Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Merry Christmas!

We started the Christmas celebrations by driving to Carrollton, IL on Friday afternoon. Aunt Debbie had Christmas at her new place this year. We also got to see Papa & Grandma's new house in Carrollton that they signed the papers on the same day!

Brad provided a riding mower and Lester painted it pink and wrote "PT's Cruiser" on the side! Teresa said the girls shined it up for Pat. She can drive this from Debbie's to her new house! Too cute!




We spent Christmas Eve at Papa's house. Ivy got her gift from us right away. A new baby bed with high chair & nursery! She loved it!

Ollie brought the truck he got from Aunt Debbie to Papa's house to show it off! He just loves that truck!

Ollie got a 3-D Spongebob puzzle from Aunt Erin. This should be interesting!
Papa got a blue tooth for his truck!
Grandma Pati got a Santa in a Swimming suit ornament (it is the year of the pool!) and a Kohl's gift card.

Batman GeoTrax!!!
Ivy got a book and said "it is a book!" when she opened it.

Ollie talked Bill & Daddy into helping put his Geotrax together.
Aunt Erin & Uncle Kevin got a Laptop!
Pati got a new mixer.

Ivy got a box of dress up clothes! She really loves the necklaces and the shoes!

Chris got some motorized decoys.
Pati got a concrete block that says "Pati's Pool"

Ivy liked "helping" with the trax. She kept saying "I elp you, I elp you" and taking them apart!
This is what we came home too. So pretty! Out street was lit up with the milk cartons too!
Ollie slept in the car and then was awake until 9:30 when we got home. At one point I thought he was asleep and he suddenly says "I just love Christmas!!!" About 10 min later he was sound asleep - finally! Santa had work to do!
Ollie woke up around 6:30 on Christmas morning.
The Lego City Space Shuttle!!!! Just what he wanted!
Bella got a new bone and a ball on a rope! She really liked her bone!
The Trio Batwing! Yes!!!
He was using his Power Rangers Sword to open the rest of his presents!

A new batcave!!!!
After we opened up the boxes and put batteries in everything it was time to move on to Maw Maw's house!
Ollie got a Hulk Hogan costume!
He couldn't wait for Aunt Erin to get there so he started on his stocking!
A new chair for his playroom!!! This one reclines!
A new computer!!!
Ivy is checking out Ollie's presents while pushing her new shopping cart around.
Ollie got a new box to put all of his costumes in! He also got a Captain America costume!
Hey Ivy watch out for the presents! She likes feeding her baby. That used to be her momma's baby doll.
Ollie finally got a scarf! He has been wanting one since he keeps seeing me put mine on every morning.
Maw Maw got a Kindle Fire from Papa Stu!
Papa Stu got a new Leather coat!
Uncle Kevin is trying out his new video camera!
Maw Maw also got a bag of coal and a diamond necklace from Papa Stu! Ollie just thinks it is hilarious that she got a bag of coal!!!
After presents Daddy started making breakfast. We had French toast and bacon. There were also lots of muffins! Ollie, Papa Stu & Maw Maw were checking out his new play-do set.
Christmas afternoon we went to Aunt Barbara's. Ollie talked Aunt Barb into letting him open his present from her. He got a Fireman!
Ivy got a Dora phone!

Time for shots already? They are doing shots of a $60 bottle of tequila!

Time to play left, right, center! I won the first round - yippy!! Afterwards, the second game got interruppted by some Jib Jab videos!


Ollie & I are in charge of the computer to show the next Jib Jab video.
Awe, what a cute family!
Ivy got a cookie jar with pretend cookies from Aunt Patty!
Ollie & Vivy play barbies.
Ivy handed out lots of presents while we were playing the trade game. She wanted to make sure her Daddy, Grammy, Papi & Mommy had plenty of presents!


The day after Christmas I woke up feeling bad. I managed to go for a 6 1/2 mile run with Erin but later in the afternoon I felt terrible again. I ended up having the stomach flu and the rest of the day was a waste. I couldn't leave the bathroom. Chris had to come home from work early to watch Ollie. This morning when we woke up there was snow outside! It was starting to melt so we let Ollie play for a bit. We got him dressed up and let him go outside. I stayed home from work again because I still don't feel 100%. I need to eat something but am scared to do so Yikes!Ollie was throwing snow balls at Bella. Then he threw them at window at me! He thought that was so funny!

