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Thursday, September 8, 2011

While getting pj's on tonight:
Me: Guess where you get to go tomorrow?
Olivia: The apple orchard!
(Correct response would have been "Auntie Nicki's" or "daycare")
Me: Not tomorrow, but soon! Pie, I could listen to you talk all day - you're so cute!
Olivia: I know it!
Yes you do...

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Two things that melted my heart over the weekend:

1.) We stopped at the Norske Nook on our way to Wisconsin Dells this weekend. We each enjoyed a healthy hearty dose of Scandinavian comfort food. Olivia was being cute and funny as usual, as she munched on her lefse appetizer and played with the Norwegian and American flags at the table. At one point, I told her, "You are my favorite piece of Pie (Pie being the name she goes by 90% of the time around our house). She returned the complement with, "You are my favorite piece of Mom."

2.) Walking through the water park at our resort on Saturday, Olivia said, "Hold me, Mommy."
"I'd love to hold you," I replied. Her response, "You're my best friend, Mom."
I don't know where she's heard of best friends or what exactly she thinks that means, but I'll take it.
 "This is Olivia. She is good at lots of things. She is very good at wearing people out.  She even wears herself out."

If you are familiar with Ian Falconer's "Olivia" series, you'll recognize those first few lines from his book.
Our Olivia knows the books well, almost by heart. She loves the books and any other Olivia the Pig paraphernalia. I'm happy to say, she isn't quite the handful that the literary character is.

Today as she and I were playing with sidewalk chalk, she found that the chalk was just the right size to push through the little holes of her small, plastic wheelbarrow (read: sidewalk chalk holder). Satisfied with her cleverness, she told me, "I am good at lots of things."