One morning I decided to take Madam to the fire engine park.

This is her in the truck.  You'll have to just trust me - if I had stepped further away to get the actual truck in the picture, she would've jumped out.

Time for the swings!

What's she so fascinated by? Her diaper bag is sitting in the swing next to her.

Hey! There are crackers in there!  I've got to keep an eye on it!

Wheeeeeee!

Not all swing pictures are winners, ok?

Man, she loves it.  I wish I could really capture her excitement here.

Here are a couple of photo contest winners.

Look at that mouth!  I'm tempted to go wake her up for kisses.

Post nap, Jaynie needs some cuddles.

See, Uncle Aaron?  You push the keys like this.

Madam and Great Grams sing "Twinkle Twinkle", accompanied on the piano by Aaron.

No, no, no!  I said in the key of G!  Sigh - I'll do it myself.

Lounging with Pepa, watching Sesame Street. (How cute is the fact that he wore a "purple hat" just for her entertainment?  Pretty darn cute.)

Home again, and enjoying popsicles with Daddy.

Popsicles and sprinklers!  Toddler nirvana.

Life is good.

Man, I am GORGEOUS!

Seriously, Mommy, look at these glasses!

Look at this hat! These flower panties!

And did you see the shoes and socks?  I look great!

And just like that - she's yelling at me.  This whole toddler thing is SO MUCH FUN!

Another fire-truck!  "NeeNor! NeeNor!" (Jaynie's version of the siren sound)

Ah, yes.  I need my hat to properly fight fires.

These were taken at the Childrens Museum of Memphis.  They had all kinds of great stuff, including a room full of costumes and props.

My little cow figured out the cymbals right away.  Bang! Bang! Bang!  (Ignore the black eye.  Being a toddler is dangerous business.

You want me to what?  Clean up the milk I spilled?

Well, ok.  Maybe just this once.

Don't get used to this, Mommy.  Cleaning up after me is clearly in your job description.  (How do you like that one shoe look?  Cute, huh?)

Jaynie - can I get a quick picture of you with that yogurt on your nose?

NO!  You can't take a picture!

Stop it, I said!  No more messy yogurt pictures!

See - I can get my own glasses on, thank you very much!

Yeah, so, they were upside down.  What's  your point?

Ah, you're right, Mommy.  

This is much better.

And you can hardly see the black eye when I'm wearing these!

Jaynie found this ad for the tv shows she likes in one of my magazines.  When I won't turn on the tube for her, she makes due by singing the theme song to the picture.

Mom, this is getting really pitiful.  Why don't you just get the remote, huh?

What's this?

Baby in boots!

Sir, yes sir! 

How cute is this kid?  Doesn't this look like an ad for a toy store or something?

What this is is a blatant plea for a tricycle.

Look how cute I am, Mom!  Look how much fun I'm having!  Shouldn't you run out and buy me one of theeeese?

Maybe not one like this, though.  I can't seem to reach the seat.

Bubbles!

She followed this 3 year old all around the room while she blew bubbles.  They were so cute together.

Look at this pose!  I'm telling you - future fashion model.  (Also - this picture totally screams "What?  I'm not doing anything!" to me.  I can tell she was about to cause trouble just by looking at it.)

Twinkie in hat.

Eating yogurt.  (Yes - with a spoon, from a bowl, all on her own.)

Jaynie and Georgie sitting in a tree....

"I...love...you... GEORGE!"

It's finally cooling off enough for us to venture outside.

But we must wear very little clothing or we could still suffer from heat stroke.

Look - there's grass there!  It even looks green!

Mommy - you know that was a fluke.

A trick of the light or something.

Here, see?  This is what the yard really looks like.

Hahahahahaaa!  (This is wallpaper worthy, folks.)

Holy COW!  And I do mean ME!  How did that big fat lady sneak into this picture?

How silly of me, to be worried that when I left the room to run to the bathroom the worst Jaynie could do was dump out her bowl of cereal.  

Jaynie and Daddy getting the mail.

I'm sitting here trying to come up with a caption for this one, but I can't.  The face just cracks me up.  I'm not really sure what she's trying to convey with that look - so I won't even speculate.

Heeeeey!  There are puddles on the ground!

Stomp!

Splash!

Heehee!  This is great!

"The Mommies on the bus go...

shh, shh, shhhh."

Here we model the very latest, cutting edge fashion...

the too-small hat!

What?  I can pull it off! 

Plus, it matches the skirt!  Are you saying my head is growing faster than my butt?

I'm a cutie-pie!  I can wear whatever I want to wear, thanks.

Now, Mommy, how about some chalk?

Seriously - here!  Take it!

Enough fashion talk - lets COLOR!!!