Funny Kids

Mike and I recently were called to be teachers for the CTR 4 class at church. It is 4 year olds turning 5. They are honestly the best class in all of junior primary. There are 2 other classes of kids their same age and those classes are much more wiggly. We love our little group.

Last Sunday one of the kids in our class said, "Jesus lives in the north pole." Mike and I did all we could not to laugh too hard. I said "no, that is Santa that lives at the north pole. Jesus lives in heaven." Then he said, "Well, didn't Jesus use some sort of weapon and go to the north pole to get to heaven?" We could hardly talk because we were holding back our laughter. I said "No, Jesus was raised in to heaven through the sky and he didn't have any weapons."

Oh, kids...that have such funny things to say!

Being Crafty

A week or so ago I made this towel
poncho for Sophie. I bought the
towel for $4! I think it turned out
really well. I made it a little big
so that she can grow into it.
I also made a matching one for her doll.



I know, it can double as a
costume for a church Christmas party.
She would be quite a colorful Mary with baby Jesus.

Treehouse Museum

My sister in law Tara found this great place called the Treehouse Museum. It is a children's discovery museum in Ogden right across the street from the temple. So on Saturday, Tara, myself and our friend Holly, all took the kids to the museum. It was a blast. There were so many different activity centers for the kids to play in. Train tables, a Fire Engine, Aquarium, Barn with a fake cow that you could milk, pretend horses to ride, a school house, little houses from different cultures, a music room, a hospital where you take care of babies, an area with blocks and legos, a castle complete with dress up clothes, a doll house room, the oval office, and a few more that I can't remember. In other words a ton of stuff. We had a great time.








This is what Sophie would look like as president

Bath TIme Fun

Sophie loves water and especially the bath.
Here are some shots from bath time
the other day. She really likes the bath
letters that Uncle Scott gave her for Christmas.

18 Months...Really?

My how time flies! Sophie is 18 months today. The past 18 months have seemed so short and long at the same time. Sophie is getting so big and doing so many more things. She is talking so much. Some of her favorite phrases or should I say questions are “What’s that?”, “Where did it go?”, “Who’s that?” She has also learned how to sing Twinkle, twinkle little star and ABC’s. I will have to post a video of her signing. She says almost all the words in the song. She is also saying lots of other words like bear, blanket, apple, banana, milk, potty, yuck (or yacka) and all sorts of other things.

Sophie is doing well on the potty training. On Sunday for the first time she actually told me she needed to go potty!!!!! I was so excited because up until now it has just been us taking her. We have also bought her some big girl panties, but they are too big. They only had 2T-3T at Walmart. I am going to look a few more places for something smaller. I also am getting a new potty chair/stairs so that Sophie can get on and off the potty by herself.

Recently I have been taking Sophie to this nice Rec Center near our house to swim. They have a great kids area that is shallow enough for her to run around and play. They also have a big toy in the water with slides and spraying water that she loves! But I think her favorite thing of all is the big water slide. When we went the other night, she just wanted to go down the big slide. She walked up the two flights of stairs herself and we went down together. It is really fast and super fun. I love that she loves it.

What else, I swear everyday there is new stuff that she does that I need to write down. I am always thinking, oh I need to blog that, but then I forget.
Sophie went for her first dentist appointment today. She was good but didn't want anyone to stick their finger in her mouth, but she did get a princess tooth brush and she showed the dentist how she brushes her teeth. She is also going for her 18 month well check appointment on Friday.

Since it is so difficult to try and keep a child still during classes at church, we started taking Sophie to nursery a few months ago and just staying with her there. She really enjoys it and is really good at playing and participating with the lessons. Next week with be her first official week, but I have left her in there on her own a few times already. Our church starts at 11, which is great for Mike and I, but bad for Sophie. She is so tired by the end that, this last week when we got home, I gave her a bottle and she walked into her room and was trying to climb up in her crib. She laid right down and was out.

Well that’s all I can think of for now.
Mommy and Daddy love you Sophie
and you make us so happy!

