Livi Kisses!

Olivia loves to give kisses......right on the mouth! This is really hard for her germaphobe Mommy to watch! Kisses for Mommy, Daddy, and Big Brother are okay, but when she kisses snotty-nosed kids right on the mouth, I just cringe! Needless to say, I have been trying to teach her how to blow kisses instead! Yesterday afternoon, after trying to kiss a boogery baby, I told her, "Remember, Livi, blow the kiss. Use your hand like this." And I demonstrated.
She looked down at her hand, kissed it, then slapped it right onto the baby's face!
Well, she did use her hand....but we still need to work on keeping those germs from spreading!

Toes!

Olivia watched very closely while I painted my toe nails last weekend. This was the first time she had shown interest in this, so I explained everything as I did it. She picked up one of my toe separaters and said, "What's that?"
I told her, "That's a toe separater."
She examined it a little longer, flipping it over, looking at it from all angles. Then she put it on her foot and said, "Toe. Shoe."
I was quite impressed with her thinking skills! She had heard the word "toe" and knew that it must be something for her foot. And after looking it over, the only thing that made sense to her was for it to be a shoe.

SNORING!

Olivia didn't want to nap yesterday, and unfortunately Mommy REALLY needed a nap herself. I'm getting a cold, and I was really looking forward to naptime! But Olivia had other plans! So while I was playing with her on the floor, I rested my head on a pillow for a minute or two. Olivia came over and laid her head right next to mine on the pillow. Then she started to snore! I was shocked! She's not old enough to know how to fake snore, but she certainly couldn't have fallen asleep that fast. I lifted my head up to look at her face. She looked back at me and smiled as she continued to snore. Apparently, she IS old enough to know how to fake snore! What a goof ball!
When I told Aunt Jamie this story, she said that Olivia was probably trying to trick me into falling asleep, so she could go get into trouble. Well, I'd certainly like to believe that's not true! Because if she can be that devious now, just imagine what she will be capable of in 15 years!

Mix-up

After getting Olivia out of her carseat yesterday, I stood at the edge of the garage with her and said, "Look Olivia, RAIN!"
She looked for a second, then said, "Choo Choo!"
I guess I need to enunciate a little better!