Olivia's Birthday Week!

Olivia's Birthday Week!

Olivia turned 4 on May 16th. She had a week long celebration. She started off with a trip to Build a Bear with her friend Arnav. Barbie took them to pick out new animals followed by Mcdonalds. She came home with Cleopatra that also sings a Happy Birthday song. She had her official Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. She had a wonderful time with her cousins and friends running wild, playing games, eating cake and she even got to try out the new "ticket blaster". She needed a little support in the ticket blaster but did a great job and scooped up lots of tickets. We had a girls day on her birthday. We had lunch with our friend Barbie followed my manicures and pedicures. She loved getting her fingers and toes painted. Then we headed to Texas Roadhouse for dinner with Grandma, Andy the Armadillo, and Arnav. She sat on the saddle and everyone gave her a big Texas yee haw! She loved it. We spent the next day making cupcakes to take to her class and share with her school friends. So she had just one more celebration at school too! She had a wonderful Birthday week and sends her hugs to everyone who was a part of her celebration!

The last days of April and the beginning of May

The last of April brought more rain. We have been playing outside in between the rain drops as much as we can. We have been to the mall a few times shopping for spring and summer clothes and playing on the indoor playground while we are there. Olivia went to Ady's birthday party at Landon's Corner, she had so much fun. They had music, games, face painting and a balloon artist. We spent the night in Celina with Grandpa and Great Grandma. We went to Aunt Marty's for dinner and to hang out with cousin Lily. Olivia keeps asking when are we going back to GG's house. She always has fun with GG. Olivia thought she would start her month with a round of croup followed by a bilater ear infection. Hopefully she will be feeling better in time for her birthday weekend!

Easter 2011

Easter Weekend

Olivia loves the holidays! She had a busy Easter week. We colored about 4 dozen eggs and she still asked to color more.... She visited with the Easter Bunny and had her picture taken. She went to the New Albany Easter egg hunt with her cousin Emily and Grandma. She had so much fun. They bounced in the bounce house, spent lots of time with the fire men in the smoke house and the fire truck, watched the parrot from the zoo and played on a school bus. Then they had an egg hunt at Grandma's house. She had another hunt at home that night and loved getting her basket on Sunday morning. The weather has been warmer so in between rain and storms we have been outside playing. She mastered her 2 wheeler bike this week (with training wheels) and now I have to jog on our walks. It has been a busy but fun week.

April18th

Easter is almost here and Olivia has been to 2 eggs hunts so far. Tonight she went to Texas Roadhouse with her dad and Andy the Armidillo helped her at the egg hunt. She won a few kids meals as well as candy and a Dora frisbee. Tonight while we were playing "waitress and chef" she took my order and then made me some soup. She asked me if I was ready for my soup de jour and told me if so I need to let it cool a minute before I ate. Soup dejour consisted of bath water and red finger paint soap. It was a treat!

The first of April

April is here and we are still waiting on some nice weather. We have had a few days but have spent alot of time indoors. She started April with an Easter Egg hunt at the swimming pool. She was approved to participate with the 5 year olds (this was the youngest group) She did great though and was able to collect 17 eggs while swimming with her plastic bag. She decided to hit the deeper water though and her bag kept filling with water and pulling her under, now we know next year to bring a mesh bag. She turned her eggs in for prizes and had a great time. We also went to see the movie Hop. Her favorite part was the music where she danced in the aisles of the theater. Olivia notices the funniest things. We were driving downtown past the Wonder bakery and she says "whats that smell, it smells like sprinkle donuts" She notices and remembers everything!

The last of March

The end of March brought many things. Olivia went to see her first 3d movie, Mars needs Moms. Rick and I took Olivia to the Circus. Her favorite part were the rides of course and she got her picture taken with one of the pigs from the show! Grandpa came to visit one afternoon and Olivia showed off her many gymnastic skills and jumps. We had a few nicer days so we spent some time outside riding bikes and playing in the sandbox. We both can't wait until the warm weather is here to stay!

March 19th

We ended last night playing "shadow puppets" for about an hour. Olivia giggled and laughed so much, she loves making puppets on the wall. Today we we to Emily's 6th Birthday party. It was at Buckeye gymnastics. The kids played in the bounce house, the cheese pit and on the gymnastics equipment. The trampoline was a big hit for all the kids. Now Olivia is ready for her birthday party....it will be a long 2 months for her to wait!

The last days of February and the start of March

The past few weeks we have finished up our last session of gymnastics and swimming and restarted swimming as a tadpole. We had a lunch date at Easton with Grandma and Emily and went bouncing at Kingdom of bounce. Olivia has a few new favorites like "holy toledo" and "I can't believe this" she also likes to say "Thank you little lady" which is a line from Woody in Toy Story. She had discovered and become obsessed with puzzles. She now spends hours putting puzzles together. It is her first activity she will actually sit still. We are waiting on warm weather now and have been able to take a few walks. Today it is supposed to be high 60's so we are getting ready to head out for a walk and some bike riding.

