My Gollie, It's Our Weekend With Ollie!

 Ollie, do you hear that a lot?  Mommy's creative juices are finite and sometimes it's hard to come up with catchy new post titles.  We thought, "Ollie, Ollie oxen free" but pretty sure we've used that one, and then we couldn't really come up with another one so...here we are!
About 6 months ago we got to see Cousin Ollie!  (That's a gross exaggeration, it was really only about 6 WEEKS ago!  ACK!  We are still so far behind!)

 We met him, Aunt Tracey and Grandma at the Children's Museum in Cincy and played there for FOUR HOURS!!

 That's a lot of playtime whether you are a baby, a toddler, a kid, or a Mommy and Daddy.  We were all pretty wiped out by the time it was over (and isn't that the point of everyday?  Wiping out your kids so that you may have 10 minutes of quiet time to yourself at night?  Or locked in the bathroom?)

 It was so awesome to see you, Ollie.  We love hearing stories about the big city you live in and the great food your Papa cooks.  Mommy is hoping your Papa will cook for us again when we all reconvene in Hershey - in only 2 weeks!  Hey!  We're pretty proud of Mama for actually getting these pictures up BEFORE we see you again!

 And yo, Ollie!  Any baby updates?  Mommy wants to hear some news!!  Mommy is so excited to be an Aunt again and we are so excited for a new baby cousin!!  We are thinking an early 2013 trip to Brooklyn is in order!  And by "we" Mommy means "she" and wethinks she might also wrap a little NYC retail therapy into the deal.  Win-win-win.  Mommy gets to see you all, eat awesome food cooked by your very own Papa (heck, even the HOT DOGS taste better in New York!), and spend all of Daddy's money on stuff she won't be able to buy in SC!  See?!?  Win-Win-WIN!

 One thing that's so great about the Children's Museum is the Career Training Center.  Here, I'm learning how to be a Mommy and spend all of my future husband's money!  Or, I could be like MY Mommy and be a Working Mommy and spend my own money.  Doesn't sound as much fun.  I guess there ARE some perks to being a Stay At Home Mommy (besides wearing your jammies or your "yoga" clothes every day!) Spend someone else's money!  Awesome!

 But first I think I'll give this "work" thing a try...hmmmm...

 And here we have more career training!  It's a mini construction zone!  I will build big, giant buildings with glass walls and rent out space at an inflated price on long-term contracts that I will never let anyone out of.  I will call myself, "The Anna-mal."  Kinda like "The Trump," kinda nothing like "The Trump." 

 This is our first high-rise prototype.  At this career station Mama had to lay the smack down on some dude she called a "douche bag" because he would not share with the children and he was about 40 years old.  Seriously.  SERIOUSLY!  He would not. SHARE. With the CHILDREN!  He also instructed his son to take blocks from me to build his bridge.  Huh uh.  No, Sir.  Wrong Mommy to mess with.  You do NOT take MY Mommy's kids' toys.  WRONG MOMMY, DUDE!!!  You wanna know the awesomest part of all?  When Mommy reminded him that grown ups should lead by EXAMPLE and SHARE their toys and not STEAL them by instructing their SEVEN year old to do their dirty work so that EVERYONE can enjoy them ol' dude had a temper tantrum and stormed off!  HA HA HA!  HA HA HA!!!  I really wish Mommy could have video'd that!  It was awesome!  (*douche bag*)

 Woot woot!  Tired!

Thanks for spending the day with us, Ollie!  We love ya little dude and are really looking forward to seeing you in TWO WEEKS!!!
XOXOX
Love,
Lilly, Anna and Jack