all I want for christmas
At Olivia’s doctor appointment the doctor confirmed what I already thought… Olivia is getting all 4 top teeth! Yay for teeth all at once. Boo for sleep. But she’s still the cutest.
hello fall
It was a beautiful day for the park. The zip line park of course.
dress up
This afternoon Emma had a friend over. They got all dressed up in princess dresses, jewelry, tiaras and capes. Olivia didn’t want to be left out, so she found a tiara for herself.
stack them high
This morning Olivia laid perfectly still while Emma and I stacked toys on her head. When we were done she sat up and tried doing it herself. She’s also been waving like crazy. All you have to say is “say hi” and she starts going.
daddy's work
Emma has been having some serious separation issues when Braden leaves for work in the morning. It’s at least a 10 minute goodbye that can result in a death grip on the side mirror if she doesn’t get a satisfactory goodbye. The other day it took both of
get us out of here
Today Emma had her 3 year check up. She was such a big girl and did great! She’s in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. Poor Olivia is getting all 4 top teeth and got a flu shot. She’s in about the 40th percentile for both
lone oak days
We went to a fall festival today. There were pony rides, which was really the main reason we went. Surprisingly there wasn’t a line for pony rides, so Emma got to ride all three ponies. She also pet a bunch of animals, posed for pictures, watched the men’s
let's ride
Emma had a lot of options of things to do today. Her choice – riding rides at the Mall of America. After the rides she got to play some games at the arcade. By the time we were all done it was lunch time. We were walking past the American Girl
crayola experience
Everyone here has been raving about the new Crayola Experience that opened at the Mall of America. There is a Groupon for 2 tickets for the price of 1, so I bought them last week. The place lived up to the hype and was completely dead. I upgraded to a
little monkey
Olivia climbed up the big slide at the park today. All the way to the top!
bunny rescuer
Last night I could hear something outside the living room window. I had to look outside a few times before I realized a bunny had fallen down into our egress window. We couldn’t leave it down there, so Braden got to work with grilling gloves, a towel, a snow