Dress up

Lesley's work is having a fund raising winter ball. It was decided that the kids of employees would dress up and have their picture taken as a promotion for the ball. Results below.





















And of course looking like a gangster we had to do this...

Pixie man

We have a hole in the bathtub...probably toy sized although neither of the kids know how on earth it could possibly have got there. Olllie and I went to the store to buy a repair kit which we could not find. I told him we might have to have someone come over and fix it...

Ollie: Maybe a cowboy?...no not a cowboy, he couldn't do it...probly a pixie man.
Me: a pixie man?
Ollie: Yes a pixie man could come and pix it.
Me: a fixie man?
Ollie: Yes. A pixie man.

I need help

Ollie needs help...he is trying to do a puzzle...it is 5.45 am...I need help too...

Oliver is not sleeping

instead he is singing his ABC's. Complete with the yeaaahhhh at the end. We have already had the:

O: Daddy...daddy...daddy...daddy...daddy...
Me: Yes ollie...
O: I was just calling you
Me: I know...what do you want?
O: Nothing...n o t h i n g a t a l l...

Haloween 2009

Scariest haloween freaks ever!!

Bikes

I wanna get ready to go...I wanna get ready to go...I wanna get ready to go...I wanna get ready to go...I wanna get ready to go...I wanna get ready to go...I wanna get ready to go...I wanna get ready to go...Where do you want to go Ollie? RIDE BIKES!

Pirate festival Arrghhh maties

So we had to go to the pirate festival when it came to town. We had heard that it was full of "grown up" pirates, who dress as pirates full time and just go to the festival once a year. True there were some phenomenal outfits adorning the more serious pirate people, but there were also a lot of families there for fun cobbling together pirate garb from whatever was lying around. We found these 2 blackhearts roaming around somewhere. They both managed to come home with swords (given to them by other people who had decided swords and kids should not mix) Ollie likes to throw his - surprise - and Sophie likes to start what she cannot finish and then run away from Ollie screaming which he also thinks is hilarious. Ollie does a great "walk the plank" snarl too.

Rockaway Beach

A day at the beach. Sand everywhere, sunburns, cold cold water. It really is the best thing ever.

Playtime

When a promised steam train ride was left in the dust of "not running on Wednesdays" we hit the park for some playtime. Ollie managed to launch off the top of the see saw (teeter totter) and tumble to the ground. I think it is a right of passage really.

West Coast Game Park

Where we got to roam free with the animals (Llama, goat, donkey, goose & sheep), pet a baby lion, a baby leopard and a baby possum, and generally watch many animals holed up in small cages do things which were cute/adorable/disturbing. I am sure the 5 week old lion could have eaten Ollie for breakfast.

Road trip to Coquille

We spent 5 days traveling and sightseeing on our way to see Grandpa Ian in Coquille. On the way we stopped at a water park in Springfield, Winston Safari park, West Coast Game Park in Bandon, the Tollamook Cheese factory and Rockaway Beach. Below are some pictures of the trip.

Winston Safari Park:

Big Big Steam Train...

Sophie, Ollie and Daddy went to Portland to see the departure of the very large old steam train which was heading out to Michigan for a train festival.

Dancing Queen

Or rather dancing princess. Sophie's evening class of creative movement aka "ballet" culminated tonight in a performance to rock the world. A steady cam could have been used here but I was not aware that Ollie needed to climb on me and could not sit still for the 90 seconds needed. Still at least he did not run around during the performance like the other kid!

PARTY!!

Ollie's birthday party! It was 85 degrees and sunny. We started with a trip to the fire station to have a look around, then on to the party at the park. Sprinklers were on and well used. The fire engine bouncy castle was a hit too. Quite a day for all.