Worms Rescue and Smores

Last Saturday we spent the afternoon cleaning up around our place. There were a ton of leaves in the driveway and wood in "fire pit" the last tenants created. As I raked up the leaves we discovered a ton of worms had made a nice little home there. Olive (the fairy princess in cowboy boots) took it upon herself to rescue the worms and transplant them into the flower beds along the driveway. At one point she was overheard to say, "Its okay little worm. I'll take care of you!" The girl who doesn't like to get her hands dirty LOVES worms. She's always full of surprises.


We ended the day with a hot dog/marshmallow roast. (Olive WAS worried about getting her hands dirty from the marshmallows.)

Circus Purkus

A few weeks ago we took Olive to the circus that came through Knoxville. We enjoyed clown hijinks, acrobats, a little dog show, and of course cotton candy and snowcones. Olive had a good time and enjoyed the show!

Rides!

You know those crummy little carnivals that would roll into town for a week? Well, we have them year round here and Olive is tempted by them daily. Daddy finally broke down and took her the other day. We had a blast!

Dinosaurs!

Last Saturday we made a trip to the past to see some dinosaurs in Knoxville. It was a slightly cheesy display of robotic dinosaurs but Olive liked it. We had a great day hanging out and of course had to end it with mint ice cream with a dinosaur cookie.

Up the Creek

This past Saturday we ventured up Jake's Creek Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park since we finally had a day of warm temperatures and no rain. We didn't hike far (as Olive was distracted with throwing rocks in the creek) but we had a great time. We are looking forward to exploring more of the park as Spring arrives! Can't wait for the flowers to start blooming!

Olive tells stories

When prompted Olive will tell you a tale. They all have pretty common themes, such as far away lands and Kings. And they all end "Happily ever after".

Hope the links to YouTube have been working OK for everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q4ifskj3I8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erEP28klyHY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cUvlHhkkNI

She likes to move it

Been meaning to post this one for awhile...

Olive dances to her favorite song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR1qFOoYeTY

Happy Valentine's Day

I have been having trouble posting videos I took with my iPhone. So please use this link to view Olive on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvvC3EmZR6M

Aquarium

The Aquarium has been like a second home since arriving in Tennessee. It's Olive's first choice of things to do when we have a day to goof around. Here are a number of aquarium pics.