flour play

oliver having a great time playing with and eating flour

Boxing Day Baking

 wearing apron with mom

 cutting out my cookies

this is my fish cookie cutter from last christmas

Santa's Little Helper

 opening gifts

 love tearing off the paper

 so excited!

 new easel from opa and omi

 love the raffi

 mom and oliver in their santa hats

happy times

christmas sweater

he wears it better then most

still cute even sick

mom's hat, my mittens and a trip to the ER (pneumonia)

dad's hat

 love wearing dad's hat

my favorite - walking around in the hat when it falls over my eyes

Happy Birthday Dad

 dad reading to elsa and oliver

 dad's not amused reading the book for the 3rd time

happy birthday dad

banana bread

 first time having banana bread

 yum, yum, yum

big boy using a real fork

snow time

 tricky walking in snow this deep

 doing a good job

 taking a rest

trying to take my mittens off

new little sister...

dad, mom, oliver and our new puppy

it's a maple leaf...duh

just gnawing on the leaf stem

my dad

safe in dad's arms

hammer time

new toy that involves hammering

over there..

oliver discovered pointing and does it all the time

boys boys boys

ian, oliver, brandon, wesley, & owen watching the storm

oliver and owen fixing things

oliver & wesley

 oliver & brandon team up to play sorry

off roading

oliver takes this car everywhere

pasta, pasta, pasta

oliver thinking he is ready for mom's pasta dinner

sunset ledge

mom & oliver on their first official hike (on the way up)

 oliver hiking around at the top

oliver & dad on the way down

cottage cheese

good but messy finger food

 not so sure about this situation

 going back for more

10 month bday walking

chilly swim

getting chilly in the shade

truck sounds

tools

in this sequence oliver began hammering the nail (this is not something we demonstrated or showed him)

he loves his tool box