Today, we celebrated Easter with my side of the family. We wanted Olivia to be able to have an Easter egg hunt with her cousin, Izzy. We had a wonderful ham dinner and were grateful that my grandma and great aunt were able to attend. Thanks everyone for a great afternoon.
Ready to hunt for some eggs.
Taking time out to slide.
Egg spotting
Olivia is a bit under the weather and when she started running a temp and complaining that “her mouth was sick,” I took her to the doctor. All of the anxiety that she has always had about medical offices seems to be in the distant past. The only time she cried was when they scraped her throat to test for strep and I know how unpleasant that is. She was such a big girl! And, no strep. . .just a virus so we’ll let it run its course. Would you believe that she has not been into the doctor since her 3 year old checkup in September? She almost made it through her entire first year of preschool without a single trip to the doctor! How amazing is that for a 23 weeker?! The most reassuring part of the visit was when they weighed and measured her. I constantly worry about her weight gain because she is tiny for a 3 1/2 year old. She weighs 27 lbs, but she is still following her curve. Sure, she’s only in the 1% but that hasn’t changed. Now, I don’t remember her exact height (it was over 3 ft) but she went from being in the 10% to the 40%. So, they were very happy with that and pleased overall. That’s such a weight off my shoulders as I want to make sure she is always growing and developing as she should. Despite Olivia being sick, we had a pretty good day today. Olivia is still clapping and singing as usual, so it’s not getting her down.
As you know, Olivia is crazy about her trains. She loves to play at her train table, but she doesn’t always use trains for their intended purposes. For instance, tonight we had to push her trains on the swingset.
Her trains use the potty.
Her trains are assigned their own chapsticks. LOL.
And, her trains look at pictures with her on my iPhone.
I tell ya, she’s crazy about her trains. They are like her babies. She feeds them. She pushes them in her stroller, sleeps with them and carries them around in her purse. If this fascination keeps up, she’s going to be having a train party for her next birthday. How in the world do I make that girly? Every day, I enjoy seeing all the fun ways she can play with her beloved Percy and the rest of the gang.
We had such a lovely day. We painted Easter eggs with Shelley and Izzy. We spent lots of time outside. The girls played so well together. Then it went downhill this evening when Olivia forgot to duck and ran smack into one of the boards under her slide. She has a nice knot on her nose, which I’m hoping doesn’t cause a black eye. The evening continued downhill from there. I have never been more ready to go to bed!
Tonight, I took the pictures off of Olivia’s camera. I really enjoyed seeing what pictures she took. These are just a few that I found.
She took a picture of me taking a picture of her.
She almost missed me in this one. Good thing I leaned over.
Here’s a cute shot of her little feet.
Tobey made it in the pictures.
And, there were a lot of pictures of herself. Sometimes she has the camera backwards and takes a picture of herself rather than the object she intends to take a picture of.
But, they are cute nonetheless. . .
This one is my favorite.
It’s spring time. . .time to get out that mower!
Izzy did a great job mowing the lawn. And, picking all the “yellow flowers.” Our backyard is now almost dandelion free.
Olivia’s new bubble blowin’ lawn mower was a hit! And, while we were busy playing. . .the kitties were busy snoozing. I thought they looked just precious and had to take a picture.
Olivia spent the day (and is spending the night) at her grandparents’ house. But, don’t be misled. . .we did anything but relax. First, we painted the stairwell area of our house. We have been dreading that for two years. Two years ago was when we painted the entry way and decided to paint the whole house room by room. We believe in baby steps. . .LOL. Well, now the entry way, kitchen, dining room, hallway and living room is complete! After we finished with that, we worked outside in the yard. I tell ya, I’m going to be sore tomorrow. Then, we showered, got dressed up and went out on a date. Ryan surprised me and made dinner reservations at Kobe’s Steakhouse. What a productive day followed by a wonderful evening!
For those who haven’t heard, the Wichita State Shockers won the N.I.T. Championship tonight. Being a graduate of Wichita State, I am pretty proud. Way to go Shox!
We were at a store the other day and Olivia spied him. Her eyes lit up and she fell in love. . .with Ducky. Being the suckers that we are, we took him home with us. Call it an early Easter present. Olivia immediately told us that she loved Ducky and that he was “one BIG duck!” He has since had to ride in the car with her, sleep with her, play with her, etc. So, here is the newest member of our family: Ducky!
My husband’s birthday was last Wednesday and we celebrated it with my family today.
Here are my two favorite people in the world.
Aunt Shelley got a lot of love!
Sweet Izzy
Sorry for the delay in writing. . .I’ve had writer’s block, I guess. Hope everyone had a great Spring Break!
Olivia was busy drawing when I heard her getting frustrated and saying, “I can’t draw a giraffe. . .I can’t draw a giraffe.” I went over and found she had drawn this perfect giraffe! I was amazed. And, how ironic that she chose to draw a giraffe! Anyway, I thought I’d share this masterpiece. She warms my heart every day.
Today was a wonderful day. We did all kinds of fun and exciting things like shopping, wearing sandals for the first time, more shopping and spring closet cleaning. Olivia was thrilled when I gave her a manicure/pedicure. She wanted her nails red just like mama.
She was very disappointed, however, when she learned Percy could not have his nails painted.
We also got to see some baby chicks and Olivia got to pet one.
Yes, it’s beginning to look a lot like Easter. . .especially with the rabbit ears Olivia found at the grocery store. She wore them for quite awhile. If only I’d taken the tag off before I snapped the picture.
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