Tea for Three

Oh how I love these girly-girls of mine!

Prone to drama? Sure.  But sweet to their core nonetheless.


Our days are full of singing, dancing, dress-up, and make-believe.  You know, the stuff that any good princess is particularly good at.










Tea with cream and grahams with icing and pink sprinkles.  Lots of laughing, and pointed pinkies, and daydreaming…..

















And a memory I never want to forget!

Tot School {32 Months}

These days Olivia is busy just growing up.

She’s been learning how to dress herself….









And wants to do anything her big sissy is doing…



She is “reading” stories…



And making up songs of her own.



She has learned how to roll a somersault…



And has gotten quite good at brushing her teeth.



She can climb on tall playground equipment…



And bounce her big brother off the Teeter-Totter!




She’s been designing her own jewelry line, and drawing her next masterpiece….



She’s been camping…








Discovered splash parks…



And named The Popsicle as the new food she can’t live without.



She (reluctantly) participated in her first VBS….



And adamantly refused to follow the rules…

Overall, she’s had a busy month!

Tot School {31 Months}

We have way scaled back on the amount of time we have spent doing Tot School.  She hasn’t seemed very interested for a while now.  This past week her interest has picked up some.
We started off with some color work, specifically Yellow.  These are our favorite tools for learning colors:



She loves our set of Color Discovery Boxes.



She has learned how to say all of the objects in the box and had fun pointing them out to me while I called them out.



This is a Montessori set of Knobless Cylinders that is great for stacking, grading, and pre-math skills.



I am always so impressed with how well she can stack them, in the correct order too!





I found this set, Who Lives Here?  at a garage sale a few weeks ago and she loves it!  I mean she.will.not.share.it.with.anyone! My am-ee-mals!  You have to find the matching pair under the little house.  It’s a pretty cute game.



She saw her big sis doing this Magnetic Designer and played with it a bit too.  She would scream Wook Wook I did it! whenever she moved a magnet.





She requested this Color Fishing Set and it is always a good tool for practicing color names.







This toy is a new find and she loves to play with it.  She strings, stacks, and makes the noises of all the animals.






She got to paint one day with her older sis and had so much fun making a big mess with her fingers.  She did her best to redecorate the table, her hair, and her PJ’s into a nice shade of yellow…



She still loves her Tag Jr. and is entertained by it for a much longer period of time now.

Just for Fun

We’ve been on a bit of a park – tour lately and Olivia always surprises me with how much she does and how brave she is to try new things.  I guess being the youngest of 4 means she has lots of examples to watch all the time.