Daddy helped Ollie set up his Geo Trax in the living room yesterday evening. Ollie was showing me how well the track works this morning.
Despite being sick, this weekend was wonderful!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Medal, Legos, Goose & Gingerbread Sleighs!

Man! We had a full weekend before Christmas. Bright & early Saturday morning (8am) Ollie had his last basketball game for the season. He did such a good job! Daddy, Mommy & Papa were there to watch him play! At the end he comes running over "Mommy Mommy! We get medals not trophies! Medals are better than trophies!" He has decided he will play basketball again so he can get a "collection" of medals!



Saturday evening Maw Maw was watching Ivy overnight. Ollie & I went over to play for a bit. Ivy likes to play with Ollie's trio blocks too!
Sunday Daddy came home with a 20lb goose! That thing is just about as big as Ivy!

Sunday evening we went to Maw Maw's house for dinner and to make Gingerbread Sleighs.
Ivy & Ollie (Mommy too!) liked eating the candy that was supposed to be used for decorating!


Here are the masterpieces!


After all the decorating we took a drive to look at Christmas lights!

Friday, December 16, 2011

Santa Claus!!!

Tuesday evening we went to Bass Pro so Ollie could see Santa. He was the real deal! His beard was real! Thank goodness Ollie realized that before he tried to pull on it! Ollie told Santa he wants the Lego City Space Shuttle. That was not on the lists that we mailed to Santa. I hope Santa can find the Space Shuttle before Christmas Eve!


We let Ollie pick out a Cozy Critter (which is just like a build-a-bear, but cheaper!). Ollie picked a penguin. He named his penguin "Pepper".

Later that evening Ollie asked if he could put on one of his costumes. I figured he would come down in a superhero costume. Boy was I wrong! He found his Elmo costume that he wore when he was two!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Daddy's Birthday Weekend!

Saturday morning (Daddy's birthday)! We made Christmas pancakes for breakfast. We used christmas cookie cutters to cut out the pancakes. They look pretty cute!

Then we headed out for a basketball game. Ollie played pretty well. He did not hustle as much as last week but still did a very good job. He even made a basket! He was so proud of himself and Papa, Maw Maw, Papa Stu & Mommy were all there to see it!!!!


Saturday evening we all went out to Texas Roadhouse for Chris' birthday. It was crazy there. We called ahead and still had to wait 30 min before our table was ready. When we got home he opened presents and we all had some icecream cake from DQ. Yum!







Monday, December 5, 2011

Cookie Day!!!

Saturday evening we were getting ready for Cookie Day. Daddy let Ollie play with capless cap gun. He just loves that thing. Of course, he is a boy.

Sunday morning, Cookie Day!!! Ollie and I are opening several Hershey Kisses for some peanut butter cookies!


Lots of peanut butter cookies...

Time to decorate some cookies!!! Ollie and Vivy played all day together. They had a great time!

Bel making the Hollyberry rice krispie treats.
Aunt Barb & and her chocolate macaroons.
Time for lunch....we had chicken noodle (as usual) and cheddar potato.
Patti & Laurie arrive and now it is time to get down to business. We have lots of chocolate gingerbread cookies to decorate.
Everyone helps!


Getting ready for our picture. It was a bit hectic. Ollie did not want to be in the picture. He laid on the floor behind us. What a stinker.


"Kill me now!" We are finally done with the pictures.
Ollie wanted to take a pic with just me & him since he did not get in the picture earlier. Then later in the evening about an hour after I went to bed Ollie was calling me. I got up and he had thrown up all over his bed and himself. Yuck! I took him straight to my shower and hosed him off. Thank goodness Chris cleaned up his bedding. I don't think I could have cleaned it without getting sick myself. Not sure if he ate too much or if he has a stomach bug. Needless to say we called in sick today and are hanging out on the couch right now.