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Ready, Saturday, GO!

As a real little boy, Ollie is a big fan of anything that moves fast so it isn't a great shock that we would be hearing "ready setty go!" a fair bit as he launches himself down the hallway, off the couch or around the yard. But this week it has evolved with the addition of his favourite day of the week - as in "ready, Saturday, GO!". I love it. A great cheer for the weekend!

Something else that I am loving this week is our neighbourhood Christmas party. We went to our friend's Jim & Jenna's house on Friday night for a neighbourhood get together. I didn't realise that there were a few kids in such close proximity to our house so it was lovely for Ollie to be able to play with kids close to his own age. He rode down there on his little bike so he was pretty popular, especially as he was willing to share it with the others (well, sort of willing). Perhaps it was this cool accessory that saw him win the heart of a little lady, Lou Lou from next door. It was an absolute delight to see the two of them chasing each other around and around and around. All of this energy could be attributed to me allowing Ollie to eat not one, but two mini Cadbury dairy milk chocolates. It was priceless to see how his face lit up when he popped them in his mouth - definitely much tastier than the healthy stuff he gets at home. My rationale behind allowing him to have a little sugar feast was to avoid us having to leave too early. Obear's bedtime is normally before 7pm so it was a real treat for him to stretch it out until after 8pm. We had no dramas putting him down, but I made the mistake of thinking he would sleep in to make up for it. Nope, up before 5am, AGAIN!
This is B showing off his belated addition to Movember, wearing Mr Potato Head's moustache.
Perhaps not the most glamourous of shots but kind of funny. It might look like he was hooking into his dinner but this mealtime saw at least two trips to the naughty corner. Sometimes it is just too traumatic for both of us. I may have even let him watch Dora the next night during dinner to avoid the drama. Worked like a treat.
Delightful moment of the week? When Ollie waved to me from his bike declaring that he would "be right back" and that he was going to the shop to get groceries. I asked him what groceries and he rattled off such staples as bread, cereal, milk and cake (of course). He has also been dazzling me with his counting up to nine. The only problem is that he completely leaves out one, so it just goes "two, three, four etc." . Oh well, we can teach him one down the track.
And finally, here comes spiderman! Ollie rediscovered his super cool spidey cape on the weekend when we were going through all of his toys to make room for the inevitable bounty that Santa will be dropping off this week. We are all getting so excited, especially Ollie who keeps declaring that Christmas trees are where "Santa brings the presents". Good to see he has figured out the real meaning of Christmas.

Next week, photos of the festival of Ollie, I mean Christmas. Hope everyone has a great Christmas and we hope to catch up with everyone in the near future.

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