Shopping

The Tree

Empanadas

Snowboarder

Christmas Morning

Cookies For Santa

Oliver Making Some Artwork Before School

Oliver Clearing The Sidewalk

A Major Award

Dressed For Dinner - Photograph by Oliver

Oliver and Santa

Oliver's Christmas Card

We thought this was particularly interesting because of the very subtle reindeer and Rudolph's red nose. Oliver met with Santa last weekend, and yesterday we were at the mall and there was no line and I let Oliver see Santa again. He was only up there a second, and then returned to me. When I asked him why the visit was so short, Oliver replied, "Well, I saw him last weekend and I already told him everything! There can't be 2 Santas!"

Oliverisms

Just a couple of things this week from Oliver:

1. At the Santa parade, he wanted to know where the gnomes were. (He meant elves)

2. Last night, he was eating a chicken drumstick and decided he liked the leg portion at the top better than the feet (the bony bit at the bottom)



He is so cute. I just got back from taking him to the pediatrician, where we found out that the rash on his tummy is actually shingles. He was very well-behaved and now likes to say "shingles." Now, he will probably want show his shingles to everyone.

The Back Lane

Winter Has Arrived

Anniversary Card

Oliver made this great card for Amy and me for our 9th wedding anniversary. What makes it really special is that he did it at school, on his own and unprompted the day after we told him that it was our wedding anniversary.

The Santa Parade

Walking to Parade after Seeing Beauty and the Beast

Start Of The 5K Ride

Resting

Ice On the River

Crazy Man That Walks In The Woods Yelling Oliver

Relaxing After The Ride

Fields

Oliver and Marcelo with Close Friends

Ice On The Water

Ice Whacking

The Assiniboine River With Ice

The Assiniboine River is a river in the prairies of western Canada. It is a typical meandering river with a single main channel embanked within a flat, shallow valley. It flows south-east from Saskatchewan to "the Forks" in Winnipeg, Manitoba into the Red River of the North. Some of the flow is diverted into Lake Manitoba at Portage la Prairie. In 1967, a dam was built in Shellmouth that controls the river's flow.

Fall Hike

The Energy Inspector

Oliver Taking His Guitar to School

Shopping

Paparazzi

New Guitar

(this is Amy). I am out of town in Montreal for a conference. Yesterday, Marcelo bought Oliver his first guitar. It was a reward for learning to tie his shoes. Apparently 35 years or so ago, Marcelo got a harmonica when he learned to tie his shoes, and Oliver rationized that since he already had a harmonica, he now needed a guitar.



Isn't he cute?

One Trick or Treat Picture

Halloween Party Pictures

We hosted a kids' Halloween party on Saturday at the local community center. All the neighbors brought food and decorations and the kids had a great time. Oliver and his girlfriend, Lauren, danced the night away.

More Halloween Party

More halloween photos. Oliver was the best Harry Potter. For some reason, many of my neighbors dressed up as witches. I guess we are officially the Witches of Elm Street. Marcelo dressed like this for both the party and trick-or-treating the next day. I called him the Genie with a Bottle/The Sultan of Swing. He looked very cute. The baby we are holding is Brodie, who was dressed as Brodie the Builder.