Life with Olivia

Oh no! I’ve got to catch up!

oliviadee — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:57:08 +0000

The photo prompt word on Friday was chew and I couldn’t think of anything! Now I can’t even remember what we did on Friday!
I remember on Saturday it was mum’s birthday and I made her a cup of tea then I went on a day out with Guides. We went on an adventure zone day and did so many things! We did apple bobbing, toasting marshmallows, made dampers and cooked them, made a tent, sign language and whistle communication, peeling potatoes, writing with a pen in your mouth or holding it with your toes, singing round the campfire….I can’t remember the rest! Then Adam stayed home with me when mum went out with her friend in the evening.
Yesterday was my friends birthday party but his birthday’s really today. We got the train to Totnes and then got picked up to drive up to Dartmoor to meet everyone else. It was really, really brilliant and fun! We all had a picnic and some of us went paddling and swimming in the river. I had a go on a mountain board which was so much fun. Some other boys there let me and my friends borrow their inflatable boat too. We played pass the parcel and there were loads of bubbles. One of our little friends climbed a tree for the very first time and her mum asked me to take a photo of her!

I got to catch up with some of the photo prompts too!
The first one is chew which is the one that I got stuck on! At the end of the party when we were packing up to go we saw two little ponies with their mums. They were so cute!

The next one is Self Portrait Saturday which I did today after mum showed me how to use the timer. It took a bit of practice!

But I finally got it right!

For Show Off Sunday I took a photo of the pebbles that light up in the city centre at night. They keep changing colour but this is my favourite colour!

Today’s word is fall so I took a photo of a rose that has lost most of it’s petals!

I’ve caught up with everything now! I’m going to go and help mum make a cake for a strawberry trifle. It’s my favourite!

Dish and a snake!

oliviadee — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:24:08 +0000

We went out later than we were going to yesterday because mum spent longer in the bath! We went to the park to see some friends and I took my new MP3 player with me. I let my fiends R and B listen to it while I was playing with some other fiends.
I saw Charly my friend from drama at the park too and she came with me and mum to the museum.
There was another workshop making totems so we all did that. Even mum did! We haven’t finished them yet because we got there a bit late and we still have to stick some tissue paper on them. The reason we were a bit late was because we went to another part of the museum to look at something.

Warning!!
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Some peope don’t like snakes!
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I met a snake yesterday!
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I held a snake yesterday!
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Mum took a photo!
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Here it is!
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It was so cool! Charly was too scared to hold it but she did touch it quickly before we left! She came back to our house and set me up with my own Bebo account then she had to go home.

Today’s word is dish. We’ve been to Spain a few times because my nanny and grandad live there and we got these tapas dishes there. I love the colours!

Cloud

oliviadee — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:05:13 +0000

Today’s word is cloud. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky when I was looking so I took a photo of my cloud bag.

It was a bit hard trying to match the blue frame to it and now there are plenty of clouds!
Mum really likes taking photos of clouds though and here are my favourite ones she took.
This one’s at a beach when we went camping at East Prawle in June.

This one was at the campsite one evening.

We can see some great sunsets from our bedroom windows and we both like taking photos of them. Mum took this one and it’s my favourite so far!

I’m going to get dressed now and then we’re going out.
Bye!

A bit late today.

oliviadee — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:39:29 +0000

I uploaded my photos and then we lost internet connection. Mum asked what had I done! I didn’t do anything!

Today’s word is apple and I didn’t think we had any apples at all. But then I remembered we did. We had two! So I took this photo and then I ate it!

I also took this photo of the stoneage scene I keep writing about. It’s all finished now!

Mum took this one from a different angle.

Mum says that when all the schools have gone back we can go Kents Cavern for part of my stone age project because it will be quieter then.

I’m really sorry I didn’t comment on anyone’s yesterday! I got really busy in the garden chopping up sticks and branches. I want to make some dampers and cook them over a fire in the garden. I was in my vegetable garden aswell and I picked my first cucumber! The sweetcorn are all growing. There’s 8. I picked some carrots and onions too!

Sun!

oliviadee — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:25:09 +0000

It’s a lovely sunny day today and today’s word is sun!
I didn’t take a photo of the sun but I did take two photos though.
This is the first one.

