Lately

Pooh bear has to go on the park too!


Reading a good book with aunt Joni.





Olive's sign for aunt Joni :)


Hanging out with daddy!

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Teddy Bear Clinic

Olive had a blast at the teddy bear clinic today! She is normally a bit timid of mascots, but she loved this girl in the bear suit, she wanted nothing but hugs, knuckles and high fives from her!


Miss Ela rock climbing!! Great job Ela!!


Time for a snack!! Taking care of "bear" is hard work!





Now for a little face painting!

Definitely will go again next year! Thanks Korthuis family for inviting us!



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Bike ride

Sunday we all took a long bike ride around la crosse. It was a beautiful day and such a joy for us all- especially for olive in the ibert seat (pic below). She loves to be able to talk to us and wave to trucks, people etc.



These pictures were all taken at the Friendship gardens at riverside park, she found this sun face fountain quite interesting!











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Popcorn

Made popcorn with Olive tonight for the first time! She loves it :)


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Happy St. Patty's Day!

Olive enjoying a cupcake!




It was close to 80 degrees here on March 17th! Yes, the sprinkler is out and swimsuits are on! Olive wasn't too sure about that sprinkler and the cold water!




The girls had so much fun playing outside together! The night ended with a Bon fire and s'mores :)

Daddy/ Daughter date to The Circus!!

Okay, so the pictures aren't the best... left the good camera at home and took the small one. But, you get the idea :)

Chris and Chad took their girls to see the Shrine Circus on Wednesday. They all had a great time! Olive was mesmerized by the show... she sat on her Daddy's lap the whole time! They left a little early, as it was cutting into Olive's bed time and she was fading fast! Almost fell asleep! Olive's favorite parts of the evening were the elephants and tasting cotton candy for the first time (obviously I wasn't with!) with her good friends Izzy and Ela.  She was talking about the "circus" and the "big elephant" today :) 

Olive is doing really great with the recent day care transition. She's adjusting well and is a happy girl! They do lots of fun things throughout the day; finger painting, sign language, yoga, coloring, playing with rice, singing songs and dancing. She loves her new friends and teachers. All of which, is making me worry less about her when I'm at work :)

Maybe next year she can ride the elephant!

Chad, Isabelle and Gabriela

"Broadway" the Elephant

This was a couple days ago: Olive went to the mitten and hat bin and decided to get ready to go outside!

Being so silly with Daddy!

Lately

Putting on Mom's boots just doesn't get old! :)

Aunt Joni- She loves using this bucket as a hat!

We got to hang out with Izzy while her new baby brother was being born!! The girls had a blast! Olive was so excited to see Izzy in her living room when she woke up! She kept laughing and saying "Z-Z"!

Good friends!

Heading to Megan and Andy's wedding reception... needed a little toast first :) 

Chair decor as head piece! Princess O :)

Time to go play in the snow!

She didn't love the sled...  she was on it for a whole 10 seconds!

That snow tastes pretty good!

Helping Daddy build a snowman

Ta-Da!

Look who's been wanting to sit on the potty!

We all went out to get Olive big girl undies... these are the ones she picked. Olive loves dinosaurs and immediately picked out the "toy story" boy undies because they have a T-Rex on them! 

She's beginning to connect the dots with the potty ... not too consistent yet, but I don't think it will take her long!