Oliver

Oliver while playing video games with a friend: For the last few seconds, I'm going to do something weird with my body. Yesterday Me: Hey! You got all this new equipment to make things out of cardboard, and you just went straight to work creating this amazing new villager costume! That is so impressive. I am so impressed. Oliver: Probably because I've already made one like this before and had a great teacher. Me: ☺️ 😭 ❤️

When we got back from the splash pad, I was covered in sweat and couldn't shower because Penny was in my shower. So I was sitting around in a sports bra, eating lunch and talking to Oliver. My jaw did that awesome thing where it pops out of the socket and I end up chomping into my cheek or tongue. And I was really struggling because it hurt like hell. Oliver came over and very sweetly put his arm around me and whispered in my ear "there, there, naked baby."

Conversations overheard on Oliver's zoom: L: Hey Oliver! Look at my new skin!  Isn't it sick? O: Yeah, that's cool. Wait… sick?  As in.. vomiting? L: I don't know.  Maybe? We would have to look up what sick means.  I think it means cool, though. ---- O: Okay, your job is to stand here and look down.  Don't move. Don't look at the Enderman. L: Oliver! I want to move! O: Don't look at anything! L: I AM looking at something. O: Is it an Enderman? L: No! It's the STUPID GROUND.

Opeeeeeeen wiiiiiiiide. I'm gonna give you some sweet medicine.

From last night, Oliver walked into the bathroom and said: For some reason, I feel safer with you than with daddy. —I said that sounds like a hard feeling. Why do you feel like that?— Oliver said: You are more snugly. And your arms are softer. Daddy is more active and can be more fun to play around with though. —after a couple of seconds, he starts to get angry— Daddy says he will read a book to me at bedtime, but then he doesn't! He stopped squeezing me after you had THE BIG TALK. Until I threw his mouse and then he did it again really hard. —I hear you and I want you to know that is not okay. Daddy knows this isn't okay and he's going to continue working on it. I'm really glad you feel safe to share these feelings with me. And I'm glad you told me about the squeezing. It is always okay to talk to me about this.— —-he's getting more dysrrgulated— We need to tell daddy needs to go to the gym every week! He needs to go to the gym every night until he stops!! ((Is...

I have recently learned that your dad is struggling with alcohol again, for the last year he has been drinking again.  Not sure I should add this, but I already talked about it in detail so I guess I'll put this here for now.