Oliver and the Christmas Tree

I didn't have to work this Thanksgiving and Doro made us a great little Thanksgiving dinner.  Oliver had his own plate that he wasn't all that interested in.  Big surprise there.

One of our favorite games is building a 'big rocket' with his megablocks.  It is my job to come up with a stable base so that he can build the tallest rocket possible.  It doesn't last long before he decides it is time to knock it over and start again.

Doro had some other kids over to make and decorate christmas cookies.  Oliver got really into decorating them, and then really into eating them.  

Doro takes him to the library once a week for story time and to find new books.  Last time he toddled off and then came back with a space shuttle DVD.  He absolutely loves it.  When we ask him if he is going to be a scientist, he replays, ' no, a rocket man.'

Poor kitty.

Whenever we visit our favorite doughnut shop Oliver picks out his doughnut.  This time it was a gigantic ring that he kept rotating to get a good bite from.

We found a christmas tree farm to find and cut our own tree.  Oliver loved riding in the wagon they let us use, and then was super excited to help me cut the tree down.  He had to have his little hands on the saw.

As we were leaving the christmas tree farm Doro yelled at me to stop the car, then she opened the door and bolted outside.  I wasn't sure what was going on, but she came back super excited with this amazing mushroom.  We then made off with a christmas tree and a christmas mushroom.

He was super excited to help decorate the tree.  His ratio of successful bulbs hung to bulbs broken was probably in the range of 1:4, but he loved it.  

He also loves the daily chocolate he gets from opening the door on his advent calendar.