Olivia week-October 13 to 17.

So the driving force behind our college reunion was that miss Leah had a conference to attend in Asheville.With Mister Josh traveling for work, we offered to keep Olivia for the week.

And these two were pleased as punch.

They had the best time playing and being loud.  And Olivia really enjoyed being having some temporary brothers and sisters.  Though there were a few times that it showed she was an only child.  When there's only one of you, your mom and dad are more likely to do thing for you.  Poor Olivia had to fend for herself much more as one of five kids. 

We celebrated Bea's 6 month birthday with a half eaten pie and a very rousing round of "Happy Birthday."  Here's our 4 goofs.

 And here's the full shot with Olivia missing her nice, quiet house and undivided attention.

 

Miss Leah brought down this totally ridiculous alicorn costume for the girls. June thought it was hilarious.

"Look, I'm flying!"

June's teacher sent home a binder of ideas the kids can use for homework every week.  This week, June wrote her spelling words on the magna doodle and calculated scrabble scores for each word.  Does that mean it counts for speeling AND math?

The weather was great, so we spent many afternoons picnicking at the park.

Unfortunately, one day Georgie was chasing Olivia and decided to stop using only her face.  It didn't seem so bad at the park, but her scrape got worse and worse as the day went on.  It took almost two months for this one to fade.

Grams and I took the girls to try out the frozen yogurt place.  They approved.

As did little Bea, who thought I should have shared more.

When our week with Olivia was up, we headed out to meet Miss Leah.  We decided to meet at a popular orchard.  Little did we know that the local schools were off for the day, so it was packed!

 Determined to get the real orchard experience, we had to walk a half mile to find any trees that still had apples.

But we did eventually find a few apples.

 It was pretty warm- in the 70s. But Georgie would not take off her sweatshirt.  And her basket was REALLY heavy.  And it was too far too walk, mama.

Really, all the kids wanted to do was play on the playground equipment anyway. 

 I even stood in line for a half hour to get the famous apple cider doughnuts.  Olivia gave them a thumbs up. They were pretty good, as any fresh doughnut would be, but I don't know if they were worth a half hour. 

We'll sure miss having Olivia around!

Thanks for sharing her with us!

After her week of fun, Georgie was pretty beat.  We stopped at a neighbor's house after we got back into town.  Georgie climbed into the treehouse and sat with a kitty for a half hour.