Bee Bobby Boo Sparklies!

Sunday night Olivia experienced sparklers for the very first time. I was excited to let her try, but also very leery. I'm sure Andy thought I was being paranoid, but he didn't complain as I constantly told Olivia to hold it out further, or lower. We survived the evening with no injuries and loads of excitement were had by all.

Sparklers were not on the original agenda, but there wasn't much of an agenda to begin with. We decided to go on a family bike ride. Olivia did not ride her own bike, but in the cart behind Andy, which she loves to do. While out riding Andy had the great idea to swing by Miller's Grocery Store to buy a few items for grilling out. There was a display of sparklers so Andy had to get them for Olivia to experience.

After an enjoyable bike ride and delicious dinner outside we started up the sparklers, or sparklies as referred to by Olivia. Olivia was immediately smitten with them. She waved them around and pretended to be the Fairy Godmother on Cinderella attempting to say "Bibbity, bobbity, boo," but it always came out "Bee, bobby, boo!" It was a great family time together that I will treasure.

All of us ended up getting to bed late. When my alarm buzzed in my ear early the next morning to indicate it was time to get up to head to the flea market with Nana and Aunt Jen, I should have just gotten back into bed. Olivia was going with us so I entered her room to see my peaceful angelic daughter sleeping so soundly. I should have just let her sleep. She was so tired and ornery the entire day shopping in Shipshewana. It's the first time her Nana ever told her she was glad to see her go home. After a much needed nap she got back to her sweet self a bit, and is being a complete doll at this very moment using Andy's shop vac in our bedroom. Hopefully she's doing a magnificent job cleaning in there for me because it needs it.