Off on our holidays!!

Hi everyone :) We will be off on our holidays on Friday so this will be the last post until we get back. We are taking a road trip to Tennessee with Jennifer, Matt and Mikayla and meeting family down there. Jason has organised a cabin for us all to stay in. We are doing most of the journey overnight so hopefully Oliver and Mikayla will sleep well in the car :)

Oliver has a new favourite word: digger!! For a few reasons I suppose - Nanna Pan bought him a book on diggers, he has a couple of toy diggers and he sees them almost every day when we drive past the road construction on Highway 169. I've never heard digger shouted so loudly!! I tried to get it on video today but he wasn't performing for me but I'm sure there will be ample opportunity!

We've kept busy going to play dates as always! Last Friday we went to Jackson's house - it was his 3rd birthday so Oliver got messy with a cupcake. We were supposed to be going swimming but sadly it decided to rain. On Thursday we met Mary and Rowen at a local play area which we'd never been to before. It was a great place for older and younger kids so we may well go back there. Today we went to Rebecca and Bryce's house and had a great morning playing outside. Of course Oliver was happy just to push a digger round all morning :)

As you can see from the countdown timer we are making a trip back to England at Christmas!! We arrive on 19th Dec and leave on 3rd Jan. We are all so excited to be coming home for a visit - it will be 19 months since we left by then. Hopefully Oliver handles the trip well - he's quite into flying and planes as you will see from the video below!

Anyway, we'll be back in a couple of weeks with some photos from holiday - bye for now!

Oliver can't possible choose between his milk and his digger!

Yes, digging in the sand with diggers.....

Mmmmm - cupcakes :)

Daddy brought this hat home from work and Oliver tries every day to put it on :)

My almost 2 year old eating his lunch!!

Formula 1 Fan :))

Ah yes, Oliver watched some of the German Grand Prix last weekend so I got a couple of videos of him!! When he refers to a ball he actually means the driver's helmet!!

I don't have many pictures or news this time I'm afraid but here are a couple of photos of Oliver enjoying some play time on Thursday. We were supposed to meet a friend for a picnic but we ended up missing each other which was a shame but we stayed and had our picnic anyway. Other than that, we have been to a couple of play dates and tried to stay warm in the chilly weather ;) It's not that bad - just 20 degrees or so cooler than it should be in July! Hopefully it warms up by the end of the week as we have a swimming date planned :)

Here Mummy, want a cracker?!

Oliver is just like a Womble cleaning up after everyone else :)) (The US clan might have to google the Wombles.....)

July 4th weekend and more

Last weekend was the July 4th holiday so Jon got to have Friday off work :) I took Oliver out to a play date in the morning at a park about 20 minutes away. It was a great place with a wading pool but Oliver wasn't really in the mood that day :( In the evening our friends Katherine and Rusty came over - we hadn't seem them in ages so it was nice to have a few drinks, Chinese food, good conversation and play on the Wii!

After pottering around for most of Saturday we went over to Ray and Sandy's for a BBQ. They were having a big fireworks display with the neighbours later in the evening but we got home fairly early to make sure Scoop was OK (she barks like crazy at fireworks!).

On Sunday morning we took Oliver to the splash pad in St Louis Park. It was really quiet when we arrived which was great. It's amazing how much fun Oliver can have with a plastic tub and some water :) He wouldn't dare walk under the water though despite all the other kids running through it without a care!

Monday morning was more play time with friends and on Tuesday we went to a park and then to have some pizza. Oliver just loved the pizza :) I had a rare language barrier problem though when I asked for a bottle of water - after 3 times of trying the English way I eventually had to say "waaader" and the lady understood me - pretty funny :))

Yesterday was our 3rd wedding anniversary so Grandpa had Oliver for the evening while we went for dinner. We had some fantastic Thai food at a restaurant called Azia that had been recommended to me. After that we went to a friend's house and surprised Katherine who was there celebrating her 40th birthday.

And today Oliver has been spoiled yet again in Target (but in the dollar section!!). They have loads of things that are almost all $1 or $2.50 max and they had lots on clearance with 50% off. So he came home with some more fun stuff to play with - and it's so cheap we don't mind if it breaks, LOL!!

Hey Oliver - what are you doing???



How to sit on a chair the Oliver way - not very conventional but it seems to work!

Maybe the water was cold :))

Wearing my new shorts and t-shirt set from Aunt Pauline and Uncle Keith

We couldn't resist this bargain dinosaur t-shirt in Babies R Us yesterday - Oliver took one look at it and roared :)