Friday, August 31, 2012

The Scary Book

After we tuck Olivia into bed for the night, she likes to read to herself for a few minutes before falling asleep. I was doing laundry a few nights ago after the kids were in bed, and since Olivia was still awake, I went into her room to put her clothes away. She told me that there was a scary part in the library book she was reading. I asked her if she wanted me to take the book back upstairs with the rest of the library books, but she said, "No."
About 30 minutes later when I went to check on her again, I noticed that she was sound asleep in her bed and, the book was sitting in the hallway outside of her room. Apparently, it was too scary to be in the same room with her!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Cool Swings Unlike Any Other!

While on our mini vacation last weekend we played at a really neat playground at the Spook Cave campground. Olivia ran straight for the swings right away. I made a comment about how there are so many new things to try and she chose something that we have in our own backyard. She politely explained to me that these swings are not like the ones in our backyard because they are more colorful and look like a fence. 
 Notice the "fence like" point?

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Olivia's Dream Last Night...

"There was lots of bubbles, bubbles, bubbles, and a bubble popped on Zo-Bo (our cat, Zoey) and she had wings. Then a bubble popped my my head and I had princess wings, and I flew with Zo-Bo in my arms for  a long ways...even over the fence...all the way to a bird. Ethan was the bird. He was a fabulous eagle. We held Zo-Bo in our arms and then let her fly away, but Ethan dropped her. He took off her wings and dropped her, so he was a bad eagle. But I saved Zo-Bo. I put my fly helmet on and her fly helmet and wings on and let her go."