One little monkey jumping on the bed...

Hey Oliver, thanks for your "help."

yoga baby

fell asleep in pigeon pose.

ha ha

Mom got peed on.

tobacco museum

weird

weirder

new words

puppy, doggy, hat, cat, shoe, wow, ball, elbow (for elmo), duck, chick, hop hop hop, ho ho ho (for santa), pumpin or pumpa (for pumkin), pee pee, catch, socks, eye, juice, moo, down, out and help.

PEA PIE

This book has a window in the front cover and is great for playing peek-a-boo, or as they say in the Southeast, PEEP EYE!!! (pronounced PEE PAH!)

Painting is not dead

Oliver and I have been doing a lot finger painting lately. He likes it almost as much as I do. This is an early work from our "Assisted Finger Painting" series (ca. last week). I was planning to have him paint in acrylic on canvas, but I'm completely taken with the translucency of finger paint, so we upgraded the paper and kept the paint. I would show you a picture of our latest work (ca. this morning) but that would spoil your Christmas surprise.

manger havoc

A giant spider has lain waste to the sheep and Mary and Joseph have put baby Jesus is in the loft for safe-keeping. The Magi are about to make a break for The East: "Dude, the prophecy didn't say anything about this. You distract them while I grab the frankincense and myrrh." Meanwhile, the shepherd is sending out a distress signal on his bagpipes. Wait...bagpipes???

new snow globe

Thank you Grammy!

This baby is here to pump you up

Mayhem

What does a kitty say?

mee-eow, meee-eow, mee-eow.

New slippers

Christmas "chee"

Christmas Tree Shopping

We Three Kings of Olipop Are

I grew up with this manger scene and my mom brought it to Oliver so he could grow up with it too. He particularly loves the sheep and one of the wise men. Unfortunately his love doesn't translate into tender caresses, and the little figurines have been tossed, banged, walloped, hurled and otherwise maltreated in the brief duration of their tenure here. But as my mom pointed out, if they survived my brother they can certainly withstand any abuse meted out by this little guy.