Hadley has picked up from somewhere, “Well, aren’t you Mrs. Smarty Pants.” Except, she cannot quite get the hang of the “sm” sound. So she has been going around saying, “Well, aren’t you Mrs. Farty Pants.” And then she giggles and laughs endlessly.

Her and Zoey Belle have been two peas in a pod the past few days. They are doing everything together. It is actually very nice to have them entertaining themselves, especially this week when we have some extra things going on.

Yesterday I was able to take Hadley to meet Olivia. I even got to give her a bottle, and she did well. She is so cute! Hadley wanted to be able to kiss her and we told her no. She replied with, “but I just love her so much…but not too much.” Hadley wasn’t quite understanding the concept of gentleness, so I think next time I go to see Olivia I will do it alone. It will probably still be another month before Olivia can go anywhere, but maybe then she will be a little bit more sturdy.

We have been baking up a storm and tomorrow we are cooking a meal for the basketball team at the college. They are still in town and the cafeteria is shut down, but there are still 20 hungry guys to feed, so our church is volunteering to make them meals. We signed up with another couple to feed all of the guys, so we are getting things ready for that. After that is done we will be preparing for the Schmit family Thanksgiving. Eric is wanting me to bake more chocolate cupcakes, so it looks like there is more baking in my future.