Holy Week photos

Holy Thursday...7:30 p.m. Mass. A little late for Olivia, but she behaved fairly well. And it wore her out. She comforted herself to sleep on the way home by wrapping her blankie around her head. Can't go anywhere without this blankie now. It is her security and comfort.

Olivia models her Good Friday ensemble outside of Church.

Olivia and her cousin Trey hunted eggs at Grandma & Grandpa's house on Good Friday evening.

On Holy Saturday, hunting eggs at Grammy & Grampy's house.

Grammy taught Olivia to play Yahtzee. Olivia kept putting the dice in the cup saying "shake 'em up!"

Easter Sunday morning, checking out her Easter Basket goodies.

Slap happy and sleep deprived in her Easter dress.

Hunting eggs on her playset.

Elmo, playset, enjoying Spring

Olivia buckling Elmo in for his "nummies".

Look, Mommy! I did it all by myself!

This is how I play on my swings.

See? FUN!

Oh, I am so cool.

In our front yard, watching for cars.

New playset

Mommy and Daddy bought the neighbor's playset. Uncle Jared and Grandpa came over to help set it up. Trey helped me test the parts.


Looks good to me, Grandpa!

Her three best friends

Hi!

This is Fansis. He's my pal.

This is Mary. I like to give her kisses. So nice!

And, of course, there's my cousin, Trey. We were sharing the firetruck in this picture. It doesn't go very fast when we are both on it, though.

Happy St. Paddy's Day

Today is SUCH a nice day that Olivia was able to wear one of her cutest Spring outfits, which just happens to be pastel green (appropriate for the day). We took a picnic lunch to Daddy at his office. We were early, so we walked around outside and explored while we waited.

Here, Olivia is singing "Happy Birthday". She thinks it's just a regular song, like "Itsy Bitsy Spider" or something. It's also one of her favorites, so she breaks out in Happy Birthday on a regular basis.

"Oh, Mommy, look at all those steps over there. Can we climb them? Please?"

We took a little walk with Daddy to a nearby grotto. Olivia was sitting on Daddy's shoulders singing "Jesus Loves Me" for most of the walk. This is another of her favorite songs, but she usually starts singing it when she sees a cross or religious statue or a church. We don't prompt her...she comes up with it on her own.
In case you were wondering, Olivia's version of "Jesus Loves Me" goes like this:
Jesah Lahb Me, Ah-Ah know! Ah da Bah-Buhl teh mah sew!

The second line is a little harder to decipher. It mostly ends up sounding like "Ah-bah-bah" in time with the tune.

I'm ready for my close-up!

Playing with her new wooden toy from Fr. D.

The toy is a woman giving her baby a bath, and the arms go up and down when you move the paddle so that the hanging ball swings in a circle.

She hasn't quite figured it out.

Happy Birthday TO YOU!

Practicing our birthday song to sing to Grampy.

Spring at last!

Olivia enjoying some popcorn at a college basketball game.

Warm weather...finally!

Hey Mom, did you see that car over there?

Look at THAT one!

Dude...what's that?