Livigrows: Life in Tennessee

Wow, hard to believe we've been here 3 weeks! Life is starting to settle somewhat into a routine. We found a house we love and are moving (again) the last week of October! I knew there was a reason not to unpack all these boxes!
We took Olivia to the Chattanooga Zoo last weekend. We really like Chattanooga (we like Dayton, too. Chattanooga seems to be our go-to place for entertainment, though!). Olivia was super excited when we told her where we were going. We have been a little spoiled by the Denver Zoo (which is awesome), so she was confused when there weren't any elephants, giraffes, lions, and a few other of her favorite animals. She did love the monkeys:

This one interacted with her for a few minutes:

We got to brush some goats:

And ride a carousel:

We had fun! Plus we found a pool with a splash pad right next to the zoo. Hopefully, we can visit it before it closes this summer.

Last Thursday, her "school" had a water day and parents were invited. Funny, these pools never entertain her for long at home, but add a few friends and it's a blast!

Michael went with me to pick her up last Tuesday (she goes Tues/Thurs) and her teacher was laughing as she shared this with us. She apparently had all the girls in a circle (her class has 8 girls, purely by coincident!) and asked them to tell her something God has made. She went around the circle and got to Olivia. Her answer? Boobies. Geez, can't wait for all her new little friends to go home and share that with their parents!

She had her first ballet class last night. My heart was bursting. She was sooooo excited and sooooo happy about ballet class. She asked me at least 20 times if it was time to go. Here she is right before we left:

And a few pictures I took outside:

The panties showing really make the outfit, don't you think?

This is what she did when I asked her to do a ballet move:

She was literally jumping up and down with excitement, waiting on class to start. There isn't a window to watch the dancers, but the teacher left the door open for the parents to peek. I snagged a chair right by the door and she ran over to me twice to (loudly) whisper: "Mommy! I'm doing ballet!" Pretty sure I was the only parent sobbing in the waiting area, ha!