4 Years Old

What!? Where did this beautiful, grown up, smart, kind, talented, big kid come from?

Here are the funny and wonderful things our Big O has been up to over the last year.

Capables:

• D is for Dad, Duck and Deseret Book. This girl is learning to sound out words and read! 
• She can also write the upper and lowercase letters .
• Loves the color green.
• Jumps and 'zooms' all around the house and will be starting Tumbling class this week.
• Is fascinated with calendars.
• Calls Starbursts, Star Wars.
• If you've never had a Ten Kiss from Olivia you need to ask her about it sometime and she might just give you one. That is where you kiss someone on the cheek while counting with your fingers to ten.
• Names all creatures great and small. This summer she named the three cows that grazed in a pasture near our house Nemo, Vado and Another Thado. We waved to them almost daily for 2 months until one dreadful day. Richard was driving home from work and noticed a butcher freezer truck was parked there and Nemo, Vado and Another Thado were nowhere to be seen. Luckily Olivia didn't notice them missing until about a month after that and wasn't too distraught when we told her they went to live somewhere else : /

Quotables:

• I think she just needs her big sister.
• What was on your dream?
• Did you get to do the alligator (escalator)?
• During an ultrasound: I like that he (baby) is in your pits (ribs).
• Coloring during General Conference: Mom, I want to be President Monson someday.
• Yesterday ago...(a long time ago)
• Looking at Alvin: I like this boy!
• While praying: Please bless Jesus will come back again.
• Dad, remember when it was a long long yesterday?
• Mom, is Jesus in my heart? yes. What made you say that? I just know he's in there.
• Mommy's body is telling her it's time to have the baby. Oh, so it's saying "get out of here baby!"?