Christmas In Seattle

Merry Christmas Everyone!!! We had a great Christmas again this year and it was fun to be with Friends and Family in Seattle. Sophie and I left for my parents' house almost a week before Mike could. We missed him, but had lots of fun hanging out and shopping.
On Christmas Eve, Mike, Sophie, Erik and I, along with Michael, Rachael and their kids, all went to the zoo. It was really fun especially because Mike had never been to either of the zoo's in Washington and has always wanted to go. Sophie was also very interested, especially the loins who were right up against the glass. I didn't really get any shots of the animals (except the kids), but here are a few shots from the day.

Sophie loves her daddy!


My niece/2nd cousin Hazel


What a good looking family!


Group Shot


Hazel, Michael, Noah, Rachael (and bun in the oven)

After the zoo we went back to my parent's house for the annual Olson Christmas party. It was really fun and great to see everyone. It was a bit of a smaller group this year, only around 25 people. Nevertheless, it was just as wonderful.

This next part is not something everyone needs to know, but I felt that I should record it anyway. After the party a few of us, including Sophie, watched the Muppet Christmas Carol (my own little holiday tradition). Sophie was up dancing and playing around and seemed just fine. I was just getting Sophie to settle down with me when all of the sudden, BLUGH, Sophie puked, A LOT. Fortunately for everyone one, I had just pulled a blanket up on to us seconds before she chucked so it was very well contained and easy to clean up. This was the first time Sophie has ever full-on puked. I think that she was on a sugar overload. Afterward, she was just as fine as before.

On to Christmas morning! It was fun that Sophie was older this year and was a little more excited about opening her presents. She and grandma had a great time opening everything up.



Sophie hanging out with Uncle Scott and her new doggy from Uncle Kyle. (Kyle, she loves that dog!)

Mom and baby!!!

This picture below might be my favorite picture of 2009. How precious is he?

I love you sweetheart. You are my best friend! (And thanks for being such a great sport and posing for this picture)

27 years

It was my birthday last Thursday and it was a nice one. Mike plan a dinner with some family at one of my favorite restaurant Mimi's Cafe. It was super delish! Thanks for making it such a nice day babe!



What do you think that Sophie is thinking about in this shot?

If this is not girly…

I don’t know what is. Sophie was playing at her cousin’s house and saw her cousin Mia put on a tutu, so of course Sophie needed one too. I love this first shot because not only is wearing the tutu, but she has a jump rope and pigtails!

Sophie also was enjoying making some pretend food.



This is Mia trying to find “the cool song” on the CD player. There were three disks and she went through song by song until she found “the cool song.” I don’t think she really knew which is was, but she was looking for it anyway.


Benji also got in on the dress up action.

Coloring and Chipmunk Cheeks

I am just catching up posting because thing have been crazy busy. This is from Nov. 24th. Sophie has started to enjoy coloring. She only is interested for about 5 minutes at a time and there has been some biting/eating of crayon. Here she is coloring and also eating (food not crayons.) Sophie also will hold food in her month for as long as an hour. She puts it all in at one time and then will leave it there until she either eats it or spits it out.

Sophie's First Snowy Playtime

Back on the 6th we got our first big snow of the season. (Since then we have gotten a lot more!)
Living on a large corner lot we have a lot of area to shovel. It wasn't too bad, it took Mike and I about 20 minutes to do it all including our driveway and stairs. Even with all the snow, it turned out to be a nice day so we decided to take Sophie out to play. This was the first time she really has played in the snow. Last year she was too little to enjoy it. After bundling up, we headed out. I think that she really liked it. She just went right for it. I think she was a little annoyed that she kept falling over, but other then that she was having a good time. Here are a few shots from our outing.


Daddy is pull the sled. I rode with her first, but she got the hang of it quick and I think it was her favorite part of the snow.

These two shot (above and below) I thought were really cute.


Our Little Snow Angel



This was right before we came in. She was done.