Smiles, The Lie-Berry, and Gas

These all have nothing to do with one another, but all are a part of our day today!



This does not do it justice at all, but Amanda smiled today. She really smiled, not just that gassy grin. Olivia was in her face this morning cooing at her and saying "You little cutie pie!" in a shrill voice and Amanda got the biggest grin on her face. No gas involved. Of course, I had Olivia do it again and again trying to capture "the smile on camera." The above picture is as close as we got.

In other news, Olivia had her first trip to the "Lie-Berry" today. She had so much fun. Libraries have changed a lot since I was a kid. They had a whole room dedicated to kids 12 and under. She played on a kid friendly computer, did puzzles, put on a puppet show with several other kids, watched a bit of Madagascar 2 (she didn't want to sit and watch the whole thing), and we read and checked out books. She brought 12 books home and we have already read 6. I am so glad that we have new books to read. The same old same old was getting OLD. HAHA!

We also went to the park today where there were several pre-teen girls playing. There were also some elementary school girls at the park. (You need this information to "get" the rest of the story.) Anyhow, Olivia went down the slide a few times and then told me that she was going to play with "those girls." She pointed to the 5th graders (I guessed their age, but they later confirmed.) I wasn't sure how the girls would react but Olivia walked over to the picnic table where the girls were sitting and said "Hi! I am Olivia." They were so nice to her. They let her sit with them and talk. She told them that she had a baby sister and so they came over to see her. (I was sitting on bench watching her play.) Olivia introduced the girls and they all took turns looking at Amanda. As if on cue, Amanda had a huge release of gas and all the girls laughed. Olivia then became "the cool" girl because her sister had made everyone laugh with her bodily functions. I thought it was hilarious how Olivia gravitated towards the older girls and had no problem walking up and chatting. She is getting so big.