Guest Blogger: Margaret

Hey - I'm back! I have some videos of Olivia from vacation that I wanted to show. I still don't know how to format in Blogger, so bear with the poor design of this post. - - - You will note that when Olivia likes something, she says "AAAAAYYYYY, AYYYYY!!!"

OLIVIA'S VACATION EXPLOITS, CHAPTER 1

FUN WITH COUSIN TOMO
Olivia playing with her cousin Tomo - We are in Taiwan at a banquet at the best hotel in Tainan - - one of the best meals we had while in Asia. All our Tainan relatives were there; it was an incredible time and will always be an amazing memory:



Tomo's mom is saying - "gently, not so hard . . ." of course, Tomo ignores that, and Olivia doesn't seem to mind!

NOGGIN
And here is Olivia dancing to her favorite new web channel - - Noggin - - a channel that neither Joyce nor Spencer had ever heard of (What kind of parent hasn't heard of Noggin????).

By the way, I have an answer to "What kind of parent hasn't heard of Noggin???"

The answer is: The same kind of parent who would forget to pack shoes for their kid, and who would feed their kid blowfish.

More dancing:

Note to Joyce: This is the link to Noggin (Noggin, Jack's big music show). The channel that Olivia likes is "Jacks's Big Music Show" - the blue dog icon at the top, next to Dora. Your child LOVES music - she would also listen to music on my iPod and coo over it, so if you don't have video access, an iPod is enough.


PEEK-A-BOO BUNNY
And here is Olivia with a book I purchased for her. This book is one of those "lift the flap" books, but has a puppet on the last page. When Olivia saw the puppet on the last page, she said "Baby!". The classic quote from my mother was "Oh my gosh, this book cost $8???"

After she saw how much Olivia loved it, my mother said "wow, this book is worth $80!"

She was so cute that I have a 3rd video (actually, I have about 10 videos of her and the book, but I thought I would spare you):

Here is a link to the book:
Peek-Boo-Bunny-Lift-Flap



PROJECT FOR JOYCE
And here is a message for Joyce - - your project this weekend is to film Olivia saying "UMMM" after she eats, which basically means you need to cook her something yummy!