I took a pretty hilarious video of Oliver dancing the other day. The following YouTube clip IS NOT that video. I’m having trouble exporting off my camcorder, so I could only get a snippet onto my computer. But it’ll give you an idea of what he likes doing lately. And that is, walk over to the stereo, turn it on, then “dance” (i.e., spin in circles, often holding his Elmo or Grover doll). Anyway, enjoy:

We had great weather in the St. Louis area over the weekend. I think the high was in the mid-70s. Very nice. We did a lot of work around the house, installing a new backdoor, mulching leaves, etc., but on Sunday was also went out for half a day. We picked up some Jimmy Johns sandwiches and headed to a local park.

Oliver was all over the playground until other kids showed up, then he panicked. He was pretty tired, as we pushed him past his nap time. Anyway, we ended up walking through the nearby woods and he was all joy again. He loves picking up sticks and looking at leaves. Shortly after we got home, he took a near-record three-hour nap. Needless to say, it was a nice, relaxing afternoon for his parents.

Oliver was still getting over his pneumonia yesterday, so we just put his monkey costume on him for a short while. He sat outside with me and helped hand out candy, but that was about it for our Halloween. Pretty exciting, eh? Anyway, he was a cute little monkey. Here are a few of the pictures we took: