No Worries

Yesterday on the way to church Olivia said to me,

"Mom, just don't worry about it."

"Don't worry about what?"

"Don't worry about me going home with Pappy and Annie today."

"Ok, I'll try not to worry about it."

"You just have to share me with them."

I'm glad she knows it's not easy for me to let go of her! I miss her too much when we're apart. 

She had a great time playing with them after church. Just like always!

Tigers & Hippos

Sunday morning, we were running late... again. Drew was putting Livy in her car seat and when he buckled her up she said,
"Ow! My back hurts!"
I told Drew that she had mentioned her back hurting a couple days ago when she was riding in her car seat, so I told him to make sure there wasn't anything poking her in the back. He felt all around, and nothing. He told Livy she was fine, there was nothing there. But still, she insisted, and she was just about in tears when she said,
"But it hurts my back!!"
Drew checked again, and still nothing? Finally, she reached her hand behind her back, pulled it back out, held up the same empty hand and said,
"Oh! It was just my yittle tiger!"
Drew and I about fell out! That girl and her imagination! Drew asked if he could pet her little tiger and she said,
"No! He's a scary tiger!"

On the same topic, she has a "yittle hippo" that follows her around as well. The hippo has been around for a while... in fact, we're having a Little Hippo Birthday party this year in honor of said friend. But evidently, Livy takes the little hippo to church with her every Sunday, and I think she's pushing her limits in Children's Church. Sometimes she likes to focus a little too much on the little hippo and not enough on the lessons. Little hippo better straighten up or he'll be forced to come to big church with Mama!

 

Pre-Easter Fun

Our Easter might not have been ideal, but we did have some fun this weekend. Friday night, we played Go Fish with Livy Lou. She had a couple of Queens, so I told her to asked her daddy for more, and she said,
"Dad, you got any cooos(Qs)?"

 

 

Did mention Livy won?

Saturday morning we went to the egg hunt at the church. Livy racked up a basket full of goodies, but only after her pep talk from daddy. It went a little something like this, "Now Livy, I know this is fun and all, but this is a competition and I expect you to dominate in this thing..." blah, blah, blah... :)

 

The proud competitive father

Then we went to Nana's for lunch and hid more eggs! Nana, Gran, Aunt Lori, and Auntie Laura got tickled at Livy's hiding technique. She would scatter the eggs in different places, but if she thought one certain place was better than the rest, she would keep going back to it and adding an egg every time. By the time she was finished hiding eggs for Gran to find, she had lined up 8 eggs in one spot. She definitely provided the entertainment at Nana's that day... she sang, played the piano, danced, told us the Easter story (as according to Livy), and gave us lots of laughs.

 

That night, she and her daddy went to Pappy and Annie's for supper, while I went out to dinner with some friends. I'm so thankful Drew loves spending time with her and lets me slip away every now and then!