Mike had a conference to attend in San Francisco so I was facing 4 days of single parenting...I decided to take this opportunity to go visit my mom in Victoria! Oliver and I took the clipper, which is the fastest way there and with Oliver's love of ferry boats, I figured he would do a good job. I was so impressed with him! He sat and read books with me and played with his trains and ate a lot.
When we got there we went straight to Katie, Andy and Savannah's house. Oliver was very shy and wouldn't let go of my leg for the first 20 minutes...he warmed up a bit and was soon raiding Savannah's book shelf and playing her musical instruments. Oh and tossing her many stuffed animals aside if they got near him! This kid is not into stuffed animals. We had a great lunch and after the kids' naps we bundled up and went to the playground. It was so fun to see the cousins playing - not really together - but at least in the same general vacinity! Oliver has been saying "cousin toots" when he sees her picture now though...She is so sweet and has a really great personality. It is going to be really fun watching her grow up.
We went to go meet my mom after work. Oliver LOVES his grandma Sue so much it is ridiculous. He ran into her arms and gave her a big hug and kiss. And he even asked where Lulu was. When he saw her, he was a little apprehensive and gave her a 3 foot birth on all sides, but he talked about her nonstop. "what lulu doing?", "hi lulu", "lulu sleeping?", etc... He finally gave her a few pats on the back.
Grandma had two surprises for Oliver - a guitar (that was supposed to be a birthday present - and a full snowsuit. He has been really into guitars lately so he really loved it - started playing it right away and really didn't stop much the whole weekend. Grandma Sue also had a small plastic slide she picked up somewhere and she set it up in the living room. That was also a big hit, although he started standing on the top and yelling "oliver standing" if he wasn't getting enough attention.
The next day, auntie Wisty flew in by float plane from Vancouver and we went down to the dock to wait for her. Oliver loved seeing the planes take off and land and was saying "Auntie Wisty airplane land water" all weekend. It was a good thing Oliver had a snowsuit, because it got really cod and actually snowed on Saturday. We bundled up and braved the elements to watch a santa parade in Sidney - it was like it was made just for Oliver - a long succession of big trucks (including firetrucks and a cement truck) strung with christmas lights, a wagon with about 10 people playing guitars and a troupe of line dancing girls. He stared intensely for the whole hour long parade! When we were walking back to the car, we saw a snowman someone had made earlier. This was his first encounter with a snowman and he was pretty impressed.
We then headed home on Sunday night and again Oliver did an amazing job on the 2.5 hour boat ride, while older kids screamed and had tantrums. Several people remarked at how great he was - I was a very proud mama : )
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