Not So Sure About Clowns

Uncle Chris dressed up as the Joker (the Heath Ledger version from the new Batman flick), and Olivia was NOT so sure about it.  He definitely scared her when he first walked in the house, but I think she eventually realized that her Uncle Chris was under all that makeup.  She refused to go to him though - she would smile from a distance but if we got too close, she would just bury her head in my neck.  Thank goodness she is too young to have too much of an imagination or she may have been up all night with nightmares!

And Even More Halloween 08

Olivia wasn't so sure about this dancing skeleton - it scared her to death when we first walked up to the front door - but by the end of the night she was obsessed with it!
This was quite an eclectic crew -- several princesses, a ninja, a cowboy (not pictured), a kitten, and a bumblebee!
Olivia, Holly, and Katie (yes, Katie is also wearing the same shirt that I was wearing - like I said, great minds think alike and apparently there were 3 great minds in attendance!)

More Halloween 08

Anderson, Olivia, and Asher ran off the sugar by chasing each other around the house and playing Ring-Around-The-Rosie.
Olivia isn't the only one who gets to dress up!
This photo makes me laugh - great minds think alike!  
Finally getting the hang of it!

Daddy and Mommy had to carry Olivia most of the way to keep up with the other kids!

Halloween 08

As you can tell from the photos, Olivia was a bumblebee for Halloween this year - she was so cute!  I couldn't get her to wear the antenna, but she tolerated the rest of the costume quite well.  We went to Aunt Shell and Uncle Chris's house so she could go trick-or-treating with her cousins Asher and Anderson and their friends.  She, of course, loved the activity.  We managed to make it halfway around their neighborhood before we had to quit though - Jeremy and I are apparently novices at this since we failed to bring a stroller or wagon to cart her around the neighborhood.  Let's just say we got quite a workout.  But Olivia really got the hang of it by the end of the night.  She carried her pumpkin pail, picked out the candy that she wanted, and even signed "Thank you" when prompted.  She hasn't eaten any of her candy yet, but she did chew on the unopened candy packages all night.  Works for me - leaves more candy for Jeremy and I to devour!

Heading out to learn the ropes!
Olivia and Mommy preparing to go trick-or-treating...
A pensive little bee!

Olivia loved chasing Asher and Anderson's dog, Nala, on the back porch!

A Visit With Cooper

I finally was able to hold my new nephew and he is a doll!  Matthew and Holly are doing very well.  Olivia seems to like her new cousin as well, although she was much more interested in entertaining everyone else.  She did occasionally come to pat Cooper on the head.  I am not sure she is able to distinguish him from the dogs...

Exercises

This picture makes me laugh!  I am not sure where Olivia picked this up, but she loves to "exercise."  Her idea of exercise though is to lay on your back and lift your legs up and down - I guess she is working on that baby belly of hers!  When she exercises though everyone must participate.  I was laughing so hard I could barely lift my legs.  I am not even going to mention how bad my abs hurt today - it is just too embarrassing!  Maybe Olivia will be an aerobics instructor?

A Visit To Somerset

 


We went to Somerset a couple of weeks ago to visit with my brother, Rusty, who is being deployed to Korea at the end of the month.  While there, we went to Haney's Applefarm and Olivia discovered apples, which she loves.  We also visited the Mill Springs Battlefield Museum.  My dad is the president of the Mill Springs Battlefield Association and has overseen the building of the museum.  Olivia loved running around the museum but I am pretty sure that most toddlers do not get to climb on the displays or play on the cannons unless they happen to be the granddaughter of the president of the organization!