Open house

Tonight was the night that Olivia's been counting down for. Open house. Meet the teacher. See her classroom. Meet some other kids. Ride the bus! The way the evening started out at home I was second guessing how it would go at the school. Our babysitter forgot to show up for the other kids (partly my fault because I didn't confirm with her mid-week), so at 5:30 I was scrambling around trying to get a sitter, and thankfully got one who only lived right down the road. When I got back from picking up Courtney, I left the car running and yelled in the house to "come on!" As soon as the words were out of my mouth I hear Josh open the bathroom door, and Olivia's screams come flooding into the house. In the two minutes that I was gone she had crushed her big toe underneath the toy riding tractor in the front yard. Blood was gushing from her foot and Josh was wrestling with a band-aid. Josh and I exchanged some short jabs at each other and hit the road at 5:51 pm. I wanted to leave at 5:45, ugh, I hate being late! Olivia bounced back quickly and was ready to go when we arrived at school at 5:59 - one minute early! I failed to get any pictures of her in the classroom, mostly because we were shuffled so quickly in and out. I did get pictures of her one the bus. Olivia quote of the night, "I'm sooo excited!"

She picked the first seat on the bus - typical.

The whole ride she sat looking out the window and didn't want to talk - not typical.

Our small group met at our house while we were gone and this is what Es and Garrett looked like by the end of the time.

This is how they got that dirty. They, along with two other toddlers, threw dirt at each other while they chanted, "CHINA, CHINA!" This is the second week in a row they were attempting to dig to China.