The Olivers

Saturday, January 12, 2013

More of Manitoba

While in Manitoba we met the kids only Penner cousin, Lawrence "Wren" Jon Penner. He is such a content baby, Mom and Dad are lucky!

9 weeks old!

Watching the MOST exciting show EVER!

Helping Grandma

Watching the Christmas parade

Playing with Uncle Scott

Doing puzzles

Gathering of the Penners

Every Christmas as many of the Penners who can get together try. So this year we were only missing one cousin! Pretty fantastic for a group of 25ish people over a busy season!

Visiting with relations

All set for lunch!!

Grandma even got her Pinterest on. Not that she knows what Pinterest is. But I think that this is very Pinteresting!

Yes, it is easier to clean a naked boy than a bib.

More visiting

For Christmas this year we decided to bless Mom and Dad with 'gifts' another way. We know that Mom and Dad would have solely appreciated all of us being at their house for Christmas but in the spirit of all being together we organized a gingerbread house contest. We split into our respective couples and then started creating. Mom and Dad were asked to make a house as well so they could understand the difficulty of building. Once we all finished building Mom and Dad judged our houses, MOrgan and I tied for 2nd out of 4 couples. So yes, we almost won and lost simultaneously.

Colin and Lori hard at work, yes they lost for overachieving!

Great Grandma with her newest grandchild, Wren.

Busy working!

It was hard work competing with the super organized teachers in the family. (Yes, I will blame our kids for picking out our candy.)

We were only allowed 1 pound of candy per couple with challenge candies to incorporate near the end of our allotted building time.

Tyler sneaking some candy. I think they were docked points for that :)

Finished - a rocketship

Sawyer had a hard time not napping and when she did it was hard to wake her up.

Enjoying her new playdoh from Uncle Scott and Auntie Andrea. She now has started calling Andrea, Auntie Scotty. hehe, two birds with one stone?!

Gift time!

More playdoh

Monday, December 31, 2012

Christmas at the Olivers

Waiting for the presents!

So excited to be moving, could care less about presents!

I'll let my sister do all the work and enjoy the reward :)

Sawyer and Grandpa opening gifts!

Oh WOW!

More presents!

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Activity bags

Before we left for Manitoba this Christmas I decided I better make some activity bags for Sawyer to have something to do along the way. I spent WAY TOO much time on them. I definitely made a few that are just a bit too advanced for her. But there were about 3 that she loved and did over and over and over again!! I found this blog and it had AMAZING ideas and fairly age appropriate things for Sawyer to do. Cooper however, we think, was bored out of his mind. Poor kid!