My Little Helper

Olivia has always been such an eager helper. She loves to sweep, mop, help with laundry, take out the garbage and she frequently asks if she can clean the toilet.

I have recently given Olivia her own special cleaning supplies and she loves it. Here she is using what she calls her "cleaning chemicals."

Olivia loves fountains and she loves musical instruments. An orchestra was performing right next to a fountain in the park so we thought it would be fun to have dinner together outside and listen to the orchestra. Olivia enjoyed it, she would have really loved it had I let her swim around in the fountain like she wanted. After it was over I asked Olivia if she had fun and she said yes. I asked her which was her favorite instrument from the orchestra, she told me she liked the bassoon.

More than meets the eye...

During the past few months Olivia has begun to see much more than the traditional functions of ordinary items around the house.

The other day, she walked by the cell phone charger plugged into the wall and said, "oh a jump rope!" She then asked me to take it out of the wall so she could jump rope. This type of thing happens quite a bit.

After we finished reading a book I handed it to Olivia and she said "oh my backpack!" and put the book on her back.

While re-organizing the cupboard in the bathroom, Olivia grabbed two curlers and said "Oh my cymbals" and started hitting them together.

Olivia came running out of the closet and was excited to show me her necklace.

After using a yardstick to retrieve a pen cap from under the couch, Olivia stood up and said "oh my cane."

Olivia found a box and sat inside and asked her dad to pull her around the house. Matt started to pull her and the front of the box immediately ripped. Olivia saw the ripped side as a perfect door and exclaimed "oh a house!" This house has become a favorite toy and she is constantly having us knock on the "door" and she says "come in."

The Artist

Olivia is turning into quite a good artist. She's not the biggest fan of coloring in a coloring book and when she brings home coloring pages from Nursery they are usually blank. She prefers drawing on a blank sheet of paper and enjoys telling you what she is drawing. These are some of her recent masterpieces.

Olivia told me this is a picture of 4 sharks, a snake, a bone and a hula hoop.

This is a drawing of a bird and an egg.

This is a picture of clouds and a clown on a computer.