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

dishwasher

Emma has a new found love of washing dishes. She would wash for hours if I’d let her.