If you’ve never read any of the Olivia the Pig books then I’m here to tell you that I’m the EXPERT!
I have attained this distinction by the simple fact that I have read the first Olivia book to Cara 29 times. And I think that we got the book for her on Tuesday. It all started when Cara saw a commercial for the new Olivia show that Noggin is doing and from that second on it was nothing but “OLIVIA THE PIG!!!”.
We took her to “THE BOOKSTORE!!!” and let her pick out the Olivia book that she wanted and she definitely chose appropriately.
The gist of the story that she chose is that Olivia wears everyone [including herself] out and she never wants to take a nap or go to bed. Cara to a fucking T. Each character in the book - meaning Olivia, her brother Ian, the mom the dad, the cat and the dog - is actually a “character” in her family. The mom is me. The dad is Tucker. Ian is Oliver. The cat and dog are Oscar and Sophie, respectively.
Of course Olivia is Cara, unless it’s the Olivia in a ballerina outfit, in which case that’s “DADDY!!!”. Yeah…not so sure about that one, myself. 
Bedtime is MY time with Cara.
Tucker take Ollie and Cara and I sit in her room and read stories and it looks like Olivia will be a major fixture in our story time for quite a while.
Good thing I like the book.
Friday November 21st, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Oh, that’s a great picture!
When my daughter was 2, we got the funniest picture of her with Santa. She was looking up at him with a great big pouty face and tears in her eyes. She’s 6 now and totally giggles when she sees it.
He IS a really good Santa!
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Sunday November 23rd, 2008 at 05:29 PM
I LOVE that pic! Princess Belle was terrified of Santa the first time she saw him.
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Monday November 24th, 2008 at 04:57 PM
My kids just whip out the scared shitless routine any time they are in public and I need them to tow the line.
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