Pool Playdate with Baby Cous

**The fantastic photo's you see in the post are taken by Olivia's Jenny YiYi**

We had a grand ol' day today visiting with Olivia's Baby Cous. Weather report said that the weather was going to be good today, so we quickly set up an impromptu pool playdate, grabbed all our gear and headed out after our Baby Shower at our Mother's Group. It was great to see Baby Cous as he's grown so much and is now active and interactive with everything around him. It was a hoot to watch him army crawl up to Olivia and try to get her attention. What he didn't know was that Olivia had just woken up from her sleep and was still "defrosting" and evaluating her situation. Afterall, she woke up in the car, with no Mama there and a strange man...I mean Uncle Billy opening the door and bringing her into a room occupied by YiYi's and Uncles! Baby Cous was actually getting frustrated with the lack of recognition from Olivia, but finally she warmed up and acknowledged Baby Cous to his delight!

After playing with the Uncles and having ate all her lunch, Baby Cous woke up from his nap and off to the pool everyone went! Olivia had a wonderful time. I tried to put her in this body float thing, but realized that it only works if she knows how to doggy paddle, otherwise it doesn't do much. When she saw Baby Cous' floatie, she thought it was hers and was wanting very much to go in it. Luckily I brought hers as a back-up!

With Sandy YiYi

Twin Floaties

With Baby Cous

Oh! Found this photo of them at Olivia's 1st Bday Party!

Hmmm....Remind You Of Anyone?

Mind you, no prompting at all...must be genetic:

Water Fun Fun Fun

Okay, I've decided to say, "to heck with the 3 W's - Worries, Weather and Work!" Olivia is going to have the best summer ever and I'm going to record it all so that she can remember it! haha.

To continue with summer fun (which Otter Pops kicked it off), we headed out to the Ting's for a last minute playdate with Ashton (~17 mos). Earlier this week, we had another last minute meet-up with

Ashton at a local park where Olivia had a ball pushing Ashton in his car and feeding him his milk. It was so cute to see the two of them run around together.

So off we went to the Ting's where Aunt Rach & Benjamin (15 1/2 mos) joined the playdate...which then turned into a water fight with the kiddies. Okay, so not really a water fight, but boy did they have fun! Ashton's mom had bought him a water table and was excited to have the kiddies break it in. After all, we did hit above 60F today! haha

I would have taken more videos but my camera didn't have enough room. Below is a video of their first time playing at the table. Olivia cracked us up. She's so typically girlie girl giving stink-eyes when getting splashed, be it by Ashton or herself...haha. But Benjamin, at 15 1/2 months, held his own amongst the oldies...he'll be splashing them in no time!

The ultimate is at the end of this video when Olivia told Ashton how she really felt about being splashed...and he barely even got her! I must say, the fierce girl runs strong on my side of the family...though I think Dave's side would say the same too! haha

Thanks so much for the fun Aunt Irene! Olivia can't wait for more!

Honorary Ting Super Heroine

Better Than Sliced Bread!

You will be as tickled pink as our dear girl Olivia when watching her experience her first Otter Pop. You remember those icy cold treats on a hot summer's eve? Well, I just couldn't stand it anymore. Hot or not, I was eager to give Olivia her first Otter Pop experience. And with that I grabbed my phone so that she can remember her simple joys in life when she's a surly teen.

**Note - her dainty fingers and her "Mmmm's" haha

Liv And Her Trix

Do you remember having to perform all these little tricks or requests from parents, aunties and uncles? eesh. Well...I am guilty of doing that to my daughter! So much fun! One of the perks of being a parent. Too bad kids stop obliging your requests once they are past 3 years old! But for now, requesting trix are a parent's perk: