Monday 29 October 2012

Pictures of Olivia!

Here are some pictures from Olivia's 9 year old photo shoot! It is my last year with her before she hits the double digits! She is growing up so beautifully! Happy birthday Olivia
This year Olivia is in year 3 (third grade).
Olivia does about 10 hours a week of dance (ballet, tap, jazz, classical etc...) She loves it but can get very tired by Friday.
Olivia is my very happy child, she is a hard worker and is very determined.
Olivia loves to try new things and is a very good sport 
The other day in the car Olivia and Mary were playing "truth or dare," the conversation went as follows:
Mary: Olivia truth or dare
Olivia: truth
Mary: have you ever kissed a boy?
Olivia: snorting and gagging sound simultaneously... Mary, that is not how you play the game...you have to ask me questions like "what is my favourite flavor of donut!" 
Olivia's favourite toy(s) are littlest pet shops (LPS). She has been playing with them for nearly 2 years straight now, and recently asked Santa for the $50.00 rare collector pet shops! She said she will know if Santa is real or not  if he delivers her request (as each rare pet shop is located in different parts of the world (China, America etc...) if he really goes around the world, he will have no problem picking them up!
In addition to dance Olivia also participates in voice lessons, swimming and Kumon (an intense Asian tutoring program designed to accelerate kids above their grade level in school).
Olivia is still the smallest kid in her grade and has the bone age of a 6 year old.
Aside from her delayed bone age Olivia is otherwise healthy and growing again!
After Olivia's kidney operation, Stan and I have both noticed how resilient and easy going Olivia is, she really does roll with the punches and does not get down very easily.
Olivia's BFF is Maddy...another little girl who loves pet shops maybe more than Olivia--the will spend hours, filming pet shop video's with their iPhones. Despite desperate please, we have not gotten Olivia a Utube account so she can upload her LPS films.
I am so proud of Olivia and never thought I would get a daughter as beautiful and determined as her!

1 comment:

sue swinton said...

Our adorable, fun, talented, precious Olivia. Oh, how we miss her! Thanks for the pictures.