Oktoberfest!!!

It is finally FALL!!! This is my favorite season! On Saturday we went to Oktoberfest in St. Charles. Yes, they have Oktoberbest the last weekend in September, why? Who knows? But it was fun and we even talked Daddy into going with us! It is nice to have him home on the weekends! Ollie got to paint his own pumpkin and bounce as much as he wanted. We even saw Bruce, the magician (the one from El Maguey). He was doing a show in the children's area!

Ollie got a ghost painted on his face!

Afterwards we went to Red Lobster for an early dinner and stuffed our faces - it was awesome!

Sunday morning we went to Sunday School and the Kindergarteners brought out their health care kits during the offering in front of the whole church!

After Sunday School we went to Walmart to pick up some food for a last minute BBQ and to pick out a "prize" for Ollie. He got his 10 stickers (1 each day) from his teacher. While we were looking in the toy section we saw Nathan and his Dad. They were looking for a prize too. Then the trip to Walmart turned into an extended stay. Ollie & Nathan were running around showing each other "cool" toys and trying to decide what they would pick. Ollie finally picked out (wait for it...) a new Batman & Joker action figures! How many Batman & Joker's can one little boy have?

Later, for dinner, we BBQ'd and Papa, Grandma Pati, Aunt Erin, Uncle Kevin, Ivy, John & Paula came over. Today was Paula's birthday! Happy Birthday Paula and thanks for celebrating with us!

Ollie was playing Angry Birds on Papa's phone and apparently he is pretty good at it!

Ivy is really into babies. She is a little mommy! She takes after her Aunt Jen :)

Aunt Erin is helping Ollie with a Spongebob picture. It is sticky and comes with different colors of sand. The sand sticks to it to make it pretty. Just wait for Ivy to get a little older and I am going to start buying her messy toys!

What a great weekend and as usual over too soon. Tomorrow we are back to work & school.

Last Weekend...

Last Saturday Erin & I hosted a Scentsy party with Aunt Teresa. Aunt Teresa, Liam and Grandma Toussaint came over early to help set up. Ollie got to hold Liam!!! He just loves babies!

Then Papa & Grandma Pati came over. Papa took Ollie to the first Lakeside 370 Park Picnic. Ollie got to play lots of games and get his face painted!
Sunday we met our friends Amy & her son Cody at Pump It Up. Ollie & Cody are both in Kindergarten and got along great! They really had a good time playing in the boxing house!

They played air hockey for quite awhile. Unfortunately one of the pucks flew up and hit Ollie in the chin. It cut open and bled quite a bit. We had to put a bandaid on his chin and it did not want to stay on. That didn't stop Ollie & Cody from finishing their game though!

Tonight at Walmart, I could not resist. I picked up a new hat, gloves and t-shirt for Ollie. They are all WWE Wrestlers. Ollie was so excited when I got home he had to wear them all for PJ's!

Happy 30th Birthday Aunt Debbie!!!

Happy Birthday Debbie! You don't look a day over 29! Today we took Ollie to Papa & Grandma Pati's to hang out while we went to celebrate Aunt Debbie's birthday at the Bethalto KC Hall.

Ollie did all kinds of fun things while we were gone and was not ready to leave so we decided to go fishing for a little bit.

Finally he got a bite!!!

Waiting patiently for another fish...but they are not biting anymore. Oh well at least he caught one!

Ollie was telling us how he drove Papa's tractor all by himself earlier and decided he could drive the mule too!

Labor Day Weekend

After stroller class Ollie was playing at the park with his hard hat from Grandpa Ames.

Thursday evening when we got home Ollie had a box waiting for him (and our air was out). He didn't mind that it was so hot because he had mail!!

He got Legos and candy and a new superhero DVD!!! What a lucky boy!
Saturday we went to Aunt Erin's to go swimming! Ollie has gotten so good. He can swim very well underwater and he loves his mask & snorkel!

On Sunday we had another pool party at Aunt Barb's!!!

Daddy brought his fish to fry!

Whoa! Daddy through Ollie far! Good thing he can swim now!

When we got home Ollie got out his tools to help Daddy finish some projects in the bathroom and the attic entry.

Monday we went to the Bethalto Homecoming to ride some rides.

Ollie was obsessed with winning a fish. He didn't win with the first dollar so he wanted Papa to throw the next 6 balls. But, Ollie through one of the next balls and it actually landed in a bowl and he won a goldfish!