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oliver connell | day eleven hundred & seventy-eight

tcp — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:27:18 +0000

It should come as no surprise that Oliver loves technology. He is my son after all. So when he’s looking all cute in his pajamas, watching some Cars 2 shorts on youtube, you’d better believe I pull out my camera and get a few photographs to document the moment. Any proud papa would!

Enjoy!
t.

Video Shorts: Oliver’s Valentine’s Day Present

tcp — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:59:36 +0000

Oliver received a leapfrog learning device from his Grandma and Papa for Valentine’s Day. This is him opening it.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & forty-nine

tcp — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:48:39 +0000

Oliver and I took another visit to Grandma and Papa’s house – this time to celebrate my birthday. It’s been a great winter to head north because for the most part, the roads have been good and it’s nice to escape to some snow! We haven’t had much down here where we live.

So on this weekend, Oliver and I played outside with Grandma and Papa; enjoyed wonderful meals (my Mom certainly knows how to spoil me with food) and overall just had some fun together. We even played some indoor mini-golf! Oliver’s getting really good with his hand-eye coordination. That’s something I’ll definitely promote more of this summer when we can get outside and do some fun activities.

But for now, we’ll just have to stick to making fun photos

Cheers!
t.

This is another photo Oliver took of me!

Oliver and I gave Dana a framed print of this for Valentine’s Day…

And a short video of Oliver enjoying some lunch at Grandma & Papa’s:

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & forty-one

tcp — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:13 +0000

Now I believe last entry I talked about hibernating on the couch in our cozy living room during the winter. Yup – last time we made some goofy faces and snapped some pictures. It was fun. This time, we actually really did document our newest Sunday afternoon ritual. And even though I botched the family portrait of the three of us by overexposing it (I still love it because of all the sun rays in the photo), we had a lot of fun eating popcorn, watching movies and making memories. It’s becoming our favourite Sunday afternoon past-time.

PS: Last time I said that Oliver always just wants to watch Cars 2. Well this time he sat and watched (and I think enjoyed) The Incredibles. He kept picking up the DVD case and looking at all the pictures – I think that was a good sign that maybe we’ll be able to watch some different movies now….Here’s to hoping!

Enjoy!
t.

I love this photo Oliver took of me

The botched exposure on our family portrait (still love it though)

Dana took this fleeting shot of Oliver and I and I love it (moire and all!)

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & thirty-four

tcp — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:05:57 +0000

During the winter months here in Canada, it’s not easy to get outside with a little one when it’s so frickin’ cold. Ok, so we’ve been lucky this year and we’ve had a very mild (touch wood) winter. But it doesn’t stop Dana and I from wanting to just hibernate in our warm and cozy living room. It seems that Oliver has picked up some of those traits from us too. There really is nothing better then settling in on a late Sunday afternoon with your favourite movie and favourite people. Now if only we could get Oliver to watch a movie other then Cars 2, we’d be all set. LOL!

Enjoy some goofy afternoon photos we took.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & twenty-seven

tcp — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:19:29 +0000

We haven’t had much snow this winter and any that has fallen, it’s pretty much disappeared before our eyes. So when New Years Eve came around and we realized there was enough snow on the ground to get out and make Oliver his first snowman, we jumped at the opportunity. In some ways, Oliver has been looking forward to this for months!

Dana and Oliver made this really cool snowman on the front lawn, and then we went to the back yard where we had a bit of a snowball fight. We were teaching Oliver to throw snowballs, probably something we will regret in the coming years…LOL!

Again, we had a fabulous day together. It’s these kinds of days that I will cherish forever and I’m so glad I’ve got the photographs to remind me of how great this day was.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & four

tcp — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:21:20 +0000

Every year we’ve taken Oliver to visit Santa at the Bramalea City Centre. When Santa comes there, he is always in a good mood and Oliver really enjoys seeing him. It’s also really fun to have a “family photo” taken with Santa each year. You can see how much we’ve changed over the past three years just by comparing the photos (year one here and year two here). Oliver is really growing up quickly!

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day one thousand & ninety-nine

tcp — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:45:17 +0000

Another year has past and another Lacelle family Christmas party is upon us. This year it was a little quieter than previous years, which made it a lot more cozy! Every year, Santa Claus makes a stop in Woodbridge for all the kids. Oliver loves visiting with Santa and this year he brought Oliver a couple new Chuggington Trains. Of course, Oliver thought Santa was bringing him some new cars from Cars 2 but Mum and Daddy knew that Santa was saving those wonderful gifts for Christmas at our house. You’ll see that in an upcoming post.

But for now, please enjoy the photos and if you have time, the six minute video of Oliver’s visit with Santa.

Cheers!
t.

And a video of Santa’s arrival and visit with the Lacelle family:

oliver connell | day one thousand & seventy-nine

tcp — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:01:06 +0000

We’ve been through three Autumns now with Oliver and this year we finally played in the leaves together! In previous years, it has just seemed like Oliver was (a) too young or (b) I was too late and the snow was too early. This year while helping me rake the leaves, Oliver enjoyed jumping, rolling and burying himself in them. What proud Father wouldn’t run and grab his camera?

Cheers!
t.

And no leaves-jumping-day would be complete without a fun video:

Video Short: Oliver is one cool dude

tcp — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:26:11 +0000

A quick and painless video of Oliver dressed in his finest wearing my sunglasses. Oh the fun times we have with our kids!

Cheers!
t.