Olivia-isms

Today while I was helping Olivia get dressed, she looked at my shirt, which has 'Old Navy' written across the chest on it and asked, "Mom, what does that say?"  I told her it read, 'Old Navy.'  She looked at me, looked back at it and said, "No mom, it says Old Mama!"  She was completely serious faced the whole time.  Meant every word.  I tried to correct her, but she insisted it really said, "Old Mama."

While playing with her new kitchen set from Christmas, Olivia told me she was making 'treats'.  She gathered them (mini-marshmallows) all up in a tupperware bowl, and started to then knock on all my kitchen cupboard doors. She would go from one to another knocking, then saying, "Merry Christmas!  We bring you treats."  When no one would answer the door, she'd look downtrodden and say to me, "Mama, no one is home."  Then she'd move onto the next cupboard.

I now have a new way to wake up Olivia.  She has taking to falling asleep in the late afternoons which really messes up her bedtime schedule.  I try everything I can to keep her awake, but the minute she sits down, she's out.  One day I tried everything I could think of to wake her up. Tickling her, playing with her face, prompting her with food...  nothing worked. Then I sat down at the computer and turned on her favorite... Hannah Montana.  She sat up instantly and told me she needed to dance!  Worked like a charm.  Now whenever I need to wake her up, I just turn to good old Hannah, and the dancing bug kicks in.

We took Brad's lunch to his work today. Olivia is such a daddy's girl.  She was really excited to see him, and talked his ear off all during lunch.  I was afraid that when we left she'd be upset that he wasn't coming with us.  But, as we pulled out of the parking lot, she said, "Wow... that was really fun to see daddy.  He's so really nice.  I kissed him and hugged him."  It was really cute.  Then a little bit later down the road, she SQUEALED, "I'm so excited to see daddy tonight!"  She is COMPLETELY a devoted daddy's girl!