After my university’s commencement ceremony, Olivia ceremonially commenced to acting crazy at a graduation party on campus. The walls of the reception room could barely contain her. She spent a majority of her time eating cake and dancing on the dance floor, where she performed her round-and-round dance (see pictures above).
The warm, spring days allow us to explore the many playgrounds around town. Olivia’s inclined to inclines, preferring treks up steps over rides down slides. Here’s a picture of a rare solo descent.
One afternoon they’re riding in the red wagon, the next they’re driving the family car.
O delights in scampering in the opposite direction of her parents. I was barely able to keep her and her mom in frame for this shot.
Our wee Michelle Wie still has some holes in her game. She strikes the ball with the wrong part of her club, putts away from the hole, and hopes no one catches her cheating.
In the spirit of Keisha Castle-Hughes’s breakout performance in the movie of the same title, Olivia demonstrates that this Maori tribal tradition may extend beyond the waters of
…loudly. With Aunt Liz and G on backup, Olivia belted out some tunes after Easter brunch.
Olivia raced her new stroller – with her Cabbage Patch doll strapped in safely – around the house all day long. She paused long enough for us to snap these two pics.
Olivia and I drove up to the ‘burbs to see my buddy Jim and his family this weekend. My hardheaded daughter insisted climbing in and rocking the chair by herself.
Our child is scared of most people upon a first or second encounter. However, she warmed up to Jim right away. In fact, she spent the whole ride up asking about “Jeem.” Over the course of the day, Olivia even let him pick her up and accompany her up the stairs to the slide. This may be hard to believe given her usual skittishness, but the proof is in the pictures.
…Mama was there to meet up with her egg-collecting daughter during the employer-sponsored Easter egg hunt.
Barn means “child” in Swedish, so Pottery Barn Kids might elicit some double takes in
