Exciting!

She can count to 5! :)

The cute and difficult of my daughter:

The cute: Walking across a parking lot holding hands... and then she starts kissing my hand. Muah sounds and all. Hearing her babble to the the tune of "The wheels on the bus" or "The Hokey Pokey". She also tries to sing the ABC's and H seems to be her favourite letter. :)
The difficult: Hitting and kicking, "NOOOOOO!", "MINE", and "DON'T" to name a few. The cute far outweighs the difficult though!

Talking and chores

Yesterday while Mommy was sewing, Olivia watched from the seat next to me. After whining and growing impatient, she had a realization, looked up at me, raised her eyebrows and said, "All done?" :) Her first two word sentence!
Tonight she plainly came up and asked, "Cookie?" She wanted some nature valley bar.
Today she also got paid for the first time for doing "chores". This may seem pre-mature, but she thinks it is a great game. First she took her clothes and put them in the washing machine, closed the door and after Mommy put the soap in she pushed the button. She then received a quarter and promptly ran in and put it in her piggy bank. The other "chores" were putting her blankets back on her bed, her shoes back in the basket, her toys away, and the magnets on the refrigerator. She earned all the change in my pocket, one coin after each chore adding up to $1.18. She LOVES the piggy bank her Uncle Andrew gave her, so she loves putting the coins in it!
Olivia also loves going into Starbucks, getting a milk from the case, handing it to the cashier, giving them the money and then recieving the change. :) She is SO adorable. My beautiful little girl!!!

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Olivia stuck in the bathroom

Filoli and Talk Like A Pirate day

Words: Uh-oh, no, puppy, kitty, doggy, bubbles, mil(k), mommy, daddy, Nana, hello, bye bye, hey, "here-go" (Here ya go), mo(re).

Actions: Brushing teeth: Holding the brush under the water, letting us put the toothpaste on, "brushing" aka trying to suck the banana flavour off (we brush for her), she holds it under the water to rinse, taps to dry, and tries to put it back.
Follows directions like "Put it back." "Close / Open the door." "Bring me your shoes/doll/milk etc."
Tries to put on her own shirts or jackets, and sometimes her shoes. She wears daddy's shoes and tries to dress her dolls. She likes to play mommy, and pushes her doll around in a stroller, stops to check on her, gives her a kiss and starts again. She gives us kisses. Climbing has become a new favourite. She also likes to run and dance. Making messes has now become fun, so we are learning to clean up after ourselves. As I am writing that she is throwing raisin bran everywhere.