Oliver!

We spent the evening with Oliver, Terri and Joe, eating, drinking and laughing. They invited us over to share some incredibly delicious food. Spotted prawns, guac, salsa x3, cilantro, etc. Simple and delicious. Oliver and Freda made masa cakes. It was really cute. They worked together and pressed out a dozen+ little cakes. They had so much fun, not only at play but they so love being included at this age.

Flour from head to toe. Great attitude about the mess Terri...Very patient and loving parents for a very intelligent and energetic kid.

These two are hilarious together. They act like they have known each other for centuries. They were like little pinballs bouncing from room to room, from discovery to discovery. "YEAHHH ITS A BLOOD SQUIRTIN EYE LIZARDS!!!1!" and "LOOK!LOOK!LOOK!THE BLUE CRABS ARE SQAREIN' OFF!" The two them share an affinity for the nature shows. Oliver had this beautiful ballet of playing with freda, acting like a circus acrobat, discussing the merits of claws with me, and assuring his dad that he's not thirsty; while pausing and starting the movie in unison with this all, flawlessly. My favorite was when he disappeared, falling off the back of the couch onto the the hardwood floor. "Heh. That was painful" he says from behind there. Then bolts out and takes off running never missing a step giggling the whole way. Even ordinary everyday things were renewed and exciting, the mundane was brillinat.

Bonus points for all not being the only ones who sometimes stand and eat dinner. Thanks to the hosts for the evening, we really enjoyed ourselves. Looking forward to plans we made for future get-togethers. Beautiful kitchen!

lol @ foot thing/ear thing...