Daycare was 50/50

Olivia did "ok" at daycare last week. She got stickers 2 out of the 4 days. We were so happy for her those 2 days! She missed one day b/c we took her in to the ER Mon night at 12:30AM-she woke up wheezing & sounded like her throat was almost swelling shut. It was a very scary experience for Pat and I. Turned out she had croup, so Pat stayed home with her Tuesday. She is doing much better now. This weekend we stayed put for the most part. Pat stayed at Molly's in the cities on Friday night-he was supposed to have a seminar all day Saturday, but left that morning back home because of the blizzard. It took him 3 hours to get here instead of 1 & 1/2 hours-he wasn't sure if he could straighten out his fingers by the time he got home. He white-knuckled it the whole way. Today we watched the Vikings lose again-but the Bears (Pat's team) beat them so turned out to be a good thing. The picture below is the only picture, believe it or not, that I took all week (& from my phone). We sent it to Pat Friday night-his girls we're missing him. Well-Olivia just came up to me tattling on her baby over & over- "Baby took my band-aid" I better go check this out...never a dull moment!

A Successful Day at Daycare!

Lisa at daycare has been working with Olivia on not pinching, hitting, and scratching. The victim is a little girl named Zeva, who is just a little younger than Olivia. I believe Zeva gets in her pushes too-but still no excuse. Last Monday Lisa started a little incentive program for the kids. If there is none of the aforementioned behavior going on, they get to pick out some stickers at the end of the day. Well, last week Monday came and went and no stickers. Tuesday-same thing. Wednesday, Olivia drew blood with her scratching across Zeva's face. Thursday-nada, and why start something good on the last day of the week-Friday was a zilch for the stickers too. But today-OLIVIA CAME HOME WITH STICKERS!!! She even got a Congratulations certificate. I think Lisa was quite proud of her. And so are we. Let's hope she follows suit the rest of the week. I'll keep you posted.

Happy Halloween

I thought I better get the blog updated with our fun Halloween pictures before Thanksgiving gets here. We had so much fun this year taking Olivia around for her first trick or treating. There is a street here in town with about a 5-6 block stretch that really gets decked out for the night. Olivia and I went up to the first house. After getting her candy, Olivia just stared at the person and I had to keep telling her time to go. Then as she walked down their sidewalk, she kept looking back at the house, wondering what just happened. It took a few houses, but she eventually, on her own, and in the sweetest voice, said "Trick or Treat" and "Thank you" at each house. There were a few scary houses that she wasn't to sure about and we had to skip, but overall had a great time.

All ready to go Trick or Treating
Olivia and all her candy-gotta love Halloween!

Olivia opening up her Halloween Silly Bands from G & G Driscoll. Also in the package was an Olivia Halloween book & shirt. Olivia was also spoiled from G& G Froehlich with some Halloween loot. Thanks to all!

Olivia dancing and singing "wiggle your hips, wiggle your hips". This tutu/skirt has become an almost daily necessity to every outfit.

We took Olivia to the ECFE Halloween party at the school. (Above) Olivia got in a game of Plinko. Unfortunately it wasn't for a chance to win $50,000 in cash, but instead she took home a post-it pad (there is a 3-M factory here & they help sponsor alot) Below was her favorite station hammering in some tees into a pumpkin. (You can't tell by the picture, but she did thoroughly enjoy it.)

Olivia using her monkey abilites and attempting the climbing wall.

Olivia and Baby Beans

Olivia has a new favorite doll-Baby Beans. She's got jelly beans on her outfit, hence the name. Baby Beans goes everywhere Olivia goes now. The other night I came into the living room to find Olivia showing Baby Beans all the toys in the new Toy's R Us magazine. She had her right on her lap, talking to her about it. Of course once the camera came out, the scenario changed a little, but it was cute as can be. However, her little cuteness isn't always cute. This same day Olivia spent some time in time out at day care for punching, hitting in the back, and pulling hair. We're going through quite the phase with her now. I love all her new vocabulary & she's doing a very good job at putting sentences together, but sometimes it's "Don't talk to me", "Don't wook (look) at me", "Don't sing to me (which I can understand)" or the latest one "Don't kiss me on the head" or the Miss Independence really coming out "Don't help me" Can you say terrible two's?

These two pictures are from yesterday. Olivia's daycare had a Halloween Party for all the kids, and she came home with quite the bag of candy. She was feeding Baby Beans her Milk Duds, and came to me with the half empty box and chocolate drooling down her mouth, saying "Baby beans don't wike them". Obviously Olivia does.

Happy Birthday Jack!

Our nephew Jack had his 4th birthday costume party this weekend and all the kids were dressed up so cute. They painted pumpkins, played with balloons, had yummy pumpkin cupcakes, and got pumpkin buckets full of candy. What a party!

The cutest Minnie Mouse ever!!

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More opening pheasant pics

My mom sent me quite a few more pictures of the weekend so I wanted to add a few more to the blog :)