February 25

It's snowing again so another day in the house. Olivia has started playing more by herself and loves to play Toy Story with her animals. She runs around the house "whistling" which is her fingers in her mouth and a loud shrill yell for Bullseye to help save Woody from The evil Dr. Porkchop. She usually is dragging her slinky dog behind which makes lots of extra noise on top of the whistling. I asked her if she wanted ham for a snack last night and she told me "sure mom that's groovy" I'm pretty sure that is what Ken says frequently in her favorite movie Toy Story. Last night was swimming lessons. They got the life jackets out and practiced swimming in the river with the jackets on. Olivia kept getting too far ahead and the teachers had to swim after her to catch up and grab her. Tonight was going to be a swimming night but think we will try for next Friday due to the weather. Off to make some cupcakes now.

Hal and Lisa's Wedding Reception

Hal and Lisa, Pat and Marty, Aaron, Molly and Lilly, Megan and Cory and Sam

Me and Uncle Pat

The weekend of February 18th

Olivia and I headed to Dayton for my cousin Hal's wedding reception. Hal and Lisa were married in West Virginia earlier in the month. We met some of our family at the hotel and headed out for a bite to eat and then off to the American Legion. Olivia had a great time playing with her cousin, Lilly and all of the other kids at the reception. She danced like crazy and spent a lot of time at the candy buffet! Uncle Pat tried to dance with Olivia but she told him she was busy dancing with the girls. Aunt Marty taught Olivia some new words thanks to Cory..... and all the girls attempted a few line dances. Uncle Pat and Aunt Pat looked great and did a wonderful job at the reception. Everyone had a great time! We took Olivia and Lilly swimming in the morning before heading out. They both spent more time in the hot tub (which was actually not much warmer than the pool) playing with the bubbles. Then we were heading home in the freezing rain.

February 16th and 17th

It's been a heat wave here, in  the 60's. We have been taking walks, playing outside and even playing in the sandbox. We spent the day at Easton, throwing coins in the fountain and window shopping. We ate lunch outside and enjoyed the sunshine. Olivia has been watching Beauty and the Beast. We attempted to watch it once this past fall but she was not a fan of the beast. Now she wants to watch it and covers her head with the blanket during the Beast's temper tantrums! I think it is like a teenager watching a scary movie. She is off packing her suitcase right now, we are heading to Dayton tomorrow for my cousin Hal's wedding party. So far she has packed Jessie and Buzz Lightyear, a horse, her Tangled dress and a puzzle. Who knows what else will end up in the suitcase.

Valentines Party 2011

The week of Valentines

It has been a crazy and busy week. We have been running non-stop. A day spent with Grandma, Emily and Ian. A visit from Grandpa. A visit from Jess and Brian. A Valentines party at school. This included a pinata and way too much candy and sweets! I finally found the Wii game I bought for Olivia for Christmas so tonight after gymnastics we spent an hour Dancing for kids. Pretty sure we did The Wiggles song about 5 times in a row!! We had the some chocolate covered strawberries tonight, I was trying to sneak in some fruit. Olivia may be the only one I have seen eat all the chocolate off of a strawberry and not one bite of the fruit! Tomorrow is a school day, working on the letter U. She is taking her unicorn to school for show and tell on Thursday.

February 6th to 10th

We had a busy couple days with my work schedule changes, trying to catch up. Olivia started her week off by letting me know that "boys like hockey" She is full of information that someday someone may need. I told her that some girls like hockey too but she just gave me a look that said sure right and moved on. Her dad came in on Monday and emptied his pockets, he handed her the change, told her she could put it in her piggy bank. She responded "Did you say a bad word dad" So funny, We have been paying for our bad words so now she just thinks if there is money involved someone must have said a bad word too. She earned her new yoshi backpack this week for good behavior at gymnastics and swimming classes. Not quite ready to move up in gymnastics but will be moving up in swimming. I was watching the tadpole class tonight..... makes me a little nervous that she will be in that class. Our friend Jess is in town so hopefully we will get to spend some time with her before she heads out. Dinner on Saturday and maybe some more time too!

February 6th and 7th

I started off my day with a vehicle that wouldn't get me home from work so off to dealership in a tow truck and then finally home. Olivia asked me when I finally made it home if my car was broke, I told her it was and she asked me if it was a long walk home! She always makes me laugh. We are watching Toy Story 2 for the ummm 100th time or so after reading mulitple Little Miss series books. Tomorrow is gymnastics so she can run off some of her extra energy! Hopefully the snow stops soon.

February 5th

Another lazy day. We woke up to freezing rain, it looked nasty out so we stayed in and played camp out all morning. We watched freezing rain and snow throughout the morning from our window. We finally did get motivated and headed out for dinner and then to Chuck E Cheese for a special treat. Olivia loves Chuck E Cheese so she spent lots of time playing in the tunnel, riding the rides and playing games. She cashed in her tickets for a rubber snake, shark and some tooties rolls!

