Eli had some friends over today.
She arrived first.
I could hear her scream with joy from her van as they pulled up in the driveway.
She came tearing into the house...
you could feel her excitement as she walked through the front door...
dropped her bag and asked for me to take off her sweater.
(You know, some serious playing was getting ready to ensue.)
She and Eli darted through the house. Upstairs. Downstairs.
From one room to the next in true three-year-old-tornado fashion.
They talked non-stop.
Michael arrived and she had another set of ears willing and ready to listen.
With the weather in the upper 60's and sunny,
we headed out to the yard to swing and play in the sandbox.
Once she wiggled her bare feet into the cool sand, she exclaimed,
"This is SUCH A GOOD PLAN!"
She and E played and played and played.
The sandbox must have transported them to some far-away place because they shouted the play-by-plays to me like they were on the other side of the world.
We picnic-ed on a blanket.
She threw her head back a couple times and absorbed the sun on her face.
They ran back to the swings and swung HIGH and FAST!
Barefoot the entire time.
She is Olivia.
We like to call her Liv.
Because that is exactly what this girl is gonna do...
LIVE.
Getting ready to swing over alligators???
Flying HIGH and FAST!
Liv-ing life to the fullest...
Pink, frilly, twirling skirt and
muddy feet!
