If you want to know what about 2 minutes of shopping looks like with Olivia (if you are brave enough to not put her in the cart) then this is the video for you. She loves looking at everything on the shelves and asking if you want to buy it. This was Sunday morning after our normal Waffle House breakfast. It is nice to let her walk around before she heads back home.
We have had a hiatus from the farm this year, not sure why. We decided last weekend to take Olivia there since she loves it so much. We were hopeful she would still enjoy it, and she did. I was disappointed that there were only three pigs left, but that is better than none.
Livi was also photogenic this day. She is getting better at staying in a pose for us longer now. We can actually say “Look at mommy and smile”, or “Stand by that tree for a minute” and she will, sometimes reluctantly, but she will at least do it for us. It definitely helps for picture taking.
Father’s Day weekend marks Olivia’s first time eating corn on the cob. She really enjoyed it, but didn’t think too much of the corn that ended up stuck in her jagged teeth. Made for a fun night of flossing. Along with the corn, she threw a little fit wanting some margarine (I think because it looked like it could be whipped cream) so we gave her a little on her plate. She preceded to eat a small spoonful of it, and didn’t like it too much. Her face was priceless. Nothing like a mouth full of butter.
Saturday Olivia was invited to her friends 3rd Birthday party. She is the daughter of one of the professors at PC that we work with. We are friends with the family and Olivia talks about her often. She had a great time with the pools and slip-and-slide, and we think we may get her one as well. Olivia was also the most polite one at the party, saying “please” and clapping for everyone that did the slide. She was however, the only one not potty trained. Speaking of which, the other morning, I was changing her diaper and she was kicking her legs and arching her back like she always does, and I told her “You need to get potty trained because I am tired of this.” To which she whined, “I don’t want to sit on the potty train!” Now at times when she needs to go, she will occasionally say to mommy or daddy, “I need to sit on the potty train please” Such a confused little girl sometimes.
Olivia has not played outside much even though I have finished the fence for her, but she does love her time outside. We decided to let Chili and Lulu run around outside with her as well. She had fun running around after Chili. My favorite part was when Chili ran up to a bush, lifted his leg then continued on, and Livi, following close behind, went up to the same bush, lifted her leg, laughed, then carried on following Chili. Wish I got that one on video!!
This was from a few months ago, but it is Olivia talking to Grandma on the phone. She has gotten so good at talking on the phone now. It is so strange seeing her walk around talking like a big girl, well, I guess she really is a big girl now. Excuse the diaper though, she was probably due for a change..
Saturday night Brooke and I got to have a date night. Olivia sleept over at Mima and Grandpa Rob’s house for the first time in a long time. She had so much fun. Brooke and I went to dinner and a movie and had a good time as well.
Sunday we headed back down to Columbia to pick up Lee and spend the rest of the day with Rob and Marcia. We got there a little before Olivia woke up from her nap and had some lunch. When Livi woke up, Mima went up and got her from her crib. You should have seen her face when she turned the corner and saw Mommy and Daddy sitting at the table, it was like the fun was over! It broke our hearts but we understood, she was having a great time with Mima and Grandpa.
Livi finally snapped out of it and we had a good rest of the day with some swimming, lizard hunting, and cupcake eating. It was a good weekend for little Lee….
