Spotlight

First, I'm very sad that Olivia wouldn't let me take her picture for this event and keeps telling me to "stop talking about it, it's a secret." Our primary have the children fill out a questionnaire about their favorites and every week they pick one child and read their answers and the last child standing is the "spotlight". When I picked up Olivia from her class, she showed me her spotlight red plate. I don't know all of the questions but from what I remember I asked her what her answers were. Favorite primary song: she said the Happy Birthday song. Favorite vacation: she told me, McDonalds. How many siblings: 2 Malaki and Logan and she kept saying, Maggie, Lucky and Sparkles (her two dogs and cat, so I think one of the questions is about pets.

The poem on the back reads:

You are Special

Today you will on this special red plate, because it is a day to celebrate: "Celebrate what?", you say. We celebrate you, today is your day! You are special, there is no one like you. No one can do the things that you do. From your smile to your charm all the way to your toes. Every hair on your head and even your nose. You were created special by someone above. He created you in his image with great care and love. Someday when you are sad and want to cry, please remember, you are a child of the most High. Here Ye, Hear Ye, all that sits with this royal Child of God. Tell him/her something about them that will make them feel special and loved! We love having you in primary! You are special to us.

I tried telling Olivia what makes her special to us and she wouldn't sit for it, so here I write it... Olivia is the funniest kid I know! Just today after hearing that her dad was sick in bed, she said, "daddy has a bad case of the germs". Olivia is very smart and I love that she has taught herself to write her name and she adds a "H", it's really a sideways capital I. Olivia is a very good big sister, she loves Malaki and is very helpful with him, and makes sure everyone she meets, gets to know her brother, she introduces him! Olivia also, always smiles, makes up songs and sings them and loves animals. Olivia thank you so much for coming to my home and making me your mother, I love you very much!

Funny Olivia

There is not a day that goes by that Olivia doesn't make me laugh. I try to remember them all but it's kind of hard, it's just the way our day goes.

*examples
M: Olivia say excuse me, you just cut in front of me
O: why, I didn't fart?
The kid needs to learn that you say excuse me for more reasons then just farting...

vocabulary word:
"mom, ice cream is yummy and delectable...where did you learn that word? The TV"

This is what happens when you leave the room and your almost 4 year old has a glue stick and paper....

6 months old

How is it that my little boy is half a year old already? He's such a sweet little guy, with the cutest little smile. Malaki loves life right now and my favorite expression of his love is when he wakes up and is talking to himself and then when he sees me, he gets so excited and it shows in his eyes, his smile and body movements as all limbs are moving, shaking and trying to show how excited he is to see mama! He's making more sounds and is starting with the "m" sound, so it sounds like mama but it's vocalizing right now. He's still a fantastic sleeper, can we say 10 plus hours at night, I love this kid! Malaki is also working very hard on learning to sit up, he does about 10-20 seconds and then falls over and does a face plant into the floor.