Christmas 2013

Newt belly, dressed in his newt shirt.

Oliver made those cookies for Santa and gave him some milk.

The only thing that Oliver wanted for Christmas this year was a top loading garbage truck.   I ask him every morning what he dreamed about and for months leading up to Christmas he was dreaming about top loading garbage trucks.  Now it is side loading garbage trucks.

This is Oliver's jar of change that he has been saving and saving for months.  He gets a piece when he is a good boy and is planning to get a side loader garbage truck. 

Oliver and Ewan Get a Christmas Tree

Oliver frequently reads in his bed after we read to him, and then falls asleep.   This one is his astronaut book, last post was his meow book.

Ewan recently started eating rice cereal.  He is a tank and is already trying to bust out of the Bumbo.

I got these plastic battery organizers called Powerpax.  I really like them, and Oliver fell in love with them.  He gets to hold onto one at a time, and frequently comes to me asking to trade in his Powerpax for a different style.  He also now has a location in his dresser drawer where he keeps his special things and hides them from us, which is where his Powerpax always go.

Oliver has really started playing with Ewan.  He shows him all of his toys, and how to play with them.  It is very cute.

This is me post call after being up for 30+ hours.  I fell right asleep, but Oliver wanted to play.  This is him "sharing" his pepperoni with me.  I found out later when Dorothy showed me the pictures.

This year we got a state forest permit to hike into the woods and get our own Christmas tree.  Oliver was so excited to carry the saw and more excited about cutting anything he saw along the way.

Oliver's Chemical Rocket

Oliver loves to make his own pizza

Sometimes after we read him his bedtime story he wants to keep reading about cats until he falls asleep.

Three meows

Oliver discovered raking leaves for the first time

He creates all kinds of stuff during craft time.  Doro helped him make a cardboard rocket, which quickly then had multiple flashlights jammed into the other end of the boosters.  

Oliver said he wanted to be a fireman this year and Doro found this great costume

He really likes Legos now and has a few truck sets.  He wanted to make a big rig so we built this one from his pieces.  He was so excited for a day or two until he destroyed it.

We went to a hobby store and got him a chemical rocket that was supposed to work on vinegar and baking soda.  It almost blasted my eyes out after deciding that it needed more pressure, which prompted the glasses.  Needless to say, he is a budding chemist.

Two handed popcorn eating