Unfortunately, we missed a month in there. In brief, Olivia had an awesome 3.3.
On to the past month: It's been super busy around here! The biggest project is getting our yard in ship shape for the summer. We hired a landscaper to help us get rid of the ivy and weeds and then had our back patio cover removed which as a big deal to Olivia because now her bike-riding space is awesome. We've also been busy working--especially me with the magazine and finishing my thesis...which is due in five days...
What's Olivia been up to? She's been enjoying playing outside in her sand box, making bird's nests out of grass and dandelions, creating strange concoctions (she calls it making cookies) in the kitchen from large amounts of baking soda, hosting tea parties, going to soccer class with Elena and Grandma, enjoying ballet on Saturdays, and overall just being a great kid.
We've also noticed more and more her specific tastes in movies which, of course are greatly influenced by how much patience we have, i.e. no to sugary-sweet animation and yes to Spirited Away, Ponyo, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. In fact, Olivia's love of Jack from Nightmare surprised both of us. She regaled Chris the other night with a very thorough summary of how Sally (from Nightmare) jumped out of the window to escape her evil dad and can sew her own arm on. I don't know how to explain to her that Sally can do that because she's not human...
Another thing Olivia's been enjoying is the iPod, where she made these drawings:
