a day with Olivia.

Olivia came over today to play with Jack and I, and we had lots of fun. We painted, we played paperdolls, we did a "grown-up" puzzle, we danced and we dressed up and pretended we were trapped in a tower by the Evil King. Olivia dubbed herself a "gyptian princess" and her name was Princess Tinkerbell. She looked at me and said: "Do you like have any dress up clothes or something, like we have at our house? I need some jewelry and necklaces." In her cute tiny little voice with her head cocked to the side and her hand on her hip. Okay. So I dug out all my necklaces, my high heels, and all the ribbon in my drawer and although she was disappointed that I didn't have "fancy hair things for my hair," she made do with a clip and a ribbon, a style which she fashioned herself.


She also did this incredible little dance, it looked like a cross between a hula and....something else. When I asked her about it, she told me it was a dance from South America and that people there do it in caves where they take off their coats and then shut the door behind them. I asked how she knew this and she said "grandma told me this." which I seriously doubt. Either way, the dance was lovely and I told her it was so good that if she went to South America the people there would think she was one of their own, and would welcome her into their family. Her response to this was, "Yes. And that's because people in South America are all in the same family and they live in one big house and it's crowded." Unfortunately I didn't get that last little cute conversation recorded.
Well. There you have it. Now see it for yourself: