Great weekend with Uncle Alex

Uncle Alex (or Allah as Olivia calls him) came for a visit this weekend! He flew in early Friday afternoon and stayed with us until today. His main reason for coming up was the Tough Mudder competition he did with Duane but as far as Olivia was concerned, it was to see her! She loves her Uncle Alex! On Friday, Duane brought Alex to daycare and I met them there because we wanted to see if Liv would run to Alex, Duane or me - she eyed Alex, bypassed me completely and ran straight for Duane. It took about 30 seconds, though, and she went to Alex. Once we got home, we hung around outside and I made lasagna for our dinner.

Saturday morning we were all up early - completely following Liv's schedule, not ours.... The day was proving to be hot already that morning so why not run through the sprinkler?!

Olivia was sticking to the edges of the water fall but she'd go through it all the way with her Daddy

Duane and Alex headed out around 10am so Olivia and I made a run for Target. The sprinkler runs must have worn her out because she fell asleep before I even got to Target! I was able to relax later that afternoon, as Liv napped for 3 hours! Unfortunately it had clouded up so I couldn't lay in the sun, but I managed to relax outside. Once she had woken up, she had a snack and then it was time for some books.

We walked around the neighborhood and visited with some neighbors until it was time for dinner. As I was finishing up my last book with Liv before bedtime, it started hailing. She immediately started looking around and was saying, "Uh oh! Uh oh!" It was over pretty quickly and she was able to finagle a few more books out of me. It wasn't too hard to give in on that! The guys were pretty worn out when they got home but had a great time during the race.

Today we were all up again early but the weather was the complete opposite of yesterday - it was freezing! (Not literally, but it was probably in the upper-40s) We took it easy and Alex played with Olivia.

Alex read to Olivia right before her nap and then he was off to the airport. As soon as she woke up and I went to get her, she looked at me and said, "Allah?" The sun eventually came out so Duane and Liv cleaned up the yard a bit. She loves to help us!

I hope everyone has a great week - then it's a holiday weekend! Yay!