Letter Magnets

Yesterday, Kristen said they were playing in the kitchen and Olive was playing with letter magnets. She picked up an R and said, "This is an R!" Then she picked up an "M" and said, "This is an M!" and turned it over in her hands. "Or a W!"

Green Bean

Lime snowball at the zoo....

Zoo this weekend?

I seem to be back on the proverbial shit list with Olive. The last few days have been nothing but, "No Mommy! Daddy do it!" and its starting to get a little old. I'm sure it will pass soon. She had a great day yesterday with Kristen. Kristen only had Olive and Julian after they dropped Ella off at school. They went and got donuts, went to Michael's to get craft supplies, went to pet goats someplace in White Marsh, went to the grocery store. They had a great day, and they were exhausted. Last night we walked to get ice cream, since Olive was grumpy. I think we are going to try to go to the Zoo in DC Saturday or Sunday. It kind of makes for a long day, but I think she'd like it.

September already?

Wow, the summer has gone by so fast. I can't believe it's September 1st already. We went to the State Fair on Saturday and had a really nice time. We took the Light Rail, which is always a big hit with the kid. The trick is to go early before it gets too crowded. My Bread and Butter Pickles came in Second Place! I am very excited. That's usually a pretty tough category, so I was feeling pretty smug to get Second Place.

We went on some rides at the Midway; I didn't realize how expensive they were! I wanted to go on the Ferris wheel with Olive. Each ride ticket is $1.25. The ferris wheel is 7 tickets EACH. That's $9.50, which is more than the cost of admission. We opted for the Dumbo ride and the merry go round instead, which seemed to suit her just fine. We checked out all the animals, Olive really liked the baby ducks and the rabbits. They had day old piglets in one barn that were soooooo adorable and soft. We got some food, hung out for awhile. She pretty much crashed around 1:30 or so, and we ended up leaving just as it was getting crowded and hot.

At daycare, Ella started school Monday. So now, I try to get her to daycare by 7:30 so that she can go with Kristen when she drops Ella off at school, which Olive totally loves. I'm glad she likes school. A bunch of Kristen's kids are going to school this fall, so Olive will have a whole new group at daycare now.