

Presents have been opened. Katie was thrilled Santa got her the Ouija board she asked for but was upset it “didn’t work.” Tom liked seeing what he bought me…and everything we got the kids. And now the kids have disappeared…so Tom is napping and I’m reading a book with a cuddly dog.
Anna, David, and the kids came over to stay with us for a few days! The impetus was a huge storm that was supposedly coming (the kids’ last half day of school was preemptively cancelled because of it) but also because we generally spend a lot of time together so why not just stay in the same house?!
Of course, Anna brought one of Kai’s old sweaters for Olive… But he got dressed up as well.
And Olive said let death and destruction reign down upon that hedgehog.
This works just as well!
It’ll be fun, they said. This right here is why I don’t get anything done. because how can you resist? She just wants up in my lap.
And a pillow!
But so damn cute.
I’m sitting at the bar and she crawled over from David’s lap…
to cuddle behind me in my chair.
She was whining to get up in my lap so… Yeah.
Every. Single. Time.
If we’re holding Olive she becomes so frantic we literally cannot hold her. The sound of pawing and barking and yipping is deafening.
We usually let her free as soon as we get inside — and then shoo all three outside — but today we just let them do this.
It’sit’s only our second snow of the season so I can’t complain too loudly…
But I’m enjoying this…
Katie desperately wanted a doll stroller so she used her own money—and then of course wanted to give Olive a ride.
We kept most of Maggie’s sweaters and every so often one will get pulled into use. Needless to say this one’s a little big.