Olivers Updates

My baby sister is happy to be at the Spaghetti Factory celebrating my birthday. Look at all those teeth she has!

Happy Birsday to me….

Holly cow, the bag is glowing! Coolest backpack ever grandma Mina! Thanks Grandma, you always know what I like…

Thank you Grandpa & Grammy Christy and Uncle Eric & Auntie Franny for coming out to celebrate my birthday. I love you all so much!

I have a friend, his name is Bryan, he lives by my green work. He has a little sister just like me. Daily I will tell my mom and dad what he did. Sometimes he slaps me in the face, or says mean things to me and calls me names, he can be quiet the bully! Other times he can be super nice and not such a bad boy. To get to his house you go over the twisty bridge, he sometimes lives in our woods, and often lives far away…truth be told, I’m not sure how to get to his house. My mommy and daddy always want to talk to his mommy about his bad behavior but I always tell them they can’t, that would make him very mad. The other day he couldn’t come to my birthday because he had a needle in his mouth, it went through his tongue and he had to go the hospital. Incase you haven’t figured it out yet, Bryan is my imaginary friend.

*a note from my mom:

• Oliver started telling us about his “green work” and his “workers/co-workers” when he attended Ms. Julia’s
• Bryan came into the picture when he started at Woodinville Children’s Center
• He often tells us about the monsters that cast shadows on his walls at night or the scary cats in his walls with red eyes. He even has told me that scary witches come into his room at night…in fact there was one there when Bruce came over and he was sick once.

* a note about imaginary friends:

Imaginary friends and imaginary companions are a psychological and social phenomenon where a friendship or other interpersonal relationship takes place in the imagination rather than external physical reality. Imaginary friends are fictional characters created for improvisational role-playing. They often have elaborate personalities and behaviors. Although they may seem very real to their creators, children understand that their imaginary friends are not real.

They reveal, according to several theories of psychology, a child’s anxieties, fears, goals and perceptions of the world through that child’s conversations.[citation needed] They are, according to some children, physically indistinguishable from real people, while others say they see their imaginary friends only in their heads, and still others cannot see the friend at all but can sense his/her presence.

It has been theorized that children with imaginary companions may develop language skills and retain knowledge faster than children without them, which may be because these children get more linguistic practice than their peers as a result of carrying out "conversations" with their imaginary friends.

Imaginary companions are an integral part of many children’s lives. They provide comfort in times of stress, companionship when they’re lonely, someone to boss around when they feel powerless, and someone to blame for the broken lamp in the living room. Most important, an imaginary companion is a tool young children use to help them make sense of the adult world.

Jaxson sucking a carrot – I’m eating some tasty cheese pizza

My buddy Cole

My sweet friend Elizabeth, she went to Ms. Julia’s with me, I sure do miss her

My buddy Hunter

Carter and Nicole, I go to school with Nicole, she is super nice and didn’t like Chuck e Cheese!

Jack is ready for the fun!

Meeting Chuck e Cheese, rocking out and my gold star medal

I made a wish, let’s home it comes true!

We had an piñata at the end, Cam was the 3rd to go and he pulled the right string! We all got candy, tokens and tickets, so cool! Way to go Cam!

Today we went to Chuck e Cheese and I had an awesome time! All my friends and family came: Cater, Camden, Jack, River, Cole, Nicole, Elizabeth, Lily, Cierra, Jaxson, Hunter & Taylor

Cupcakes

I got a coin crown and loved being king for a day!

Jaxson passed out with all the noise

So serious!

Helicopter ride, up he goes!

My buddy River

My best buddy Jack and his mommy Leslie. Check out Taylor and Hunter in the car…this is the calm before the storm

Get me off of here!!!

Auntie Teresa and Jaxson

It is my birthday party weekend and my Uncle Seth, Auntie Stacey, Baby Taylor, Auntie Sarah & Hunter all came up to visit. Thankfully the power came back on right as we got home…it had been off for 8 hours. Rob and Teresa also had no power so we invited them over for dinner too, it was a party!

Look at those cheeks on Jaxson! Adorable!

Riding the horsey, giddyup!

Hunter! Thanks for coming up little buddy, I sure loved having you here!

My Ruby, she sure is a cutie!

  My sister was a cute little ladybug

All of us our excited to go out and trick or treat!

I was a ninja with 4 other kids in my class, we all had fun playing around!

brothers

Coolest Lego costume ever! Nice job auntie Renee! And check out the fantastic astronaut Cater is going to the moon!

Thanks for the yummy chicken chili and cornbread auntie Renee, it was super yummy!