Ollie Toussaint

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Skating & Sledding!!!

We got about 3-4 inches of snow again yesterday morning. It was the perfect day for a skating lesson. It was slow going up the hill but the roads were much better off of our street. Ollie did so good in the skating lesson. He did not use the "walker" at all. He liked it so much that he told me he wanted to learn to use the skates like the big boys! (roller blades). I explained as best I could that he needs to learn to use the quad skates first then we can move on to the roller blades.

After skating we picked up Erin & Ivy and headed over to Papa's to go sledding on their big hill! We all went sledding and had a great time!

Even Ivy went sledding!

Who ever was lucky enough to be at the bottom when Ivy came down got to drag her back up the hill. Talk about a work out!

Doesn't she look comfortable? She has 2 snow suits on - I'm sure she was plenty warm!

Papa went down one time and that was enough for him!

Ollie wants to drag Ivy up the hill but he needs a bit of help.

Ollie loves to eat the snow.

Grandma Pati tried out a few of the sleds!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Blizzard of 2011?!?

There was alot of talk about a blizzard coming through the St. Louis area. We were supposed to get ice first and then about 20-22 inches of snow. It was so bad on Tuesday that hardly anyone went to work and we closed down our office at 12:00pm. I picked up Ollie and headed straight home to ride out the storm. Daddy came home a few hours later. Ollie was going crazy being all couped up so we went out to play in the snow. It was really 5 inches of sleet - it was not snow at all.

Ollie & Bella had a great time!

They fought over the only stick they could find in the front yard. Needless to say Bella won every time.

Andrew & Kathryn came over and we all went sledding down the little hill in our backyard. The kids had so much fun and it was nice to get out of the house for a bit.

We did not end up getting dumped on. We had about 5-7 inches when it was all said and done but like I said it was not really snow - mostly ice & sleet. Thursday evening Erin came over to pick Ollie up so I could go to dinner with some girlfriends. Since the plow came the night before all the snow from the street was in a mound in front of our driveway. Her car got stuck - and stuck good! I tried pushing it but it wouldn't budge. Becky came over with her kids and watched Ollie & Ivy while we tried to dig her car out. We finally got it to back up a bit but then it got stuck again! This time it was mostly in the street. One lady from down the street tried to help and my friend, April had shown up for dinner and tried to help. Kevin showed up after work and then more neighbors from down the street came over. We were really putting on a show. Finally with 7 people pushing the car and one driving it we got the car back on the road. Talk about CRAZY!!!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Tyler's 16th Birthday!

Sunday was Tyler's 16th birthday! We went to his party at the Riverbend Community Center. It is a pretty cool place. There are a lot of stations to get online and several different gaming stations. They also had some "old school" games in the back. Ollie liked playing those.

Happy 16th birthday Tyler!!!!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Great Skate

Yesterday we had to get out of the house so Becky and I took the kids to Great Skate. It was a disaster until Becky thought to ask for slower moving skates. The boy behind the counter was very nice and checked some of the skates for slower ones. When we went back out they were able to skate around without us holding on to them or their walker/skater things! We found out Greak Skate has lessons on Saturday mornings that you can just show up to and then you can stay and skate during the first session. We might try that some time because I have no idea how to teach him to skate.