Time flies....

We can't believe it's Fall already!! Olivia is keeping very busy with her full schedule. She now has preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 to 11:30 , ballet on Wednesdays at 3:00, swimming on Thursdays at 1:15 PM, and Gymboree on Fridays at 1:15. She is loving preschool and can't wait to go on school mornings. She is learning about the human body this month and cracks us up with all the information she likes to share. Some notable quotes from preschool include:

• "My skull is under my head, and my brain is under my skull!"


• "I have bones, but you can't see them because they are under my skin."


• "All my bones are called a skeleton!"


• "Bon apetit! You may eat!"


• "I have friends, but sometimes they hit me, so I hit them back and that's not nice!"

Here are a few pictures from last few weeks. Ong, Ba, and Cau Truong came to visit for a week and we had fun hanging out with them.

Olivia is exhausted and falls asleep on Ong, with her Halloween costume on.

Cau Truong playing RockBand in his ridiculous hat!

Olivia was helping Mama make a cake for Ong and Ba's birthdays. She had to take a break and pretend she was a pirate!

Helping to blow out the candles...

Olivia put together this outfit all by herself. She calls it her Hercules outfit. Why? We have no idea....

Olivia goes to SCHOOL!

Today Olivia started Preschool! They had an open house on Friday to meet the teachers and let the kids get to know the classroom. Olivia didn't want to go home that day! So today she was very excited. She got a new backpack (which Andre says is bigger than her), and did her homework yesterday. Here are some of her answers to her homework questions:



What is your favorite animal?- Frogs

What is your favorite game? - Animals Fighting (what the heck is that?)

What is your favorite food? - Chicken Nuggets

What are the names of the people in your family?- Olivia, Mama, and Dada. But some people call them Andre and Mary.

What are you going to do at school? - Play with Gak (silly puddy), play tag, and run around in circles.

Olivia with Dada before school!
Look at how excited Olivia is!
Olivia is telling us she is three years old and going to school today.
In the parking lot.
Why would Andre think her backpack was too big?

She was so excited she just took off ahead of us. (We're loading her pack with bricks next time...)

With teacher Mandi. Olivia picked her name out of a stack of name cards!

She didn't even say good-bye! She just took off into the classroom. We are experiencing "empty nest" syndrome...