3 Years Old!

Olivia turned 3! I can't believe how fast my baby is growing. She is such a big girl and even refuses to be called "baby". Her wonderful nursery leaders stopped by and gave her some cookies and a big yellow flower. Olivia is always telling them that yellow is her favorite color. We celebrated that night with family, over dinner, cake and ice cream. Olivia asked for a princess cake, so I made her a Cinderella cake. She loved celebrating her special day.

Olivia also had her 3 year check up. Here are her stats:
Height: 38.5 inches (82%)
Weight: 32.8 pounds (71%)

The Sweetest Things

Although caring for young children can be exhausting, there are moments that touch my heart and I hope to remember for a lifetime. Yesterday, Olivia and I picked Addie up from her classroom. Adelyn's class had just finished a party and cookies were being handed out. Because of Adelyn's allergies, the teacher offers a substitute treat. Adelyn went to the teachers desk to see what her treat was ad the teacher gave her two options, a sucker or two mints. Adelyn took a second to think, but then decided on the mints. She walked back to Olivia and promptly gave her one. It touched my heart to see Adelyn be so thoughtful of her sister.

The girls care for each other deeply and miss each other like crazy when separated. Olivia will complain almost everyday while Addie is in school about how much she misses her. The girls will often bicker over who's turn it is for the "ducky spoon", or who gets a certain stool to sit on, but sometimes one or the other will politely share with the other. I love these moments.

I love these girls and hope that they continue to love each other forever.

Growth Spurt?

I wonder if Olivia is going through a growth spurt. During the last couple of days, everything seems to make her hungry...

"Mom! Dance makes me hungry!"
"Morgan's {house} makes me hungry!"
"Shopping makes me hungry."

And after eating a granola bar...

"Granola bars make me hungry!"

Cracks me up. She seems a bit taller too.

Dance

Adelyn and Olivia got dance lessons from Grandma and Grandpa Moss for Christmas. They love to dance! Adelyn has started a ballet class and Olivia has started tumbling. Everyday they ask when they get to go to dance. It has been really fun for them.

iphone dump

Adelyn making friends with a bunny : Rainy day : Birthday girl : Kindergarten orientation

Mom and Olivia at park city : Down the alpine slide : Grandma and Olivia : Olivia and Adelyn hiding at the cabin

Olivia in her sunglasses : Halloween teeth : Olivia being silly


The girls holding hands while they sleep

Adelyn and Olivia : Olivia dressed up for Halloween : Playing in the leaves with dad : Snowball fight

Adelyn and Levi playing superheros : Olivia at Nana's : Olivia horseback riding : Olivia asleep

Olivia wanting to be a baby again : Olivia at temple square lights : Olivia's funny face : Adelyn at temple square lights

Adelyn and Olivia playing dress-up : Olivia and Adelyn with curlers/curly hair

Christmas Activities

Sadly, I did not get a lot of pictures of our Christmastime activities. This December we went to This is the Place Park with the extended Moss family. It is a fun tradition. In one building they teach you to do some dancing. Adelyn and Scott had a great time.

The girls also got invited to a friends house to make gingerbread houses. They had a blast.

Christmas Eve we spent time with family at Christine and Michael's home. Christmas day was spent with the extended Moss family. So much fun! On Christmas morning Adelyn peeked downstairs at the tree, and seeing presents, she came running into our room stating, "Mom! Dad! I think we were on the nice list!" So cute.

We had a wonderful Christmas Season.

Santa

We were lucky enough to have Santa visit during our ward party. The girls loved Santa this year and was excited for him to come to our house on Christmas.