dragons up high!!!!!

did you know its the year of the dragon?
i went to a new year parade and saw dragons up high

and i saw dragons up close

i ran with the dragons....

but the coolest thing i discovered at the parade was my first box of snaps....thanks michael!!!!

i like raspberries

and this is the best way to eat them

amazon boy!

this is my friend oddie! he is from amazon. he likes to do what i do...

he takes his naps with dragon paci

he likes yoga.....cobra pose

he's my buddy...i love you oddie!!

Food Blog Post

Let's start this post with a picture of the finished product, two pizzas by Papa and one by his lil sous chef.

This guy was having fun rolling out the dough

Ay, wuz a mattah wit yew?

 Enjoying the fruit of his labor....

Although I am surprised he wanted to eat his pizza after all the goods he ate during the process:

Driving Mr. Miles

Ollie's buddy Miles recently got a new toy.....

It is great for sharing!

Driving Mr Miles

SuperBowl (Last) Sunday

Ollie's friend Magalie from across the hall had us all over for a superbowl party last weekend. Ollie stayed up way past his bedtime for the whole game.

Magalie got Ollie his very own Giants shirt.

Field goal!

Who needs Madonna when you can have a halftime show of your own?

Rowan, Oliver, and Magalie.

With backup singers Pink Piggie and Monkey.

What's a superbowl party without some pretzels...

And sorbet?? Eh, it's a Brooklyn superbowl party.

They got really into the last few minutes.

Go Giants!

Cheering for the Giants or cheering for the cheering? Either way, it was a fun party.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.

Bet you didn't think that could apply to an (almost) 2 year old! But down in NC, Ollie could mostly be found with his trusty old blue pacifier in his mouth and his new favorite orange hat on his head that Great Grandpa Gil lent him for his walks during hunting season.

Cousins and a Little Bit of Poppy

On the last leg of our Christmas adventure we visited Nana and Poppy and Ollie's cousins Brookie and Aaron, who are both his age. They had a lot of fun together.

Eating chips with Aaron in the playhouse. 

Opening presents with Brookie.

Reading books with Brookie.

Shooting hoops.

Playing iPad games with Aaron.

Scooting!

hey, you've got a paci too! are you addicted to yours like i am?

Playing catch with Poppy.

Reading stories with Eva.

Being chased around the house by Uncle D.

And heading to Monkey Joe's, land of the bouncy funtimes!

Visiting Papa's Building

One of the other exciting things we did on our trip was visit one of Papa's buildings in D.C.—The U.S. Institute of Peace. Pretty cool, huh?

Yoga with Rachel and Wendy at the Creek House

Ollie really loved being at the Creek House over Christmas time. Mostly because his cousins Wendy and Rachel paid LOTS of attention to him. His favorite thing to do with them was to practice his yoga.

He was a little bossy about it with Wendy—"lay down." "right here."—but she was a really good sport.

Ollie is an early riser, and he was waiting each morning for Rachel to come upstairs. The first thing he would say to her was, "hiiiiiiiii! yoga?!" and before she even had her first cup of coffee, she would get down on the floor and do a little morning routine with him.

i still talk about them

remember when we went to louisville in december 2011?

well, since mama never did, i'm going to tell you about our trip.

it was before christmas time, so we made a trip to visit santa. anna and i got to ride on our papas' shoulders, which was way more fun than the actual ride with santa.

as you can see, i was a little skeptical of that strange man even though i got to sit next to grandma jane.

but i sure wasn't skeptical of lilly.

i followed her everywhere and made her play with me the whole time.

anna too. we did some nekkid painting.

it was a mess of fun!

oh right, the whole reason we came to louisville! to visit my new cousin jack leo. it's amazing that you could ever forget about such an adorable little boy, but it's funny, when there are three kids running around...

bedtime stories with uncle "go" were my favorite.

or maybe baths with lilly and anna.

or maybe it was just the whole weekend that was my favorite part.