Friends

Brooke (and Oliver's) best friend is Riley.  Riley and her little sister Cora (8 months) got to visit us today!  Guess who was the center of attention?!

Such good friends!

Oliver update

Oh Oliver!  You are three years and six months old in early January of 2014.  The winter of 2013/14 had very little snow.  We finally got small amount of snow, so we made sure to get outside and try to catch a few snowflakes.  You had so much fun chasing me and trying to get some on your tongue.  With temperatures up to 55* we have been spending more time riding bikes than sledding.

You light up the camera just like you light up our lives!  You are always making "knock knock" jokes (that don't make much sense) and then you ask us why we aren't laughing!  You get shy and hide on my leg when new people talk to you, but you can also be really friendly and talk up a storm to them if you feel comfortable.  

Every night you go to sleep with Teddy.  The light blue bear with a pink heart on it's chest.  When you were in California with us, Grandma Carol washed it because it was dirty and you screamed and cried because it didn't look right!  You can be opinionated at times, but you are learning as you get older how to compromise and be understanding.  Lately, you have been waking up during the night.  You grab Teddy and want to sleep in our bed.  One morning, you woke up, turned on all the downstairs lights, grabbed my ipad and the cashews and watched My Little Ponies on the couch while snacking on nuts!  You sure surprise us!

You really like a competition (that you can win).  I'm sure we'll have to learn about not always winning sometime.  When you are in a "race" that you can't win you yell, "It's not a race!"  You and Brooke are best friends.  You both would be happy playing with your toys at home everyday.  Right now your favorite toys are Rescue Bots and My Little Ponies.  You play pretty well with what Brooke enjoys, but you add more sound effects and destruction!

I have been so happy to see how caring you are.  Sharing is coming more and more part of who you are.  Even though you can be super vocal about frustrations, you can be the sweetest snugly boy ever.  We got a special snack of M&M's at the store and you made sure that I didn't eat too many so there would be extras for Brooke and Riley when we picked them up from school.  What a thoughtful boy!

You love a good movie night.  You like to be brave and say that you will fight the bad guys for me and your sister.  You are learning to sing, your favorite song is "Let it Go" from Frozen, your first movie at the theater.  You cried at the end of the movie because you didn't want it to end!  You love going on trips.  You want to go to California again and refer to it as "the place I got the Cat in the Hat" (last year when they got a stuffed animal there).  You learned how to swim during summer swim lessons and our trip in December to California.  You keep your eyes wide open and have the biggest open mouth grin under the water.  Next time I have to bring an underwater camera to catch your happy face!

So, there you go!  A little update on our wonderful little guy, Oliver!