Look Mommy, I'm a Chef

What can I say my child is in LOVE with all things cooking. Really, I don't know where she gets it from....ok maybe from her Mommy, her Grandfather(my dad), and her Great Grandmother(my Nanny, my dad's mom). Any chance she gets she wants to get her hands dirty in the kitchen. It is absolutely adorable, most of the time. Tonight was no exception. See Olivia has a very limited repertoire of foods she eats--mainly mac & cheese, cheese, cheese quesadilla's, cheese pizza, and fruit. Did you see a pattern there-CHEESE!! My girl needs a cow she eats so much cheese. When we order pizza Olivia likes hers cheese, NO sauce. Yeah, my 2 year old likes to eat white pizza and no you can't get it in the frozen food section of Publix. So what is a Mommy to do so her child can eat pizza at home??? I bought fresh pizza dough and mozzarella cheese and we went to town in the kitchen tonight. She got to make her very own personal pan pizza in the comfort of her own kitchen. Not only did she have a great time making it I'm now able to make 4 of these bad boys for only $2.50, much better then $5 a piece from Pizza Hut.

Look Mommy, I'm a chef!!

I wish I took a picture of the smile she had on her face when we put her pizza in the oven. She was so proud of herself and I was just as proud of her. We of course had to put the light in the oven on so we could watch it bake. At dinner time she ate her pizza and told Daddy more then once that she made it herself.

Christmas 2010

I have to say this was probably the best Christmas of my life. Olivia has been so much fun, I couldn't have asked for a better gift! We have had a wonderful vacation too, I love being able to have time off during such a fun time of year. Here are the highlights of Christmas...

Olivia had her first Preschool party, oh what fun! Playing with some friends after having a snack. She also had her first Christmas program. We practiced her songs and poems for almost a month, she was doing a great job singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Jingle Bells and this is what she did the entire time she was on stage...chewed on her fingers. Yeah, my kid who talks all the time, can't close her mouth didn't sing a word on stage. I was actually waiting for tears when she first got up there. Thank goodness there were no tears but there was no singing either. Oh well, whata memory we have now of her at age 2. I was a proud Mommy and she was certainly proud too. As soon as we got her after her performance she asked me "Mommy did you see me singing with my friends?" Of course I did honey you did GREAT!!

We made a visit to the man in red too...Santa Claus that is. After waiting in a COLD line for an hour and a half we got to go in a take a quick picture. She was so happy!!

Since we were off and Olivia has a flair for crafts we decided to make a snowman out of cotton balls. Oh what fun and what a mess, I think I'm still finding cotton balls under my bakers rack a week later. She is proud of her creation, whenever someone comes over she drags them to the pantry door and shows them her Snowman.

And finally we decorated cookies for Santa.

I offically win the bad mom award this year since I didn't take one single picture of our tree after Santa arrived or of Olivia opening her gifts or playing with them. I was so involved with her I didn't bother to grab my camera, not a one-BUMMER! I do however have a video that Olivia's Poppy took for me, thanks Stacy!! So if I can figure it out I'll load them so you can see her on Christmas morning with all her goodies.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year too!!

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Photos courtesy of Julie Paisley Photography