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!

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!

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!

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.

My Birthday & Basketball Game!

Last week, Ollie got his first stocking present. He got a new pair of Christmas PJ's!

Maw Maw got a stocking present too! A new snowman pin to wear on her sweater!

Sunday was my birthday so we went to lunch at Red Lobster! It was so good! When we were leaving they took out a lobster for Ollie & Ivy to pet.
Ivy was not sure about it in the beginning.

But she came around.

Today Ollie had 2 basketball games scheduled at 8am and 9am. He did so well in the 8 am game. He really tried hard. He shot for a basket. He didn't make it but he tried. He also hit the ball out of the other team's hand when they were shooting! He was tired by the end of the game and started to slow down. He collided with another little boy and they both fell. Then at least two others tripped and fell on top of them. Ollie was on the bottom. The other boys all jumped up and ran after the ball but Ollie was still down. He got up slowly and came to me crying and holding his left arm. There was a bruise, redness and it was a teeny bit swollen. We missed the 2nd game and went to Urgent Care. They said it was not broken but wanted to do an x-ray to see if it was cracked. It was not. Thank goodness! About an hour and half wasted at urgent care and I'm sure we will see a nice size bill in about a month but it is worth it to know he is okay!