Cool Cat

So the idea for this blog started when we moved to Texarkana. Ollie had said a few things, you know write this down in his baby book kind of things. The problem is I don't have a baby book and chose a blog as a forum for documenting our growing family. Pretty much my parents and sister, mother-in-law and best friend, Melissa (& Ryan), seem to enjoy my Ollie (& Otto) stories the most. So this post is for you guys and anyone else who wants to hear me go on and on about my kid.

A few things Ollie came up this week:
#1
Lil man has a hard time remembering to stop what he playing and run to the bathroom when he needs to go. Saturday when we were playing outside he made a habit of "relieving himself" in the grass when he needed to go. I would praise him for going b/c thankfully he remembered to stop playing and pee but he didn't have time to make it inside to a bathroom. When we got home and were showering I explained to him that his wee wee was private. His best playmate is our 5 year old neighbor girl and obviously Ollie doesn't understand boundaries older kids get. So, I told him he should tee-tee in private and no one needs to see him do that especially girls. He was quick to tell me "NO, my wee wee is a Cool Cat!" It was hard to hold back my grin...I really couldn't argue with the dude. I'll leave the rest up to dad to handle.
*I'd like to note that I have never referred to anything as a cool cat to my son. I have no clue where he heard this.
#2
Ollie's been talking about some kid in his class that has a fish. I'm not sure if this fish is at school or if this something they are talking about. My understanding of the 3 year old language varies day to day. I completely forgot about our fish "conversation" yesterday at the grocery store when I told him we were eating fish tonight. He completely freaked out "NO! Mommy NOT FISH". I instantly recalled our talk about the fish he's so fond of. He ended up being okay with fish and requested fish steaks(sticks). I felt like this issue was over until I played Nemo this morning and they said fish are friends, not food. Dang! I hope he didn't hear that :)
#3
Not that funny but still worth sharing. Jeremy has been known to give Ollie a dollar here and there for something random. Like Saturday, he held a the swinging "contest" on the duel tree swings in our neighbor's yard and paid the winners a dollar. Of course Ollie lost but he still got money. I didn't realize he gave the money back to his dad. As we were leaving the grocery store yesterday, he asked to get the candy "egg" out of those little red machines they put at eye-level for kids (gotta start that consumerism early). I told him to save his coins and dollars and he could use them at the store. He is obsessed with pockets and he thinks its fun to put stuff in there...so I'll put money in pocket for him give to his teacher for pizza on pizza day. Again, I forgot about the pizza money in the pocket thing...suddenly he began crying "But, Ms. Mandy has ALL my money". So so so sad he thinks the teacher is taking his money. I think I'm gonna need to hand deliver the pizza money I'm afraid Ollie will start keeping it all!

We're headed to Houston for a weekend of fun. We've got lots of plans and hopefully we'll take some pics and post. I may even come back with shorter hair.

Here are some pictures I snapped of them today.