Olivia-isms

I am really excited about how creative Olivia is getting when she plays. For those of you have followed our life, you know that the fact that she is playing by herself more is HUGE for us! Don't get me wrong, I love to play with her but I would like to fold an entire load of laundry without 25 "Mommy, is it time to play?" questions. I love the way she takes the most ordinary items and makes them into treasures. At the moment she is collecting bottle caps and when I finally gave her the cap to my mousse bottle, she was ecstatic! She now has 3 bottle caps, her favorite being the bubble bath cap (because it smells good). She keeps them in a special bag far out of Logan's reach. Now her little pet shop animals can fit in the caps she is collecting.

A few of Olivia's recent isms...

"Don't ever step on a porcupine or you will get porked!" - I have NO idea where that came from

"Can I get a present at Logan's birthday party, because I AM part of the family" - Logan's party is becoming more and more about her...

"Why does Logan always provoke me?" (big word for a little girl) - probably because you provoke him!

When asked what a baby was saying she said "I don't know, I don't speak baby" - silly girl

"If you ever see a snake mom, don't touch it. You will just have to have daddy hold you." - (Her Daddy can do anything)

Tonight while putting her to bed she said "Mommy, I love you more than you will ever know, more than you love me!" - not possible sweet girl.

It's time

After literally arguing ALL day, the kids finally agreed on one thing. It's time for summer! (I took these pictures in black and white hoping Tommy won't notice that Logan is wearing one of Olivia's swimsuits. His suit is still packed away.) Summer: we are ready for you!

Just to remember:

Olivia has chosen, for her 5-year birthday event, (Gigi's tradition with the grandkids) to go to an indoor waterpark. The other day she packed all of her clothes and things to go. She got quite frustrated when Tommy and I did not take her advice to pack RIGHT AWAY! The trip is a few months away, her birthday is in November. Tommy really messed up her plans when he took the suitcase to Cleveland the other day that she planned to take to the indoor waterpark. Talk about stressing a little girl out!

'Tis the Season

I just read an article about keeping the stress out of Christmas gift-giving that I just HAD to share. The author purchases store (Wal-mart, Target, etc) gift cards in the amount of $20, twice each month (on payday) and saves them for gift buying at Christmas time. Brilliant! Even if that doesn't cover all of your gift-buying, it would be a great start!