The Oli bumper holiday extravaganza!

Well, I've saved up a few pictures from the holiday season so everyone can see what the Monster has been up to. He had a great Christmas day filled with presents, food and karaoke. Unfortunately we didn't get any snaps of the young man with microphone in hand, but those who have seen the video footage are giving him rave reviews.
Without further ado, here are the best snaps of the season...

Oli got his first present on Christmas Eve: His first set of cars! (Thank you Sarah Claus.)

Christmas morning: Time to break out the presents...(thanks Grandma, Granddad and Great Gran for this colourful spread)

Ripping into them after a bit of encouragement.

Happy as a...kid at Christmas.

Some awesome woollen finger-puppets from Ian: Bat and Echidna. (Not pictured: Parrot.)

Christmas Take 2 with Nana - The giant keyboard. Jealous? Yeah you are...
Little man putting on an Ice Hockey display for us in his Toronto Leafs jersey :)
And here we are a day later, still in his Leafs jersey. He wore it to bed, too.

Just before we managed to get it off him and into the wash...
Face-painting! Thanks to Aunty Louise for that one.

Checking out his 'Slim Dog' face in the mirror.

Kitty keeps a pretty close eye on the Olimonster...

The Children's Gallery at the Melbourne Museum: communing with the sea creatures.

The biggest caterpillar that this little man has ever seen; imagine the size of THAT butterfly...

Hanging with Dad in the Rainforest at the Melbourne Museum.

Oli loves the Museum.

Happy New Year
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Decorations!

Today we decided to get into the spirit of things and got ourselves a little tree. We had fun sorting through (wearing, playing with) the decorations and even took a few pictures along the way...

Sorting out the tinsel...

Decorations!

Classic tinsel-as-feather-boa pose.

Busily helping apply the decorations.

Just a few finishing touches and we're almost done :)

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A big day out

We were recently lucky enough to receive a visit from Grandma and Granddad which in turn saw us out and about in such exotic locations as Williamstown Beach and Scienceworks Museum. I managed to snap a few pictures of the little man (when I wasn't playing with the interactive displays at scienceworks - and when he wasn't dashing around all over the place) and I believe they contain evidence that a great day was had by at least one...

Oli's dream museum: buttons everywhere!

Wrestling with a croc.

The tables have turned - getting his head chomped for the camera.

With self-satisfied grin at the playground.

Silly face monster - what an awesome day.

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Say Hello to...

Oli has a brand new bear friend. His name is Dexter and he is bigger than Oli - for now, at least.
Here are a few pictures of the two friends hanging out together :)

Sharing the same chair...

Separate Chairs (maybe they had a tiff..?)

Rolling around on the mini couch...
Possibly (but not probably) doing sit-ups together

Big smiles :)

Shaggy-haired little man posing on his own - see you next time, Oli fans :)

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Halloween!

I know it's been a while, but October was a busy month for us!

Here is Oli's first authentic Halloween experience, plus a couple of bonus pics for those who have been waiting for a glimpse of the monster since my last post in September...

A couple of household items, and...

Voila! A costume for Halloween.

The little man showing off his wizardly skills...

Magical little man

Turning Mummy into a dinosaur

Oli and some friends hanging out in the playroom

Oli and his Daddy, just about to go to Uni :)

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Oli extravaganza

It's been a while between blogs, so I thought I owed all the Oli fans a big Oli extravaganza.

The Olimonster has been settling into his new house fantastically. He loves the yard, his room and of course the playroom. We've scouted the local parks and have fit in a few trips to the library (on the train!) to feed the Olimonster's need to read.

Without further ado, here is a small collection of pictures that show the Olimonster exploring our new home.

Walking in Mummy's shoes...

An interesting new look...

'He sat on the smallest couch, and it was just right'...

The lovely new colourful blocks make another amazing creation...

Hanging out in the yard.

Our back gate.

Oli and Fatcat becoming fast friends...

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New House

Well, it's taken the majority of our resources and a lot of anxious days, but we finally managed to secure ourselves a beautiful new place to live. We can't move in properly until Monday, but we thought we would stop in with a few bits and pieces today.
Big thanks to those who helped make it happen, you know who you are ;)
Here are the first pictures of our new home, with the little man starring in more than a few.

The view from Oli's new bedroom

Loungeroom, looking through to Oli's new playroom

Little man explores the laundry and kitchen.

Loungeroom from the front door

Much to Oli's joy, this football came with the house.

I'm pretty sure he approves of the backyard.

French doors leading to the pergola area.

The monster inside the French doors.
Exploring his new bedroom.
One of Oli's favourite features: the mirrored robes. Hours of Olimonster fun.

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