Olivia

What a whirlwind these past four years have been. Olivia is growing up so fast! She has an amazing personality and I am so proud of her! She still loves the color purple, I think this will stick with her for a while. She is currently obsessed with My Little Pony. This is currently the only tv show that they watch.

For her birthday, Olivia wanted a party. This was surprising to me because she is so shy and doesn’t like to be the center of attention. So we threw together a birthday party with a few of the girls from Olivia’s preschool on Saturday. (Her actual birthday is Super Bowl Sunday).   Three little girls came to the party, making this the quietest party we have ever thrown. Olivia had the best time. I’ve never seen her talk to other kids as much as she did today. I think being in her own domain made her more comfortable. Can you guess the theme of the party? Haha of course it had to be My Little Pony! We went to Party City and filled up on MLP items. Then perusing Pinterest brought me to Hasbro’s website for blank ponies. I got one for each of the girls. They had  a lot of fun decorating their ponies. (They were a little frightening after the girls colored them, but how cool is it to have your own pony!)  The piñata was impossible to break, haha 5  little girls just couldn’t do it. Adrian had to tear it  in half. We made rainbow cupcakes for Rainbow Dash. I have to say that these are my favorite cupcakes to make, they are just so pretty!

For Olivia’s actual birthday she wants to go mini-golfing in the morning. My parents are having a Super Bowl party later in the day, we’ll probably tell her it’s a second birthday party 🙂

Adrian and Jillian had their Native Nation’s (Indian Princess) meeting tonight, so I asked my mom to watch Claire and Olivia and I went to Disneyland! We had a blast with just the two of us! It was so easy to go from ride to ride only having to worry about one child! Unfortunately for me, Olivia loves the rides that go in circles. My head was spinning by the end of the night. The photos are from Dumbo and the Carousel in California Adventure. 

She’s such a cutie, even with that forced smile. Olivia is doing well in preschool. Mrs. Foulds, her teacher, says that she is talking more in class. Haha it’s still not much.

I cannot believe that Olivia is old enough to start preschool. She was extremely nervous to begin school. She’d been having tons of accidents in the weeks leading up to the start of school. We finally figured out that the root of the accidents were because she was scared to go to school.

Luckily the first day of school was just an hour long meet and greet. I took a personal half day so that I could go with her to class. We also brought Jillian along for support. Olivia did great she loved coloring in the classroom. I think seeing Mrs. Foulds and Mrs. Lee again took some of the nerves away.

We had to remind Jillian that it is Olivia’s class now and to let her take the lead. Overall it was a successful meet and greet day!

After her first official day without parents, Olivia was so proud that she didn’t have an accident. I’m sure that she is going to have a great year and absolutely love preschool as much as Jillian did!