Hilarity
Lately Ollie has been doing some things that make me giggle like a fool. Last nights was when we were snuggling him to sleep. I was singing "Feed the Birds," from Mary Poppins, to him. I was singing...
View ArticleWords, words, words
It used to be awesome when Ollie would learn a new word. We would dutifully note it in a book or something. Now he learns new words so quickly that it would be impossible to document them all. My...
View ArticleHmmm...
So most places have their season schedules up for the coming year. I was doing some research to see what kinds of arts events we could take Ollie to.It seems pretty bleak, right now. Ballet Austin?...
View ArticleThis morning
Was Ollie's first day in the toddler room. We had to take home all his stuff from the baby room and bring in a blanket, a change of clothes, etc to the new room. They wanted the clothes to be able to...
View ArticleIt has been awhile...
Sorry! We've been struck down with illness, hosted some Ike refugees, played a bunch of hockey and soccer, and otherwise rolled on with our lives.I'm a lazy mama. So our dear Ollie Grey has definitely...
View ArticleRandom Update: More Communication Edition
So I noticed today that Ollie is starting to use multi-word constructions, even something close to real sentences. It's funny to watch these kind of quantum leaps in his skills; Saturday he would whine...
View Articleyou may be faced with... DEATH!
No worries, it's just a line from one of Ollie's current favorite books. Last Christmas his Auntie Les gave him G is for One Gzonk, and since it's a rather long book, we're just getting to enjoy it in...
View ArticleHappy birthday, munchkin
Today is Ollie's second birthday. Which is kind of impossible to believe, especially when I look at him and remember the smudgy little baby he was two years ago:Or even the proto-toddler he was last...
View ArticleNightmares
Last night Ollie had his first bad nightmare. He went to bed like usual, with only a little fuss, but then a couple of hours later he woke up very upset. He couldn't calm himself down, so Eric went up...
View ArticleOllie run around circles... TWO MINUTES!!!!
It seems like every month brings a new set of catchphrases and funny behaviors. Ollie seems to have picked up on our attempts to get him ready for various transitions ("Ollie, you can play trains for 2...
View ArticleOther funny recent phrases
Lately, Ollie's language skills have gotten good enough that his brain can construct the sentences faster than he can say them. This leads, first of all, to the world's cutest "Ummmmm...." while he...
View ArticleWhat are they teaching my 2 year old? Part I
So today I have a new feature for the blog. I've decided to write reviews of the children's theatre shows we take Ollie to see. This is a review of the original musical "The Story" as performed at ACT...
View ArticleWhat are they teaching my 2 year old? Part II
Today's review is a production of the touring company of Annie that came through the Bass Concert Hall. We attended a Saturday matinee, it was us, about a zillion other children, and some disgruntled...
View ArticleWhat are they teaching my 2 year old? Part III
Today I had the privilege of enjoying a lovely show in the pleasantly icebergish Long Center. It's 106 every day here, I cannot express how nice it was to sit in a space and just feel cool. But even...
View ArticleWhat Are They Teaching My Three Year Old
So it's been a while. For a variety of reasons, mostly sloth, I haven't written reviews of the last few things we saw. In fact, since my last post my child has lived a sixth of his life. Goodness. I...
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