Quotes from my dear Olivia

It is always unexpected. I try my darnedest to remember every single one. Olivia's random thoughts and comments are some of the things that I love most about being a mom. It always makes me wonder how her little mind views this crazy world we live in.

Most recently, on Valentine's Day we gave Jack and Olivia superhero capes. Jack's is blue with a yellow lightning bolt and Olivia's is hot pink with a yellow lightning bolt. Olivia and Jack played in them all day racing around the house and making flying sound effects. Olivia stopped abruptly to inform me that she is the "superhero of love". Belly laughs ensued.

We were talking about how Olivia NEVER takes a nap. The conversation then turned to her frequent nightmares to which I said, "You always have nightmares." She replied, "Yeah, but only at night."

One day on the way home from swimming lessons, Olivia said "I didn't want a little sister or a little brother, I just wanted to be alone." OUCH!

One day while I was preparing dinner, Olivia said, "Mom, your big belly looks like it has a baby in it." Here I am thinking that I have lost some more of this baby weight that continues to plague me only to have my hopes dashed by my 5 year old. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!

We made it...

Another yucky January has passed. I HATE January. Dreary, gray, cold and miserable. Did I mention that I HATE January? On February 1st the sun was out. It was still cold, but the gray, smoggy days seem to disappear. Today is another beautifully sunny February day. Just the fact that the sun is out lifts my spirits that winter will soon be over. Kelton's birthday is January 30. I celebrate his birthday and the end of the worst month of the year!

Ride 'em cowboy!

Jack and Olivia both love the new horses at the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. Giddy up!

My boy

Jack rides his plasma car around the house in his sock monkey pajamas and his fireman boots. What a cutie!

The missing tooth

 

Olivia lost her first tooth on December 28th, 2009. My baby is growing up!

The ear piercing event

This is Olivia and I before she got her ears pierced. We don't have an 'after' picture because she was crying. When we left the mall I asked her if they hurt and she said, "not really". I asked why she was still crying and she said because she wanted to. Go figure!

Christmas Village

 

Right before Christmas, we took the kids to the Christmas village in Ogden. It was just as fun as seeing the lights at temple square and much closer to home.

Making crayons

During the winter break, Olivia, Jack and Kaylee made crayons out of the old bits and pieces of crayons in our many crayon boxes. We melted them in the oven and made very colorful crayons that looked a lot like Reese's peanut butter cups.

Fun fall leaves

 

Kelton came home from work one fall day and used the leaf blower to blow all of the leaves in the backyard into a HUGE pile for the kids to play in. The had a ball playing in the leaves until dark.

Jack turns 2!

Jack turned 2 on November 2. He had two fun birthday parties and got lots of new toys from his very loving grandparents, aunties, uncles and cousins. 

Happy Birthday, sweet boy!