Henry

Our longtime pet Henry, Olivia's good friend and frequently photographed dog on this blog, is no longer with us. He passed away on May28. These are a couple of the last photos of Olivia with him. We all appreciated his love and patience with Olivia, and all of us. Happy Swimming, Hank.

New Movie Camera

Got alot of help on this new Flip camera from Nana and Papa O'Donnell.
This and the stroller they helped with will get alot of action on the Twins to Come.
Here's what it will look like.

Home and Away

Lately this is how we find Olivia: exerting her personality. She has been wearing odd combinations of clothing of her own choosing to school, and performing interpretive dances based on those clothes. I love it.

And this photo below is how we find her at night, after we've tried putting her to bed, sometimes hours earlier. Just not quite ready for sleep, so she reads to her babies in the dark. I don't love this as much, but she's awake and reading, which is probably what I was doing myself at the time.

Sesame Street Comes to Des Moines...and Olivia

Tonight was Olivia's second annual Sesame Street Live show at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, thanks to her Aunt Pam, whose employer maintains box seats for just such occassions. She was entranced. Very concerned about the characters who were NOT on stage at that moment. Which you can hear in the first video. Thank you again Aunt Pam!

And in this one, she doesn't want to leave the theater. Good girl, that's the attitude you should have for performances. Always wait in case of an encore.

Question

Last week, Olivia asked me what my favorite color was.

"What's your fav'rite color, Daddy?"

I remain touched. What a step. I'm really honored.

I don't even know what my answer is.

A Very Nice Day

We had a very nice day today. Beautiful weather, lots of work around the house, but finally got Olivia outside for some running around in the yard. She loves ordering her doggies around, her new boots, the swings at the schoolyard, helping Daddy cook on the grill for a few minutes at a time.

Olivia gets Big Girl (Under)Pants

Shopping with Mommy for underwear. Daddy knows so little about it that he can only capture the moment. It must have also inspired Mouse, for she took a running leap from the hall to get back up on the bed and nearer to the big girl reading Curious George.