And playing with her bestie, Honey!
Yes, more Olive.
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Olive, the shade is not a toy.
One corner of our sunshade ripped in the storm and it made a tempting plaything for Olive.
Olive & Honey
Olive loves her purple monkey.
And a nap with Katie.
And a cuddle with Owen.
Olive’s favorite game!
It’s very cute but also very annoying when you really need to catch her.
And then it’s nappy time.
Official Covid Day 2 report
I slept pretty well. Woke up with a killer headache. Still have a random little cough and some phlegm. I guess I’m a little stuffed up, too. No fever. Really it just feels like being sick.
I’m thankful it’s not a billion degrees outside this morning so I can sit out here and read while the rest of the family is inside…but I already hear my bed calling me.
A few hours later…
Thankfully it’s not unbearable outside so I’m still on the porch. Different egg chair, though, for a bit different view.
And then this happened.
Guess who’s learning to jump on the couch?
After a few fails, she finally got it!
Olive’s first steak bone!
Olive and Owen: a conversation
Olive’s couch jumping fails…and successes!
Mornings are for mom’s lap and big naps!
I keep trying to get up and do things…
but Olive keeps whining to get on my lap. I’ll allow it since these days don’t last forever.
She couldn’t stay still…
Time to wake up!
And I finally caught her in a big yawn!
And then Owen came home…
And look what she learned how to do today!! Nooooooooo!!!
Sleepy puppy, big snacks & play date
I might not have looked at how big the bully sticks were on Amazon.
Visiting with Honey again. Olive LOVES her.
Gymnastics is paying off!
Olive, Day 20
Her first dandelion fluff!
Olive, Day 16
I’m trying to take fewer photos… Honest.
Sorry – apparently “shorts” don’t embed.
Week 2 Olive video compilation
I thought I was keeping good track of what I’d already posted but…I think I’ve doubled up on some. Oh well.
Olive, Day 13
VIDEO: She has started tugging on toys! And growling!
Mom, my new food bowl is a little big. But it does make me eat slower.
Someone wanted to the sliding door today to tell us she needed to go out!
She found a piece of wood in the grass and carried it around!
Trying to get work done with Olive in my lap. It didn’t go well.
Unfortunately she loves the ottoman feet.
Olive, Day 10
Let’s see what she thinks of the front yard…
In this one she looks eerily like Maggie.
Mom I don’t like this. Save me.
I know I shouldn’t let her do this but at least it’s not my toes AND they’re Owen’s shoes.
Sleepy puppy…
And then the next nap…
Tonight she started chasing!
Olive, Day 9 — Happy Mother’s Day
She crawls into her bed when she’s tired.
I posted some pics and a little story (unseen in photo) about Olive in a Boston Terrier Facebook group and got quite a few likes!
Week 1 Olive video compilation
Katie has a bar!
Now that the basement is picked up, we have room for this gymnastics bar and she’s in heaven!
Owen’s P/T conferences blew us away.
We just had Owen’s parent/teacher conferences and his teachers ALL had amazing things to say—they all commented on his attitude, empathy, helpfulness, friendliness, kindness, work ethic, class participation, grades…everything. After the shitshow of last year, we could not be happier or more proud.
I managed to record a snippet of his math teacher taking about him and this literally just scratches the surface of all the amazing things they said about him…
Fill the Drum!
Tonight was Warren Township High School’s Fill the Drum event! All the local middle School bands plus both high school bands perform for the community in a charity event! Owen had to wear something red, white, or blue since they were performing some patriotic songs. He looked so good we had to take a pic! (We typically only see him in t-shirts and jogging pants or shorts.)
I actually got out my big camera and charged the batteries so I could use my telephoto lens! So I had to take a practice shot!
Owen was so excited for this and had a great time!
And here’s a video I found on YouTube! You can actually see my head in the stands (I am about at the 49-yard line behind a lady in pink and you can see me taking pics)!
And here is the tail end of another song they did, in the shape of USA. Owen is in the A towards the bleachers.
Owen needs braces again.
The orthodontist has an even fancier system for tooth models now! It’s a tiny little camera she just moves around his mouth and it turns it into a 3D model!
https://youtube.com/shorts/SYxHvNj7IDM
His last adult tooth (red X) is trying to come in on top of another tooth. So they have to move the tooth that’s currently there to the empty spot (green arrow). This means six months of full braces on the top and then likely two years of Invisalign after.
Why Invisalign? Owen asked for it and since he did really well keeping track of his retainer the past two years, we said we’d think about it. Unfortunately it’s more expensive, to the tune of about $6k. We’re still waiting on the price for regular braces because we are out of insurance benefits (we were out from Day 1—benefits max out at like $1750 and we have already paid that much ourselves).
Kayaking, Day 2
The boys were having a blast!
So Katie decided she wanted to go, too. And it started with super big happy smiles…and very quickly devolved into extreme pouting as she realized it was too windy and wasn’t as easy as she wanted. Ahhh vacation.
And this might be my fave photo from the whole trip… Happy boy.
We got Katie’s Halloween costume.
This T-Rex costume has made me laugh out loud every time I’ve seen it while we’ve been trick-or-treating the past few years. So when I got the chance to grab one for Katie cheaply I did. It did not disappoint.
I LOVE having a handy hubby!
From little things like hanging light fixtures and fixing cabinet drawers to big things like building pantry shelves or building a table, he can do it all.
This was his most recent project — now that we’re in our forever home and Owen has been upgraded to a Queen bed, I wanted him to have a cool headboard. I found about what we wanted…and Tom built it!
Owen loves it!
And here’s some pics before the lights went on!
We seriously have a totally new cat.
I’ve been listening to this for 30 minutes.