One argument I never thought I'd have

Oliver: mom, I want broccoli and cheese for lunch.

Me: okay that sounds great.

(After burning 2 out of 3 grilled cheeses and frantically getting lunch together)

Me: Oliver, I think we should save the broccoli for tomorrow. I have too much going on and it takes a while to cut up and cook.

Oliver: NOOOOO. I want the broccoli today for lunch. It's okay, I'll wait for it.

Me: alright, I'll get to it in a minute.

How old is she?

I always get asked how old Amelia is at the playground. When I answer 18 months, I feel like people don't believe me. I thought it was because she was so big, but I'm starting to understand that she's just very adventurous and pretty good at it. I didn't really understand it until I was going through our pictures from our recent park outing at Teddy Bear Park in Stillwater.

Here is Amelia swinging from the bar at the top of the slide.

Rock climbing.

You can't really tell, but she's 6 feet off the ground. I'm taking the picture looking up at her. I'm not going to lie, my heart was racing. I made her come down and she was not happy.

She would rock climb up the wall to get to the bridge then go down the big slide on the left of the picture. She got so good at it I was able to sit back and watch her from the blanket. She's our daredevil all right and I promise she's only 18 months (well almost 19 now).