Olie's New Do

So, it was time, time for Olie's first haircut. The dreaded moment in every mom's life. But, alas it was time to chop off some hair. Poor Oliver had horrible tangles at the back and it was time to clean him up! He happily ate the remainder of his bagel as he had his locks chopped. It didn't bother him one bit, maybe because he was eating??. In fact, I think he was as happy as could be sitting in the red firetruck!

How adorable does my little boy look? First cut at 17 months! I still can't get over how light his hair is getting. I wonder if he too will get the same curls as the T man. Truman too had his day in the salon, but I think they chopped a little too much off. I miss his thick lock of curls.

Here's the before shot! After two weeks of Topolski Family Lockdown (due to illness), Saturday ended up being a busy day for the Topolskis. After the hair appointments, we headed to Bayview Village so that the boys could tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas. Truman asked for a garbage truck for him and a little garbage truck for Oliver. I guess Truman had to figure out that there were more exciting gifts than fruit sooner or later. Truman was surprisingly a little shy and Oliver was as happy as could be. On our drive home I exclaimed to Truman that he was very lucky and had now seen Santa three times, once at the parade, once at school and then again today. He quickly told me that the Santa at school wasn't the real Santa and was Mr. Kennedy from the office. I died. I tried to convince him otherwise, yet he insisted it was Mr. Kennedy and said it as if I couldn't figure it out. Ahhh, it begins, I've become the dumb mother already!

After Santa, we headed to the Sullivans for dinner and to see their beautiful new home. The Thorntons also joined us and it was great seeing all the kids play together. Poor Oliver wanted to get in on the action....maybe in a few more months! Then, Jerry dropped me off for the O'Brien ugly Christmas sweater party. I had a great time and ate too much as always when it comes to Tina's cooking and baking. Tina, hope you had a fabulous birthday!

Oh, and here is a pic of Truman's "Movemeber", or rather T's face after eating an ice cream bar. Truman had his first Holiday concert on Friday. I think I had tears in my eyes for most of it. My little boy is growing up (I guess that's what they do!). He sang a few songs, but mainly looked a little bored. At one point he was facing the back and talking to his friends, or playing with the bells around his neck. Regardless, it was adorable and he was so proud for Jerry, Oliver and I to be there to watch him. He had a smile from ear to ear when he saw us, which warmed my heart.


We also spent time this year to celebrate Hanukkah. Truman loved lighting the candles, and Oliver loved eating latkes. One evening we invited the Smiths over as Harry was very interested in the holiday. We had a fun evening full of dreidels and latkes!

I'm off! There is so much to do in the next two weeks! Happy Holidays everyone!