Mr. Bossy

A few weeks ago Olivia and I read Little Miss Bossy.  Every once in awhile she has started telling me what to do or NOT what to do.  So I often give her a reminder that she is being bossy and shouldn't tell people what to do! So now she keeps calling me Mr. Bossy.  I think she forgot it was a girl in the story...but if I ask her to do something sometimes she says, "OK Mr. Bossy"  It is cute sometimes but not all the time...

This Little Miss Bossy needs to get to work!

Hunting with daddy

Got a few pics from the daddy daughter hunt last night! They are so cute.  Brendon said she did pretty good...she loves to talk...so it was hard for her to stay quiet.  But she did pretty good.  They didn't see anything. But she told me all about hearing the acorns falling and not seeing any deer.

Hope this is a start of a tradition for her.  I know Brendon wants her to be outdoorsy...which she is...she has not problem picking up worms when fishing and loves being outside!  Such a great daddy-daughter time well spent.

Fall and a low key weekend

Well Fall arrived Saturday morning.  Friday it rained and was REALLY humid.  Brendon had a doctor's appointment so we stayed low key this weekend while he recovered.  Saturday we woke up and it was soooo chilly! We had a lazy Saturday morning and I went and got a haircut and in the afternoon I ran and then stopped to get new running shoes.  Then we watched the Georgia game...but then ended up watching the end of the Ole Miss game.  Today it was even chillier when we woke up so we decided to make chile for dinner!  Right now Brendon and Olivia are out in the woods...how can you resist when Olivia said, "Daddy can I go hunting with you?" How could he not take her...who knows how much longer that will last!

Nice fall run Saturday

Chilling out on the "bed couch" which Olivia calls it

Go Dawgs!

Ribbon Week at Gymnastics

It was ribbon week at gymnastics.  There are skills that Olivia is assessed on at gymnastics.  She did a great job today until they got to the bars.  She is still scared of them from the first time she went all the way around like a flip holding the bars.  So she cried! Just a few tears but they were very supportive and at least had her try.  But still... she cried! If she wouldn't have cried today then we could have been bumped up to the next level.  So we will do this session again and see if she will be ready in December.  She will be closer to being 4 so we will see!

Creativity

There is no doubt that Olivia is a big thinker.  She is constantly doing...something or as she says...nothing...  But here are some of her latest creative "projects."

Made herself a little tent- complete with water, snacks, a flashlight, and "stuff" and a skin knee poking out

I am not doing anything...

Latest chalk drawing

Dry erase fun

Proud of her artwork

Just being super cute at dance class lining up

Tonight we made a scarecrow...great kit from Home Depot

Found this "selfie" on my phone

Out of order picture but wanted to learn on her tablet in her tent

Band-aids

Olivia has become obsessed with band-aids! Drove me nuts Saturday at the bike race...she had a minor boo boo and probably used at least 7-10 band-aids.  The other night she got out bed and got herself a band-aid.  Tonight while making my lunch and she was in bed...I heard those little feet and she was putting on band-aids on her thumb! Gee whiz!! It could be something worse and I know it is just a novelty for her! But driving us a bit crazy!!

Bike Race in the Mountains

This weekend we went up to the Georgia Mountains.  It was great weather, so pretty, and a much needed break after a long weekend of conferences.

The drive up wasn't too bad- typical Friday Atlanta traffic!! But once we got going towards the mountains the drive was great.  Olivia was a great passenger and we took a few potty stops.  We spent the night at Brendon's friends family cabin.  It was perfect.

We had dinner once we got there and then it was bed time.

The boys got up early and the girls stayed at the cabin for a bit and relaxed.  Then we went to the bike race.  It was the prefect weather up there.  Lots of sunshine but not too hot! The guys did great even though Brendon had a tumble and Jason had 2 flat tires.  Even though we didn't get on the podium we still had fun!