February 4th

Olivia had her recheck of her ears today, she is cleared, no more infection! We celebrated by stopping at Barnes and Noble to shop for a new book and play with Thomas the train. She picked a couple more of the Mr and Miss series. This is her new favorite. So now we have read Mr. Happy and Miss Chatterbox multiple times. I think Miss Chatterbox was written after the author met Olivia. We also went swimming in the evening. Olivia misses open swim and now she can practice her swim skills to for next session in the Tadpole class. We swam for almost 2 hours and spent most of that swimming in the "vortex" She really picks up speed in the current. She played tag with the kids and held her own considering the kids that were swimming were all 5 and older. She is a little fish! Now off to brave the cold and wait and see how much more snow and ice we will get this weekend.

February 2nd

Olivia again gets to stay home from school due to the cold, ice and winds. She is excited about this. We have some pancakes for breakfast and immediately starts in "is it time to play Wii yet" so we start with her famous camp out and then move on to Wii. Another quiet day at home and off to work for me tonight!

February 3 morning

Olivia is heading back to school today after a few days off, she is not pleased with this. She says please lets just stay home today and play Wii. She is definitely becoming more of a homebody after being home more in the past 2 weeks then ever!!! Today is Show and Tell day for the letter "S" So we pack up her sheriffs badges and snoopy for her and daddy to head off to class.

February 3rd

So today we had swimming lessons. Olivia is in the Guppy class. This is her 2nd time in the Guppy class. She recently advanced from the Goldfish class. Now today she gets her interim report and she is advancing yet again next session to the tadpoles! So it looks like she will be playing with the 5 year olds now in swimming class :O  We may go celebrate tomorrow night for open swim and some practice!

February 1st

So today our world is covered in ice. Olivia's dog Bailey slid down the driveway like a speed skater this morning. We are again in for the day and ready for a trip to the beach. We again spent our morning playing Wii. After Mario (me) won the first game, Olivia says to me "Mommy I am so said that you beat me up" I guess I will spend the afternoon teacher her that you beat someone in a game not beat them up!

The last days of January

Hoping for a better start for a new month! Spent the last week passing around a cold and Olivia had an ear infection. So stuck at home not feeling well all week. Olivia did go to school today for the first time in a week! She acted ready to go but when Daddy dropped her off she cried and didn't want to stay. She was worn out when I picked her up so we skipped our weekly Texas Roadhouse family night and ate in. A bit of motrin, amoxicillin and spagetti and she was acting much better. We spent our evening playing Mario Party on the Wii. She was excited tonight we finally opened the Bowser board so I imagine tomorrow during our "snow or ice" storm that should be coming we will again be playing Wii. Tonight everytime she won on Wii she yelled "rock on" She comes up with the best lines!

January 27

Olivia has a bilateral ear infection :(  she is definitely not feeling good. She was sitting watching tv with her one arm out of her nightgown, I asked why her arm was out of her nightgown, she replied "it's my gymboree style"

January 25 and 26

Olivia not feeling so hot right now. She has been coughing and now has a fever :( off to the doctor tomorrow. We have been home having quiet time and of course playing more Wii and "camp out". Today we were cleaning up the living room and I asked her to put something in the kitchen for me, she replied "I'm on it mom" She is so funny even when is not feeling good!

January 22, 23 and the 24th

Hello. It has been a cold quiet weekend. Temperatures were in the single digits and wind chills below zero! We hibernating in the house all weekend . It was a weekend filled with books, Wii, arts and crafts and baking. Warm front coming through.......30's this week !

January 21

Today we had a snow day! It was really cold out so we stayed in all day. We played camping, read books and played Wii. Tomorrow is going to be cold again so another morning spent playing at home.

Disney On Ice Princess 2011

January 20

Today is the Disney on Ice, Princess show. We have been waiting and waiting for. Our friends Karla and John Thomas are headed over to join us. We also have had snow all day, looks like about 5 inches so far so the ride to The Nationwide Arena should be a treat. Daddy decided to play driver so we get dropped off at the door tonight. We made it to the show! Olivia and John Thomas had a great time including popcorn, snowcones and cotton candy, followed by light up swords and butterflys! Pictures to follow!

January 19

Olivia had school today. They are working on the letter Q this week. Olivia is taking Quaker granola bars in to share with her class tomorrow. Her friends love yummy treats! Olivia and Daddy Dinner night tonight, wonder where they will end up........

January 18

Today Olivia had a new friend come over and play. Meghan and Olivia played for hours and had the best time. They played "camp out" and lots of Wii. Pizza for lunch and then some more Wii. Maybe Meghan wants to come play again next Tuesday!

January 17

Today we headed out to dinner to Texas Roadhouse. We go on Mondays to see Andy the Armadillo, hit the craft table and get balloons from Charlie the balloon guy. Tonight our friends Barbie and Arnav joined us. Olivia and Arnav picked out silly eye balloons from Charlie. They had fun using them sword fighting. Olivia loves Monday nights at Texas Roadhouse!

January 16

Today we used Olivia's new Easy Bake oven. We made a yellow cake with chocolate icing and sprinkles. Olivia decided to open the sprinkles herself..... she of course pulled off the lid and the entire bottle of sprinkles flew all over the kitchen :( so much fun!

January 15

Today was Olivia's first Basketball game. We attended the OSU vs Penn State game. OSU won but Olivia was much more interested in Brutus, the cheerleaders and cotton candy! As she says it, "we went to a Buckeye party"