Princess and the Pea

Steve and I took Liv to the "Princess and the Pea" play put on by Chicago Kids Theater Company. Olivia reads Princess and the Pea at least once a day - the book is dog-eared and memorized. So she was beyond excited to meet the characters in real life. The icing on the cake was when they played "single ladies" as part of the play. Olivia was amazed!

Arts and Crafts

Liv and I are having fun doing Valentine's art projects.

Sweet Girl

I was reading books to Olivia before she went to bed tonight, when she leaned in close and said: "Mommy, I falling in love with you."

What Fun!

Liv loved the "pretty room" with a disco ball.


Yes, it's true. Liv really did make something in shop class.


Olivia (who is typically very timid) climbed through this whole maze - all by herself!

Preparation for the wind tunnel

Look at the little boy - I think he is spying on his crush.

Liv and I spent some time at the Dupage Children's Museum on Saturday - we had a blast.

Bears and Wolfies and Butterflies Oh My!

Liv and I had a great time at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum on Sunday. Liv was amazed at the polar bear. And the wolfies - yikes - might not help her nightmares! Liv's favorite was the butterfly haven. It is magical.

Snow Bunny

Girlies

Jumpy

One of Olivia's favorite past-times is to jump on the bed. She often incorporates finger snaps and dancing into it.

Liv Tidbits

First, my apologies for lack of posting. I promise more pictures and more often. Secondly, I wanted to share some of Liv's recent comments:

The other day, Liv heard someone on TV say "fiancee" - she turned to me, all excited and said "Beyonce!"

We had a rug delivered today, and it is fairly heavy, and packaged in plastic with a lot of tape. Liv ran up to it and said "ooooh, thank you so much!" and then proceeded to try to rip off the packaging. She told me she had nice muscles and she could help me. After her nap, though, she told me her nice muscles just couldn't do it anymore.

Blizzard Lizard

We had the news on Monday evening, and it seemed every few minutes there was a mention of the "blizzard": blizzard watch 2009, blizzard update, Chicago's worst blizzards. And with every mention of "blizzard" Olivia heard "lizard". She'd clutch at her chest and run to us wide-eyed. Liv went to bed easily, though. I can only imagine what was going on in her active imagination.

Table for Two

Liv and Esme enjoyed Aunt Aimee's delicious homemade pasta sauce.

Winter Fun

Olivia is fascinated with the snow. She loves it - sledding, building snowmen, snow angels. It's hard to convince her to come in the house!

It's Never Too Early for Valentines

Liv has been busy decorating the house for Valentine's Day. You can see how excited she was by her brilliant idea to make a "green lizard"-themed heart, as evidenced above.

It's Hard Work

Peeling a clementine with these little hands.

Take Two

Enjoy this (very) brief video of Esme busting out her sweet moves!

Single Wady

Like Esme and Ellie, Olivia loves Beyonce's Single Ladies. Who doesn't? She's always singing about the "single wadies"; although I don't know many ladies who pick their noses. But that's a conversation for a different day. Note: Liv requests "some boys" which is actually Madonna's Material Girl. But, according to Liv, Madonna doesn't sing it, her Aunt Aimee does.

What a Nightmare

Liv woke up this morning saying how scared she was. The source of fright is her most recent favorite book, Miss Nelson is Missing. For those of you unfamiliar, Miss Nelson is a sweet teacher with an unruly class. She dresses up as the mean Viola Swamp to set her class straight. It was a book we read when we were little. I got Liv out of her crib, and she said this: "I closed my eyes, and suddenly Miss Nelson in my room!" While I hate that Liv is scared, perhaps this Miss Nelson will mix things up, I think we've all heard enough of the "wolfies."

Fountain of Youth

If the secret to looking younger is cozy PJ's and slicked-back hair, sign me up.

In Liv's Perfect World...

Barbie would be president, and My Little Ponies would run as rampant as squirrels.

All Set!

Liv was ready to run some errands with her sunglasses from Grace, and a thick smear of lipgloss.

The 1980's Called

They want this look back.