I can't find my hat...

Olivia was ready to leave her friend Manny's house. She went and grabbed her boots and hat and started putting her stuff on. Right after this picture was taken...

Olivia: Daddy, where's my hat?

Me: Um, it's on your head sweetie.

Olivia: Oh. (Puts her hand on her head) There it is!

This Is Jeopardy!

Olivia and I were watching Jeopardy, and there was an answer about a charge card created in 1950 by Frank McNamara after he lost his wallet in a restaurant. The question?

Me: What is Diners Club?

Olivia: What is Dinosaurs Club?!

I said 'Demanding'...

Me: Olivia, you can be very demanding sometimes.

Olivia: I'm not Amanda!!

Your Doctorate is in What Exactly...?

Olivia was playing with her doctor's kit, and kept giving me shots. I said 'Dr. Olivia, where did you get your medical license?' She said 'I don't know. I don't have a medical lettuce.'

Sharks

Olivia: I'm not a shark. I'm not a shark because I have eyebrows!

The Prognosis Isn't Good...

Olivia's Grandma was over yesterday and got a cramp in her leg. Olivia said 'It's OK Grandma.I have a doctor kit.  I can fix it for you.” She went and got her kit and was giving Grandma a “check up”.

Grandma: "Am I going to live, Dr. Olivia?"

Olivia: “I don’t think so...”

Toaster

Olivia: Daddy, I want a bagel.

Me: OK, sweetie. Do you want it plain or toasted?

Olivia: We can't toast it Daddy. Only bread lives in the toaster.

Me: It's OK to toast a bagel too.

Olivia: NO! Only bread lives there!

Jellyfish

We were watching a nature documentary on Netflix (I love Netflix if you can't tell) and I kept asking Olivia what the different animals were. They showed a scene with a large group of jellyfish:

Me: Wow, Olivia, do you know what those are?

Olivia: Uh, those are Bubbles!!!





Later on, they showed another group of jellyfish like the ones to the left. Olivia started yelling:

'Daddy, Daddy! She hurt her leg! She hurt her knee!!'

She's Better at Sales than her Dad!!

Olivia LOVES Thomas the Tank Engine! Leah and I aren't huge fans of the show, but she likes it, so we'll let her watch it occasionally. She always wants to watch the show on Netflix, and she goes out of her way to get us to turn it on. This is probably her best attempt ever!

Olivia: Mama, you wanna come sit down on the couch with me?

Leah: Sure sweetie!

Olivia: Mama, you wanna come sit down on the couch with me and relax?

Leah: OK, that sounds like fun!!

Olivia: Mama, you wanna come sit down on the couch with me and relax watch Thomas?!

Olivia's Geography Test



I didn't eat Papa, I swear!!



I was talking to Olivia about her Grandma, and she said 'Grandma lives in Brighton!' I don't know where Olivia learned that, so as a test, I asked her where Papa lived (that's her Grandpa's nickname). She said 'I don't know.' I told her that he lives in South Lyon, and she got a big smile on her face and replied 'Yeah!'

Leah got home a little later from work and asked Olivia where Grandma lives, and she yelled 'Grandma lives in Brighton!!' We decided to test her again and asked where Papa lived, to which she got a really confusef look on her face and replied 'I don't know.' 'Yes you do, honey.' 'Uh, he lives inside lions!!'

Everybody Poops!

Olivia was using the potty, and suddenly yelled out:

'Daddy, I poop! Just like Mama!!'

She's very observant

I was crawling around on all fours, and Olivia was chasing me around the couch. I stopped behind the couch and grabbed her when she came running by me and tickled her. We did this several times, except one time I hid under the blanket hanging off the back of the couch. She stopped, looked at me, and said 'Daddy, you're weird. You're really weird!'

What's in the woods?

It's been unseasonably warm the last few days. It already feels like Spring, which is dangerous because we haven't even had a good snowfall yet! I'm really dreading the winter now, because it feels like it's already over, and it hasn't even started.

It was about 46 out yesterday, so we decided to go for a walk through the woods by our house. They just opened up a paved trail less than a mile from us, and there are some unpaved hiking trails that weave their way through the woods. It's really nice, especially when you consider downtown Northville is less than a mile away.

Olivia was having a blast, running through the mud and picking up sticks and waving them around like swords. We asked her if there were animals in the woods. She said yes. 'What kind of animals?'

'Elephants... and more elephants, chickens, dogs, cows, tracks, deers, kittys, giraffes....'

We just let her keep going. The more kids grow up the more you realize you want to live in their world, where elephants and giraffes are always right around the corner. Being an adult is too serious.

Zoo

It was so nice outside that we decided to go to the zoo (yes, we went to the zoo in January. In Michigan!) Most of the animals were inside, so we walked through and saw the giraffes. We were going to see the rhinos and Olivia yelled out:

'I want to go see the rhinoculars!!'

She's growing up

It's a sad day.

Olivia has always said 'ornage' instead of orange. She wants 'ornage juice', pumpkins are 'ornage', as are carrots. It's so cute to see kinds come up with their own words.

She now wants 'orange juice'. I just want to grab her and tell her to just slow down, there's no reason to grow up so fast. She wouldn't listen to me though, she never does.

Crash!

Olivia has a little toy car that only has one button. You hit the button once and the car goes forward; the next time you hit it, the car turns in a circle. She was worried about the car running into the wall and crashing, so I was trying to explain how to get it to turn to avoid the wall. She still didn't believe me, but she started hitting the buttons and sure enough, it ran right into the wall. She looked at me and said 'See Daddy? I told you it was gonna crash!'

Turkey

Olivia just said she wanted turkey. So I went and grabbed a piece for her, and she said:

'I don't like this stuff', meaning the outside part of the turkey.

I told her 'That's the best part sweetie.'

Her response?

'But it isn't...'