Chuck E Cheese

On the day I came home from SLC, Oliver's little friend Jordan was turning three and having a party at Chuck E Cheese. Oliver was totally excited and so looking forward to the event since he has never been to Chuck E Cheese. Unfortunately, my plane had problems mid flight and had to be re-routed to SLC. We then boarded another plane and started all over again about the same time we were supposed to be landing. Clayton was so great and brought Jordan's unwrapped gift to the airport along with my wrapping supplies and I was able to wrap the gift in the airport parking lot. We made it to the party about an hour late, but we were still able to wish the birthday boy happy birthday and then play some games.

Driving the car with Clayton was Oliver's favorite...these cars have always been my favorite too!

Adios Mama!

A couple of weeks ago, I went to see my Mom & Dad in SLC. Clayton was an excellent Daddy and kept Oliver for a couple of days and they had a fantastic time together at Spanish School, swim lessons and of course playing galore.

Here we were waiting outside security

Oliver was being very creative and tied my shirt tie to my necklace. He loved it so much I couldn't untie it until I had gone into the airport.

Unfortunately, I was a total slacker and didn't take any pictures with my parents while I was in SLC. My sister took this of my parents and her cute girls a couple of weeks before I was there and I love how great my mom looks! Thanks for letting me stay with you Mom & Dad; it was great seeing you!

Oliver loved the suitcase ride when he and Daddy came to the airport to pick me up.

Happy Easter!

Late Saturday night, just before I went to bed, the Easter Bunny knocked on the door and wanted to deliver a basket for Oliver and hide some eggs. I told her she could hide them anywhere but Oliver's room and boy was she quick.

She even left a trail of eggs leading into Oliver's room

Oliver running past several eggs to collect his first egg: a turquoise egg (his favorite color)

checking out what was inside some of the first eggs

Oliver was so cute, he would shake each egg as he found it and guess what might be inside

My favorite part of Oliver collecting eggs was him shouting "EGG" every time he found an egg. It was hilarious and I loved it! Check out the video above to hear him finding eggs.

Pleading to dig into his Easter basket

His favorite part of his basket: A train. Who would have guessed???

Oliver with his Easter loot.

Happy Easter everyone!

Easter egg coloring

This little guy loved coloring eggs this year! I bought a dozen, but sometime between selection and dyeing, two were broken, so we only colored ten. I think Oliver could have colored about four dozen and still been going strong. Unfortunately he will not eat the eggs, so we have to limit the coloring to what Daddy and I will eat. They were a yummy part of our breakfast on Easter!

I can work construction too!

We woke up to some sidewalk repairs on Friday morning. After watching them dig up a piece of our sidewalk, Oliver had to go get his tractor too. Too bad the truck and tractor had already gone by the time we got back.

But he was still content to sit on his tractor for a while and watch them to the prep work for the cement truck that was coming later that day.

Fridays are Spanish Schoolhouse days

Oliver loves singing songs that he learns at the Spanish Schoolhouse. Here he is singing one I can actually understand: Los Números.

This is a video of the other favorite song he mentioned: Periquito Azul

And finally, an encore video of Los Números also with numbers in English.

Ready, set, hunt, play, swim

Saturday the 27th, we started our day at Oliver's first Easter Egg Hunt. It was divided into age groups, Oliver was with the 2-3 year olds. To be fair, there wasn't much hunting...more like an Easter Egg round-up if you ask me. The parents stood around in a big circle and the children ran around and picked up eggs. At least that was the idea...

Oliver getting ready for the hunt

Love this picture of my little guy!

And he is off...or is he?

First I want to add a disclaimer about this video. Sometimes I hear myself on video and wish I could figure out how to mute the audio portion and this is one of those times. This video is of Oliver starting his egg hunt. He really didn't know what to do and I barked orders to Clayton to go help him. Oops, sorry Clayton. If it is any consolation I'll only be pregnant for a couple of more months and hopefully I'll be a little nicer afterwards!

After picking up a few eggs my little guy was enamoured with the Easter Bunny and stopped hunting to chat with the bunny.

Look at that face, he loved the Easter Bunny. She didn't talk though so it was kind of weird.

He even got a hug!

When all was said and done, he collected 12 eggs about nine of which had candy. He was happy with his loot!

It was WINDY!

There was a park nearby and we had some time before our next activity so Clayton and Oliver explored the tank. It was pretty cool!

They went for a little run on the track. Like father, like son.

Next we went to the Plano Aquatic Center so Oliver and Daddy could attend their first WaterTots class together. Here they are waiting for the lesson to begin.

Daddy easing Oliver into the water

Oliver would have preferred the water to be a little warmer

I thought Oliver would be the oldest in the class by far, but the class was for ages 6 months to three years and there was actually a wide variety of ages.

This may be the only smile we caught on camera and it was because Clayton suggested it. Oliver is really hesitant around water and why wouldn't he be? This is only his second time ever to a public pool and we have only used a wading pool in our backyard a few times. Hopefully these lessons will help get him a little more comfortable.

They practiced kicking and played a few games.

In this video, Clayton is crouched down in less than 3 ft of water while wading Oliver across a pool so he can practice kicking. What a great Daddy!

This may be the only video of the head under water that we get this session. Oliver was terrified when he came out of the water and has told me he doesn't want to do it again. Hopefully his next swim instructor will have a plan for a more gradual introduction of putting your head under water.

I think this may be the first time I can say I am actually happy with my decision to buy a super zoom camera. All these shots and videos came from my position on the bleachers and most of them came out surprisingly clear.

Little Chickies

My amazing mother made these adorable ducks (which we call chickies) for my little guys for Easter. They are so cute and my biggest little guy just loves them! My mom taught me to crochet while I was on bedrest with Oliver, so I can really appreciate all the time and effort that went into both of these little chickies and I will always treasure them. Thanks for making my little guy happy Grammy!


These next two videos are of Oliver opening the little chickies and were taken for Grammy and Gramps who were also on the phone. I had to split the video into two to get it to upload to Blogger.

Oliver's spider web

This is what I often find Oliver doing while I am getting ready...

...looks pretty proud of himself, doesn't he? All I have to say is it is a good thing yarn is pretty inexpensive! :)