Moments like this

Life in our little home lately has been hectic to say the least. Owen hardly ever sleeps peacefully, ever! The days are napless, unless I am holding him against my chest the whole day and during the night we are lucky to get a few hours of sleep, sometimes none at all for Mama. My dear little girl has had to make some major life adjustments as a result of this, some of which I feel horrible about. I'll talk about that another time.

BUT in the midst of chaos, exhaustion and emotional roller-coasters, Olivia is growing well and thriving in some ways, one of those being her speech. She says the most hilarious things and has such funny and adorable sayings and expressions. Sometimes a sweet two year old breaking out in toddler language and looking as serious as ever while at it is just what I need to make me laugh on a crazy day.

Here are some precious moments and sayings of hers that I've enjoyed recently:

After we've had a meal dear hubby gets up to tidy up the table and do the dishes. Olivia blurts out, "Thank you baby, thank you sweetie." Someone's been observing Mama!

She picks up a pair of shoes on which SHE wrote months ago and with a serious face she points to the writing and says, "Oh no Junior (her friend), no no no Junior, yabhala shlangu (you wrote on my shoe)." Hmmm, so they start this young?

I placed a bowl of porridge on her tray.
Olivia: Iphi juice mama? (where is the juice?)
Me: Ayikho (there's none)
Olivia: Iphi chips mama?
Me: Ayikho
Olivia: Iphi chocolate-sweetie mama?
Me: Ayiko
Olivia (with a sigh): Hayi ke!!! (Oh well)
Picks up her spoon and starts eating :-)

At the grocery store she likes to go to the sweets and chips aisle and satisfy her eyes!
"Hello chocolate, sweetie, chips! I love you! Bye-bye! See you later!"
And of course this Mama smiles proudly at the impressed people passing by and takes all the credit for her sweet daughter's amazing behavior. Hahaha she mostly likely learned it from Barney or something and they should see her on her not so sweet days!

She received a lovely tea set from a friend of ours as a special gift when Owen was a few days old. Every time she takes it out to play with it she says, "Thank you Aunty Djenni (Jenni)." Every. Single. Time. Sweet girl!

Her latest thing is using the word NOT. So before she says what something is, she'll first say what it isn't.
"Not chips, popcorn. Not juice, tea. Not sisi, mama. Not baba, girl." and sometimes she uses it for totally unrelated things such as, "Not potty, tent." Funny girl!

Life with a feisty and strong-willed two-year old can be challenging, but such adorable moments make it colourful and beautiful.