'Helping'

Olivia has become quite the helper around the house.  She can't wait to hel0 empty the dishwasher (including when the dishes are still dirty), and is miffed if anyone else carries the empty 5 gallon water bottles back to the bathroom after the plants are watered.  Yesterday I snapped a quick video of the water bottle activity.  Now, if only we can foster this enthusiasm before we know it she'll be scrubbing the bathroom floors!

In the last few days, Olivia has gotten into the wooden animal puzzles and we are teaching her the names and trying to talk about colors and shapes.  I hope to make a field trip to the Sausalito discovery museum this weekend to check out the fish.

Last weekend, while Kevin was sick sick with pneumonia, Olivia and I had a blast at music class.  She was literally the center of attention, insisting on being in the middle of the circle and clapping, searching out bubbles, playing with the instruments standing on drums,  all around good time!  Saturday afternoon i sprayed weeds and we tooled around the backyard. 

Sunday I spent a lot of time fixing the irrigation in the backyard and weeding.  Olivia and I went to the mustard fields for the annual yellow flower picture shoot, it was semi successful.  We really needed Kevin to come along but he was too sick and not interested.

Kevin is going to work today and seems much better finally.  Not 100%, but getting there.  He's been sick for almost 2 months!  My cough is lingering but also decreasing,  thank goodness!  I've been sick the entire time I've been in the new job which has made it more of a challenge.  I'm hoping the volume of work will subside soon.