October 14-21

Since we didn't make it to Michigan this weekend, Bryan's dad came over and they finished putting up all the drywall in the basement.  Now we just need to tape and mud and paint...  Someday.  It's a project to keep us busy.  :)

Sunday afternoon we all went to the local Applebees to catch the fourth quarter of the Browns' game.  We left home with the Browns losing 14-13.  We arrived at Applebees with the Browns winning 20-14.  Then the Browns scored 14 points in 7 seconds while we watched on TV and ended up winning 34-24.  Yay!  Especially since this is their first win this season!  And against the Bengals (the other Ohio football team)!  Bryan and Olivia happily watched until the end of the game (I couldn't see the television due to our need for a table short enough for a high chair) and then high-fives were exchanged all around.  Multiple times.  Olivia was so eager to give high-fives, we decided she must know the significance of what had just happened.  Stephanie, when you read this, make sure you tell Scott about this paragraph.  Scott, Bryan wants to make sure you understand what's going on here: His daughter high-fives people when the Browns win.  Because the Browns won, not just because she sees Bryan being excited and thinks that high-fives go with excitement.  Eva, you have work to do.

Olivia no longer walks like a zombie unless she's holding something or trying to go fast.  She's comfortable enough with walking now that it looks to me more like the goofy walk Jacque did in one of her plays when she was the not-very-bright servant.  I think.  Jacque, 12 points if you recreate this walk and send me a video for me to post so that those who didn't follow your high school acting career can see what I'm talking about.

Many of you know that my main source of news is Time Magazine, and that I'm generally 6-8 issues behind in my reading.  Between being busy and having library books with due dates (how inconvenient!), I tend to put off reading my magazines.  This week, however...  I finally caught up!  I've been making slow but steady progress for about a month now, and by the time this week's issue came on Saturday, I had only two pages left in the previous week's issue.  I finished those two pages and read my new issue on Sunday.  Now I have no Time Magazines to read.  And I won't get a new one until Saturday.

Pictures:
Olivia's shoes from last December finally fit!  Next week: the pink cowgirl boots!

Looking stylish in her sunglasses:

She has to tilt her chin up or they slide right off her little nose...

Playing with Daddy's phone:

 Oh no!  The tickles!

 I will sit... here.

 We winterized our attic.  It even matches our decor: