you may be faced with... DEATH!

No worries, it's just a line from one of Ollie's current favorite books. Last Christmas his Auntie Les gave him G is for One Gzonk, and since it's a rather long book, we're just getting to enjoy it in the last month or so (over and over again). Ollie has many, many, many of his books and songs memorized and likes reading along with us. E is for an evil Eeog, and Ollie quite likes yelling DEATH! at the end of the line about what might happen if you encounter his breath. So if you see my toddler and he's yelling death at you, well, that's why. Ollie also has "Are You My Mother?" "Green Eggs and Ham," "If You Give a Pig a Pancake," and a bunch others memorized. It's really fun to read along and then pause while he fills in the word. It was also fun when he sang me "Twinkle, Twinkle" today, including finishing the line with "world so high." I just wish I could get him to sit still for chapter books.

Tonight we read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" three times, a gift from his Aunt Fi and Uncle Simon. We read this because on Sunday we're going to see the play version! They do it with giant puppets that glow on a blacklit stage. I am very excited about this. Hopefully he will enjoy it too. We also got tickets to go see The Toys Take Back Christmas in a few weeks. It's really fun to be getting to take him to children's theatre.

I know we say this like every post but he grows up so fast! His brain just makes these leaps!

Next week his Nana, Papa, and Aunt Ri will be here, and I know he will love that.