Swim Class & Park

This morning we got up and went to swimming class. Ollie did really well. He used these floatie things that go under his arms and floated all by himself! He did not want me to hold on to him! Brave little thing! I think arm floaties will work this year!

After swim class we came home and then walked down to the park with Gennie and Jay. The boys had a great time playing! It is beautiful outside today. Ollie climbed the rock wall all by himself!

Taa Daa! He yelled when he got to the top!

Right off the slide he runs somewhere else!

Jay thinks about the rock wall but decides against it.

Thank goodness for juice boxes!

When we got home it was time for lunch. Ollie ate a whole Kid Cuisine fish sticks meal and I mean the whole thing right down to the shark shaped fruit snacks! He was hungry! Now it is just about nap time - I'm sure he will sleep good, he looks pretty tired.

Hopefully it will still be nice out when he wakes up. Maybe he can ride his truck!

Four 10's

This is my first week on four 10 hour days. I have Monday's off! It was a long day today but I will get used to it and it was not as bad as I thought. Poor Ollie though, I was getting him dressed this morning while he was trying to sleep and he kept curling up on his side and I would have to pull his legs out straight again. He was doing alright by the time we got to his school but it was only 6:40 and there were only 2 other kids there and they were a little older than him. He looked around and said "where's the friends?" I explained that his friends would be there soon and sat him on the little couch to watch tv for a little bit. He seemed to do alright - no crying thank goodness! So far so good!

The Magic House!

Today, after swim class we went to the Magic House with Aunt Erin, Uncle Kevin, and Allison! First we met at McDonald's for lunch. Ollie ate his whole cheese burger and most of his fries then asked for an ice cream cone! I'm in big trouble, he is a big eater!

This thing turns and makes pretty music.

Ollie and Allison went climbing. This net and leaf thing goes up or down. It is a little crazy in there. Ollie turned around and came out and took the stairs with me while Ally kept climbing. I think he got all turned around and was worried he wouldn't be able to get back out.

Ollie loved this thing. There are a lot of wooden balls and you put them on the top and they roll all the way to the bottom - everytime they go down a step they hit a piece of metal like a xylophone and make music.

This is the whole alphabet. Every letter lifts up and there is an object in it.

This is the Jack and the Beanstalk. Ollie was excited to go see the giant!

It's just a slide though.

They had animal costumes for the kids to wear. Ollie wanted to be a bear!

There is a whole "find a clue" section. This is for older kids but Ollie loves magnifying glasses!

Ollie got all wet in the bubble area. It is kind of hard to see but Ollie made a really big bubble!

Allison did pretty well getting the bubble around her. It is hard to see in the pic but the bubble is around her feet. I did not see anyone get the bubble any higher than she did!

It came up to her thighs!

This has a magnet on top of the glass table top and every section has something different in it. Some are metal others are not so they learn what magnets pick up.

This is a sandbox with lights under it.

Here you put tennis balls in the top and they come down and ring each bell.

More playing in the sand.

Ollie was working very hard!

Huge legos!

Ollie made a big building!

Now off to the water section. Everyone gets a poncho to wear!

They have a minature grocery store. Ollie really likes avacados for some reason!

Time to pay.

Ollie is going to fix this car and put the tire on!

They even had a fishing hole!

Fixing the tires.

This is a little pretend pizza restaurant. All the kids are bringing food out to you and then when they go to get you something else someone else comes and takes everything away. They are so funny the way they play!

These balls are floating in mid air!

We had a really great time at the Magic House. I didn't realize it was so good for kids of all ages! I tried to take only one pic of each station to minimize the number of pics that I took but there were just too many stations and Ollie liked them all!

Diapers!

Have you ever seen a kid so excited about diapers? Ollie had a big box on the front porch today. The box said Home Depot on it. We were expecting diapers but weren't sure this was them since it said HD. Ollie ripped the box open and sure enough it was the diapers that Papa Toussaint ordered!

Ollie insisted on carrying them to his room all by himself! They were heavy!

Daddy had to help get them upstairs but then Ollie took them back and carried them the rest of the way to his room! He tried to put them in his closet where they belong but said "too heavy Mommy!" I helped him put them away.

Lots of Snow!

Well we got over 6 inches of snow. Ollie likes to play in it. These pics are from the other night when he went out with Maw Maw. This is before we got most of the snow.

Ollie likes to play in the snow until he gets cold and then he is DONE!