It’s a mini jigsaw of Sunflowers by Van Gogh. I love Van Gogh and Monet. They’re my absolute favourites! We got it at the National Gallery when we had a weeks holiday in London a few years ago. It was such a cool holiday! We stayed in a hotel right over the road from Hyde Park! The last time I went to London was last August when we were staying at my granny and grandpa’s house in Hastings. We went up to London quite a few times. I love London!
We’re going up again soon. Mum got a email this morning about a Tutankhamun exhibition that she registered for so she can buy tickets before they go on sale. I love ancient Egypt so I can’t wait to see the exhibition! It starts on November 15th and goes on till next year but I want to see it as soon as possible!
My second photo is the big golden sun in the bathroom.

It’s a bit dusty! It hangs over the bathroom door and I had to stand on the toilet to get a good photo!

It was fantastic!

oliviadee — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:48:09 +0000

On Her Space My Space they’re doing something new. It’s called Show Off Sunday (SOS) where we can take a photo of anything we want. I took a photo of all the things that made yesterday really special.
There’s the script, tickets and programme from my play.
A T-shirt, nail varnish, necklace and wristband from my friend Charley for my birthday. It was really special because my birthday was in July but we haven’t see each other since then and she still remembered to bring my present when she came to watch the play!

The play went really really well! The seats were very nearly all full! Mum took lots of photos. Here are my favourite ones.
I’m wearing black trousers and waistcoat, a white shirt, a yellow tie and a black beret.
This is the very first scene where we all come out on stage. I’m under the umbrella.

This is my main scene when I was trying to sell garlic to Harold and Kitty Greenstreet.

Boris and Veronika had to sell their samovar and were really upset about it. The song was funny though and everyone laughed.

This is when we were talking about the Seine being close to flooding.

We’re all trying to get away from the flood.

Our final bow and I’m in the front row.

There’s lots more photos on my mum’s Flickr and they’re all here.
It was so exciting to do and I can’t wait until I can do it again. We even get a film of it so I can’t wait for that either!
I’m going to have a look now at all my Her Space MySpace friends photos because I haven’t had time to look at them this week.
See you later!

An even longer day today!

oliviadee — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:23:21 +0000

Today we’ve got to do a self portrait. I tried to do the same as the other one I did, but the new camera is bigger and I couldn’t hold it properly. So I just took it and looked at the viewfinder in the bathroom mirror instead so I could make sure I was in the middle!.

I’m still in my pyjamas and I haven’t brushed my hair!
Thanks for everyone’s comments yesterday!
I’ve got to go now. Today’s the big day! The play starts at 8 o’clock and I’m really excited and also a bit nervous too! I’ve got all my costume sorted out now and mum’s going to take some photos tonight. My big brother’s coming too. He’s already gone to work now though!
I’ll spend loads of time tomorrow looking at everyone’s photos but after I’ve had a really long sleep in bed!

Oh I am so tired now!

oliviadee — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:44:55 +0000

Last night I was even more tired so I spent longer in the bath to relax!
I’ve got a longer day at drama today because we’re doing the dress rehearsal later. Yesterday we got to rehearse some songs and dance moves on stage for the first time. I’ve never been back stage at a theatre before and it was really wicked! You get a dressing room with a kettle!
Anyway today’s word is stone. This is a bit of a blurry one of the amethyst right next to the computer chair.

You can tell I’m tired because the last few photos have all been taken so close to the computer so I don’t have to move very far!
The dusty bottle behind it is a bottle of champagne from mum’s birthday last year!
I’ve got to go and have my breakfast now!

White

oliviadee — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:31:44 +0000

Today’s word is white but we don’t have very much of white in our house!
My script for the play is on white paper though so I used that!
My lines are in pink.

Ruth, Sue and Louise like the frames I use. You have to go to www.bighugelabs.com and then upload a photo. The frames are on Motivator and then you can pick which colours you want to use too. There’s lots of other things you can do too.
Got to go and get ready now!
Bye!!

Friend

oliviadee — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:38:46 +0000

That’s today’s word!
My mum really hates her photo being taken and Adam was asleep and really grumpy in bed so they wouldn’t let me take their photo!
So I took another one of Maisy instead. It’s a bit blurry because she was cleaning herself at the time! She’s sitting in one of her favourite corners. It’s behind the computer cupboard door right next to all my DVDs!

I wanted to take a photo of my friends at drama but mum wouldn’t let me take the camera on my own!