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!

This & That...

Here is a pic of Ollie getting off the daycare van on the first day of school! He had a great time!

Ollie on Uncle Brad's boat just enjoying the ride!

Our big tree in the front just died. It had leaves last fall and never had leaves again this year. So we had it cut down. These guys were fast it was only in the street for about 15 min at the most!

Ollie went all week long without having an "accident" at school. A co-worker had given me some of her son's Spongebob legos. Ollie got to decide if he wanted the legos he picked out last weekend or the "surprise" legos. He picked the surprise legos and was very excited to get the Spongebob Legos!
Saturday we went to Alligator Creek with Becky, Kathryn & Andrew. Ollie was snorkeling around the pool. It was a great warm day for the pool.

Today we had a BBQ at our house. Papa, Grandma Pati, Aunt Erin, Uncle Kevin & Ivy came over. Ollie talked Papa into playing legos with him in his playroom!

Then he got to play games on Papa's phone. Ollie liked playing Angry Birds!

We have been enjoying our weekend home as a family. Tomorrow Daddy has to start traveling for work again. He should be home on the weekends though!

First Day of Kindergarten!!!

Today was Ollie's first day of Kindergarten!!! To my surprise he was very excited. He was not nervous at all! He wanted to wear his "fancy suit" which is the outfit he is wearing in the pics and he wanted to put his hair in a mohawk. So we guped up his hair.

I dropped him off at daycare at the normal time. We took a few minutes to take a pic next to the van that will take him to & from school and inside Ms. Cathy took a pic of me & Ollie together! I sent a text to Ms Cathy later in the morning and Ms. De reported that Ollie was happy & excited on the van ride and when they got to school. We are going to dinner at Chili's (Ollie's choice) tonight and I cannot wait to hear about his day!

The weekend before kindergarten!

Friday morning was Kindergarten Orientation. We went to the school to meet Ollie's new teacher. This was more hectic than I thought it would be. There was more paperwork for us to fill out when we got there. Then the parents left the kids in the room with the teachers and had a meeting with the Principal. Then we took the kids on a self guided tour of the school to show them where the music room, gym, art room, computer lab, etc are. Then we practiced going through the lunch line. Ollie is more excited now because he already has 2 friends in his class! Nathan (from his daycare) and Jay (up the street)! At the end of orientation we let the kids play on the playground for a bit. Then Ollie and I had a picnic at City Centre Park before I went back to work.

Kathryn & Ollie on the playground. They will have recess together!

Ollie & Jay are in the same class!
After work on Friday, I picked up Ollie and we headed to the Mall to meet Spongebob!!! We got in line at 4:30 and only had to wait an hour! I heard other people waited for 3 1/2 hours. Yikes! After we met Spongebob Ollie really wanted a balloon animal so we waited in another line for an hour for a balloon. I should have scored some major mommy points Friday night!

Saturday morning we stopped by the Little Gym before stroller class to watch Ivy. It was her last class. It looks like she really enjoys it!

Saturday afternoon Papa, John, Kevin & Ollie worked on Aunt Erin's fence.

The girls hung out and talked. Ivy played in her sand box!

Then it was time for a dip in the pool.

Check out Ollie swimming with no floaties!!! He has learned so much this summer!

This morning I took Ollie to Pump It Up in New Town. It is like Monkey Joe's. Ollie had a blast!

Papa's Birthday!

Wow I haven't posted in awhile. This one will have two weekends. Last weekend Ollie really wanted to go to Papa's house to hang out so we went over there for a few hours on Saturday. Ollie talked Papa into playing Lego Batman on the Wii downstairs!

When we got home later he played some of his new games on his Xbox Kinect! It is pretty funny to watch him playing the games!

This past Saturday was Papa's actual birthday. It was also Barb & Larry's pool party!

Tyler drove Erin's car to their house. He just did not drive on highway 70 - he needs a lot more hours before he can get his license. There house was perfect to drive to since it is so far away!

On Sunday we went to Papa's house to celebrate his birthday. He put up the water slide. Ollie was so excited! He loves that thing! Tyler also drove his red car with me to Papa's house. Another hour under his belt. He drove the whole way this time!

Finally time for presents!

It's a purple martin bird house!!! Just what he wanted!

Can you guess what is in the long skinny present? If you guessed a pole for the birdhouse you are correct!

Happy Birthday Dad! We love you!