice and early today to tell mama I loved her.... somewhere around 530. she wasn't ready but papa was ready to film it
Life at Ollie's house has a been a bit hectic of late. We decided now is the right time to renovate our uber 80's bathrooms. It took awhile to find a contractor that could meet at least 2 out 3 of our project needs, budget, quality, and schedule. Schedule was the one we ended up compromising on. We had to find a sublet and finalize the renovation details with about a week's notice....so Ollie has a new house!
One thing he is sick of listening to is Mama & Papa talking about the renovation. He often interrupts us and says no Mama dont talk to Papa talk to me! I am not sure why he is not enthralled by wide array of subway tile offered:
This evening we moved in to our sublet (luckily the home of a 2 yr old boy) and it took Ollie all of 5 minutes to spread out the kid's entire set of toys on the floor.
Here he is checking out his new gear.
One perk to the new temp digs is that it is across the street from a old school soda fountain shop. This eve we had a scoop of ice cream, next time we will try an egg cream
it has been awhile since i have posted.... my 2 yr old life can be quite full...i have classes to go to, friends and family to visit, places to scoot, balls to kick, you get the idea.
but to be honest the real reason why i haven't posted in awhile is that i have a lil secret to share. i can't wait to tell you. you see i can swipe and find games on my ipod, but i have not figured out how to type letters. every time i "post", the olliezee webmaster - my mama, graciously helps me with the letters and pictures. well mama has been real busy the past few months. and by busy i mean sleeping 14 hours a day.
do you know why?
cause mama has a baby in her belly!!!
yep i am going to be a big brother. i'm really excited. i like kissing mama's belly.
i went to the doctor and saw the baby in mama's belly on TV! i think there is a lil sister in there, but we will not find out until november 3! i cant wait to meet you.
We're SO sorry we're a day late with your birthday wishes—Mama couldn't figure out how the new Picasa worked to post new photos of your adorable little mug.
We can't believe you're THREE already! (Even though we heard that you think you're four...) We hope you had a fantastic birthday and got all the attention you deserve. We can't wait to see you again in June, it won't be soon enough!
