Adventures with Olive and Georgia

I My Sweet Olive, You were just a smooshie squashie newborn, and I blinked. Now you are turning two years old. I can’t even believe it. You bring so much joy and laughter to our family, so I don’t even know what we did without you! I want you to always know just how special you are and have always been, so this little note can be a reminder (sorry it’s open to the public… if you end up being a super private lady). You love shoes and drums and cats and coffee and stickers.Those five things could consume your day. You change shoes like a runway model changing clothes. One trip down the hallway is enough and your ready for the next ones. You like drumming, whether on an actual drum, or the table, or your leg. You also hum when you’re thinking, and it’s the cutest thing ever. Kitties are definitely your favorite animals and you currently have an imaginary one that you feed and pet and play with. You like Mommy’s “cossee” and you pretend to drink several cups a day. You have abou

My Dearest Georgia, Can you believe that it has been two years since you came into the world?! It seems like yesterday that I was so shocked and sleep deprived from your arrival and new life. It seems like yesterday that you fit in my hand, just one hand! It seems like yesterday that you pooped on the wall (and my face), and then spit up almost every bottle in entirety for eight months. In the past year, you have grown and developed and astonished me.   I want you to know what you were like at two years old. You will ask me one day, and even though you are amazing and unforgettable, I’m not going to remember these special little details about you that are fresh in my mind now. You love to play. You are a mommy to many many babies, who cry and whine and poop and get hungry. You ask for “fwiends” to play with all the time.   You like to jump and run and scream and laugh. You enjoy being outside, picking flowers, sliding, swinging and going for walks (which means running t

We partied hard on Saturday, and plan to party all week for the big #2! The theme was PARTY ANIMALS, and it was so fun to plan. That might be my third calling (after mommying and teaching),  kid's birthday party planning. the invite- minus the rsvp number and address a spot for all the "prizes" (Everything they got for their birthday is now called party _____ . Party shoes, party seats, party purse, party babies) sweet treats- animal crackers, iced animal cookies, chocolate teddy grahams cheesy treats- buttery popcorn (not an animal, but whatever) and goldfish the watering hole strawberry marshmallow cupcakes ... with sprinkles and iced animal crackers butterfly PB and Js We have so much stuff left over! I just ate two cupcakes for dinner. we had a coloring station, tattoo station, and animal masks and a chalkboard (chalkboard wrapping paper :) the bounce house is always a hit Olive trying t