Not long now

Christmas is a matter of days away now and the Christmas related activities have gone into overdrive. Last week we had Ollie's daycare party which even Nick came along to. Thankfully too because it seemed like every parent was there. Except for a couple of kids, who seemed to spend the whole time crying because their parents weren't there. Heartbreaking. But moving on... There were Christmas activities to be done, songs to be sung and lots of sugar to be consumed. Ol basically sat himself at one end of the table and grazed his way through every disgustingly sugary treat until he was the last kid standing at the table. I never would have allowed such food to be consumed but as it was a daycare day I knew I'd be leaving just before nap time and the teachers would have to deal with the carnage. Awful I know. They got their own back though by feeding them sugary leftovers for afternoon tea before we all came to pick them up. Checkmate.

The pic above is of Ollie, his girlfriend Madi and the third muskateer Zac. Note Zac's Powderfinger tshirt. How awesome. We've put in a request for one for Ollie.

Evie is rocking out her Christmas outfit that I sewed for her. I figure it can only get trotted out until Christmas so it has been going everywhere. Ollie was meant to get matching shorts but given the amount of boxes that appear do be blocking my access to the sewing machine, I'm not quite so sure.

The Christmas dress made another outing to neighbourhood Christmas drinks at our good friends and neighbours Jim & Jenna's house. Ollie was the only kid there for the first hour so he was a bit of hard work until Lulu & Queenie from next door arrived - then he just went nuts chasing them around the house. Eventually the three of them settled down on the couch to eat and watch some TV and Ol must have been so super tired - I actually saw him reach for food on a plate and put it in his mouth - except the plate was on the other side of him so he was eating air, he was just that knackered that he didn't even notice. He was practically asleep by the time Nick carried him two houses back to our place.

Yesterday saw us trek over to the other side of town for the third birthday of one of Ollie's other girlfriends, Ruby. Hot weather, lots of kids running around, many new-ish babies, big mean ants, etc. Just the usual. Ollie took a dislike to one of the little girls who pushed him out of the way so he was a bit of a sulky pants the whole time. But overall I'm pretty sure he had a great time - especially when he convinced other parents to push him on the swings. Sneaky little chap.

And there were lots of other things this week to tell you but once again Evie is dictating the end of the blog with her squawking. She is such a noisy girl that Nick has declared that she is "another noisy Pyke girl" and that he is destined to be surrounded by them. There could definitely be worse things.