The Bee's Knees

Lesson

Big O shows little O how to crawl.

Overheard

Every time I push Oliver on the swing:

Oliver: Mommy, go fast! Go fast!
Me: You ARE going fast.
Oliver: Oh... WEEEEEEE!

Bros

Baby Oscar

Oscar is visiting.
Oliver loves being the big kid.
Declan thinks he's cute.
I'm sure I'm done having kids. It's tempting since Oscar is so cute, but two is enough. :)

What's up, Doc?

THIS is why I stay home

Oliver refuses to take a nap anymore so we watch TV in the hopes that he'll crash. He just passed out snuggling me. THIS is why I stay home
:)

Whale rider

My birthday gifts

Slippers from Declan and Oliver. Pants from Arend.

Skunk self-portrait

Overheard

Declan: What does like beach ball like on its toast?
Me: What?
Declan: Broccoli and ketchup!

Stat update

I took Declan and Oliver to the doctor yesterday and Declan has his first ear infection - both ears. Oliver just has a cold but seems worse off.
Declan weighs 55 lbs and Oliver weighs 37 lbs. We almost have one adult! They eat like 2 adults though. Declan is already feeling better and Oliver continues to throw bowls full of cereal at the wall!

The mind of a toddler

Toddler heaven

Sounds like...

Declan: Ouch ouch! I hurt my finger ankle!
Me: Your knuckle?
5yo: Yeah...

Letters from Ohio

I got a letter in the mail from my nephew, Joey. Look at the handwriting!

Fun in tubes

Grocery shopping with Oliver

One line of people held up at the entrance by tantruming boy

Seven lying-on-the-floor tantrums

One exploded bag of Doritos

One scratched open banana

One plastic box of cherry tomatoes smashed

One plastic box of nasty looking strawberries purchased against my will

One grocery list never looked at

Thirty five pairs of eyes staring

Two sympathetic ladies

Snow licker

At least it's fresh and not yellow.

Snow!

Declan's school stuff

Handbag

Declan made me this handbag in art camp. Watch out, Etsy!

January?

This weather is really crazy. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and we're playing outside all day. I cannot believe it's the middle of winter. I think last year at this time, we were freezing in negative temperatures.

Declan's right brain

Declan has been off from school all week and because I knew he'd melt into a tempering tornado from boredom, I signed him up for art camp! The winter version! He absolutely loved it. He weaved, painted, stamped, tied, glued, and ate his way through the last three days. I will post pictures of his artwork in a future post. Oliver ate the apple pizza Declan made a Buzz Cafe, so you'll just have to take my word for it on that creation.

Today, Declan's morning started at a bead store called, "A Bead in Hand." He made me a really cool necklace that is a bottle cap stamped out and has the word happiness inside. He said the bead store had really interesting beads made from BONES! I had to explain that they were animal bones and not people bones. He said there was one made from a BUFFALO HORN! He asked me if I knew how they made the buffalo horn bead, and before I could respond, he exclaimed, " Well, they kill a buffalo. And then, they go up to the buffalo and carve a circle out of his horn!"

Choo choo

Increasing in Popularity

I was perusing the Top 100 Baby Names for 2011, and was surprised to see Oliver on there. Not surprised to see Declan was missing, though. I dug a little deeper and it shows  the name Oliver is increasing in popularlity:

Year	Rank	Total Out of 1,000,000 Babies
2012	#43	3,454 babies
2011	#45	4,225 babies
2010	#56	3,697 babies
2009	#60	3,468 babies
2008	#80	2,898 babies
2007	#94	2,311 babies
2006	#115	1,722 babies
2005	#135	1,442 babies
2004	#152	1,156 babies
2003	#173	1,062 babies
2002	#188	909 babies
2001	#201	848 babies

 It looks like there's a chance he may have another Oliver in his class some day. We just have to keep reminding him that his name isn't Bubba. I've got to work on that. 

Merry Christmas!