Olivers Updates

I finally got to make my gingerbread house from last year!

Look at all these candies!

Ruby is thinking…

She wants to help too!

I love to help my sister learn to do new things, “here you go Rubes, stick it on the white frosting!”

Her concentration face looks just like mommies!

Fancy front, I made the wreath all by myself!

The Snowman got stuck on the roof, silly guy!

I had so much fun doing this and I loved that my baby sis helped me out, we make a great team when we are getting along!

12/17 – Ruby’s very first dentist appointment…she hated it! She never really likes having her teeth brushed, let alone a stranger in her mouth. I on the other hand did awesome!

Just chilling, watching Finding Nemo with my cool dude glasses on.

What’s going through Ruby’s mind… “Oh heck no!!!”

Uh oh…I have a baby cavity! I get to go back in Feb to have it taken care of. Thankfully it is so tiny that I don’t have to get laughing gas or shots. Thanks mom and dad for making sure that my teeth are brushed and never putting me to bed with a bottle!

My sister is NOT a happy camper!

It wasn’t so bad was it Ruby?!?

We went out to dinner and sang happy birthday to my sweet baby cousin…sadly I was in the bathroom and missed the whole thing!

Happy birthday Taylor, we love you so much!

My sister and I had a blast putting the ornaments on the tree. 

Who needs pants when you are home?!?

Putting up my special ornaments

This is my robot one from last year.

I put the ornaments up, Ruby takes them down…

However, I dump them out for her to make a mess!

I love Santa! I asked him for a rocket this year…we’ll see if I was a good boy!

What is your problem Ruby?!?

Oh Santa, I’m sorry, my sister sometimes has issues!

Finally, cookies cure all!

My sister is pretty cute, even if she is screaming…

Oh dear, what on earth, they are both at it…help me!

Not sure what to say Santa, Taylor is not in love with you…yet!

Mommy tried to move away from Taylor and just as she loved Taylor was upset. We love you Taylor and promise not to torture you too much!

My uncle and aunt and cousin, pretty good looking family!

We got to ride the Polar Express to the North Pole and see Santa, it was so fun and I hope to do it again next year!

Hey mister, why do you have gold teeth?

Cousins

Punching my golden ticket… P, for Polar Express

My very own golden ticket!

How do I get out of here?

My grandma Mina, I love her!

Mommy brought cheese crackers, good thing because all of us kids ate each and every one!

Cookies and hot chocolate, how can you go wrong!

Tinley loves the pictures!

Waving for Santa

There he is! HI SANTA!!!

I love feeding the little kids

My sister is my best friend!

Hey Mr. Hobo, my aunt is taken!

Showing my sister how to wave bye bye, my mom and dad say that I’m the best big brother ever and it is true!

Hey, I like to be fed too, although I almost bit her fingers off!

Sarah, Hunter & Bryan – good to see you 3!

I LOVE Santa!

Taylor on the other hand…not so much!

Can’t say that Tinley is to fond of him either, if looks could kill…

Ruby and Taylor, they are going to be best buddies for life!

Tay checking Ruby for cavities

Good thing Ruby doesn’t have teeth in the back!

I love Hunter, I look forward to growing up with him!

The Anderson family

The Milligan family

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