Problem Solving

Oliver had an awesome day at preschool! He is learning about the letter "B" and he got to make a Blue Balloon!  Fun stuff!

After school we had two problems we needed to solve.  One problem actually begun the night before, Mommy realized she left Oliver's crocs at Grammie's and then she remembered that his sneakers were left at his Daddy's house.  Oops, Oliver didn't really have any shoes to wear to school.  Embarrassing.  Oliver ended up wearing his old crocs that have no tread and have been eaten by Haley the dog.  We went to Target to get some sneakers after school.  Mommy told Oliver he was adaptable and a good sport for wearing his old crocs.

Oliver really wanted the Toy Story sneakers.  He tried

them on and didn't think they were comfortable.  

Mommy was kind of relieved.

Mommy really wanted him to choose these loafers.

They made Mommy giggle thinking of her Owl

in them and some Khaki pants and a button up

shirt.  She can dream....

She thought he might like these but he didn't

care for them.

He chose converse!  Now Mommy and Oliver

can be twins!  They last forever too!  Mommy

has had hers since high school.

Our second problem happened at home.  Oliver was helping Mommy put nice clean sheets on her bed when he got sidetracked and tried to fix her window.  It usually only opens halfway, but for a couple weeks it has only opened a couple of inches.  Oliver went to work with his tools:

He used a saw and hammer.

Working hard.

Here he suggested we ask Uncle Kelly for

some help.  (Mommy is sure he has some

very thoughtful things to say.)  Last summer

he showed Mommy how to open her windows,

use the little pegs (and he showed her where

the lock was, hmmm...)  We didn't need

 to call him though...

Because Mommy tried the window one more

time and after putting a little more muscle into 

it, she got it to open better!  Victory for Oliver!

Now Mommy won't suffocate on these

crazy hot summer days!  (But she is a little

worried that a critter might crawl in at night.)