Blue Pants and Logavnille Tree Lighting

Well this morning was how should I put it...a DISASTER! Brendon worked today so Olivia and I had breakfast.  Well 3 attempts at breakfast...3 different choices and she ate a little of each. Then we needed to stop at a few stores- just Kroger, Walgreens, Publix and the bank.  Well when it was time to get dressed she had a complete melt down over her pants.  She just did not want to wear these blue pants.  Not sure why...I guess because she hasn't warn them before...complete hot mess.  So I finally got them on but she wouldn't put her shoes on.  She said she would put them on when we got to Kroger..fine... picked my battle.  But then I had to carry her to the 3 stores because Kroger was the last stop! Grrr....but after that she was fine! After groceries we had lunch and did some laundry.  Then it was rest time.  Thank goodness she rested today!! After dinner we went to the tree lighting in Loganville.  We didn't wait in line for Santa...it was too long.  But we saw the tree get lit up and visited with the neighbors.  When we got home our Elf arrived with a box of Christmas goodies- pjs, Charlie Brown movie, some snowflake silverware, a penguin cup, and some popcorn! We are all ready for December!!

The big tree

She liked the snowman- didn't like any other characters!

Our Elf and his present he brought!

Happy Thanksgiving 2013

I have come to realize to lower my expectations about anything that is supposed to be special.  It softens the blow when things don't go just right.  Olivia woke up about 7 but we snuggled until 8 and we had breakfast.  She ate ALL of her breakfast! YAY!! We then watched the Macy's Thanksgiving parade which she liked...she saw some Sesame Street characters, Chica, and a few others.  Then she saw Santa at the end.  Brendon fed her lunch when I took a shower and she ate everything! YAY!  Then she didn't take a nap...oh well I think she was excited about turkey.  She helped with a few things in the kitchen and then played outside with daddy.  Then she watched Brendon carve the turkey.  She ate about 1/4 of a dinner roll, a few bites of corn, a few bites of turkey and we gave her a little bit of toast which she ate.  But then we had some pie...my first piece she tried a bite...loved it and she ate the whole piece.  So I tried to eat a second piece...she ate all of it except 2 bites.  So she at least at something and liked it!

But we are truly blessed, thankful, and grateful for everything on Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving 2013 - slideshows

Day Before Thanksgiving Prep

Well we had lots of tears today and Olivia would not eat a lot of anything...chasing her around and nagging her to eat is getting on our nerves.  I had to take a time out for myself during lunch which made the situation worse.

But today we did some baking...we had a ton of bananas...so we made banana bread.  I also made a fresh pumpkin pie, a pecan pie, and the stuffing for tomorrow.  My expectations at this point are pretty low of Olivia actually eating Thanksgiving dinner...I can only hope that she tries something...anything at this point.  She is eating...like a bird and we are practically forcing her to eat.  We are offering all her favorites so I hope nothing is wrong or else we will be heading to the doctor which I don't want to do!!

But I think Brendon and I are excited to eat turkey the most! Yummy!!

Gymboree and Hunger Games

This morning we went as a family to Gymboree.  Olivia had lots of fun.  She played and did the parachute.  After Gymboree we stopped at a few stores on the way home.  She took a car nap for a little bit on the way home.  We all had soup for lunch because it was so chilly and rainy today.  After lunch, Kristy came over and watched Olivia and Brendon and I had a date at the movies.  We went and saw Catching Fire.  It was sooooo good!! I am glad that we got to go on a date on such a rainy day...perfect day for the movies!  Then we came home for dinner and Brendon made an awesome peach cobbler! Now time to relax by the fire and enjoy some Saturday Night Live.

Haircut and Bass Pro Shops

Brrrrr...it was so chilly this morning.  Brendon went out hunting while Olivia and I enjoyed the warmth of the house.  We made bacon for breakfast.  Olivia kept calling it ham so I explained that they both come from a pig...she added..so do pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  I guess she associated her piggy bank with the bacon we were cooking.  We went for a hair cut this morning.  I got the bangs trimmed and the back.  We needed to tame the curls a little bit.  After her nap and a fussy 45 minutes and finally going to the bathroom we went to Bass Pro Shops.  I wanted to test out the water with Santa.  Well 2 years ago we were able to walk right up and see Santa, last year it was a mad house because we went pretty close to Christmas, so I thought going earlier would help.  There was no line for Santa when we got there...BUT we couldn't see him...they were handing out these passes with times on them...well they wanted to give us a 6:00 p.m. time...it was 4 o'clock when we got there so no thanks.  We walked near him and she seemed a little leery of him.  So we just walked around the fun stuff and Brendon got some Christmas presents for himself.  Then we finally got home and guess who didn't want to eat dinner again...cereal again for her...tomorrow is another day and try for dinner!

Chilly Sunday

Oh my it was chilly today!! Olivia got up at 2:45 a.m. asking where her turkey was and said she couldn't find him.  Luckily I found him snuggled in her blankets but then she made me lay down in her bed...totally zonked out in her bed  until she woke up at 7 a.m.  We got up and had breakfast and went to church.  Last night she discovered gloves and put them on...she totally freaked out last year about them...so I was glad she thought they were pretty cool and wore them and her hat to church today.  Brendon and I were both disappointed with the homily today....it was all about giving more "tidings" which means more money.  I thought it may have been a good Thanksgiving homily today but I guess some Sundays are better than others.  Olivia was really good during church which made us happy! We came home for breakfast and coffee.  Then I went to run...it was chilly at first but then I got warm.  Then this mommy needed her nails done which was very relaxing.  Brendon went back out into the woods tonight but didn't see anything...then he went through the 1,400 pictures on his game can of raccoons and squirrels and there were 2 pictures of deer =(  Olivia hated dinner again tonight...so she ate bananas, turkey, and a bowl of cereal.  This does not give me any hope about Thanksgiving...while we enjoy turkey and all the fixings she will probably be eating toast or cereal...I can almost bed on it!

Some forgotten photos...

Bringing home the turkey on Friday!

Snuggling before daddy left on Friday

Playing ball with daddy today!