Annabelle

The past two days, there has been another two-year-old at the sitter's. Her name is Annabelle and Ollie hid under the table from her on the first day. Last night, he had loads to tell me about Annabelle, including how she drank from his and Nathan's cups. I am sure he will miss her when she returns to her sitter who has been absent.

Ollie had a great Thanksgiving. He enjoyed spending time with Grandma Vickie and gave her lots of hugs. He also rough-housed with Annie and Dale and talked to Tyler. Uncle Travis attempted to put him in the basement with the snakes, but Ollie refused and Grandma protected him. He was not ready to face the snakes. Little did he know there was no such thing in the basement.

Ollie enjoyed playing with Big Girl, my youngest cousin Stephanie. He called her by name a few times, but preferred to refer to her as Big Girl. He liked chasing her and watched Amber from afar. Tori, meanwhile, wondered around, staring at everyone and chasing whomever she could. She was jealous of Tyler being in my lap and didn't have much to do with cousin Jaxson. All in all, it was a nice, warm Thanksgiving Day.