We catch the little Sleepy Head enjoying her breakfast.

The camera!  Maybe I should stop stuffing my face and try to look cute!

That didn't last long - back to the binge.

Mini Wheats and milk! With no spoon! Nutritious, delicious, and...

Messy! Yum!

Because I am a bad Mom, I will post this picture of her coughing with her mouth full.  

Gee, thanks Mommy.  When I'm old enough for my own camera you'll regret that.

Zoo trip!  Jaynie lounges in her wagon and checks out the zebras.

Did you see them?  They're like horsies, only striped!

Hey - can I get a turn with the camera?  I have a better view of the animals, ya know.

Speaking of better view - surely it can't be safe to stand your toddler directly on the fence that keeps you from the animals? 

The only reason this isn't a picture of Joe bleeding from me smacking him is that we were looking at monkeys, not lions or tigers or bears (oh my!)

Jaynie loves the giraffes (and we love this wagon - great investment by the way!)

I made Joe take her into the petting zoo.  Goats on the loose have always freaked me out.

She had fun, and even put up with me smearing antibacterial gel all over her entire body afterwards.

The zoo's not all about animals - they have slides, too!

And fun cut-outs for CUTE pictures like this!

Did I mention the slides? Wheeeee!

Photographic evidence of Jaynie eating with a spoon.

First we scoop...

...then chomp! (Yes - that is Big Elmo sitting in the chair next to her.  She ate oatmeal, he had Cheerios.)

At the airshow, Jaynie blows bubbles with Daddy!

Seriously - is there anything more fun than this?

Jaynie and I settle in to watch the little kid's show. They had a guy in an airplane outfit humiliating himself on stage.

How cute is she with her hood, cracker, and gecko?  (Geico had a booth - Jaynie thinks it's a frog.)

Being an airplane...

Being lazy and letting me support her...

When the airplane guy came out, Madam moved just a *tad* closer to the stage.

What we do not have pictures of is the meltdown she had when the show was over. "MORE AIRPLANE!"

Joe put my baby up on this thing then stepped at least 10 feet away to take her picture.

I was watching from the booth I was working, trying desperately not to have a heart attack.  You can see a horrified mother in the background, staring at this accident waiting to happen. 

I have at least 15 pictures of her trying to blow bubbles.

They all look pretty much the same.

But they were so freaking funny I had to put a few here.

GIVE ME THAT PUMPKIN!

There, was that so hard?  Now you can take my picture.

Well, this is great, but didn't you promise a whole field of pumpkins?

What? Over there?

I see them!  Quick, get the wagon!

Put your back into it, Ashton!  There are pumpkins to pick!

Oh, hi Mommy.  Ashton and I were just playing.

There's one!  Ooh! There's a good one!

Maybe this one?

This one, Mommy! This is Jaynie's pumpkin!

She settles down long enough to take a few pictures with her Mom.

Please just focus on the cute kid and ignore how gigantic I look. This eating for two business takes it's toll... 

Halloween cookies!  Could this day get any better?

My favorite part of this picture is the icing up the nose.  Such a dainty eater.

Mmmm.  Cookies.

Got any more in there?

Look at the attitude on this kid!  Where does she get this?

Maybe the cutest kid on the planet. 

Seriously - look at this!

And this award-winning shot came off a friend's camera.  She would never do this cute head tilt/smile for me.

Hold still, Elmo!

I promise, you'll be able to breathe better once you let me suck out your nose!  (No - I do not sit on Jaynie's chest to do this to her.  I'm not sure where she developed this technique.  I heard from the other room "It's ok, Elmo,  it's ok.")

Trick or Treating at Daddy's office.

Hey!  This is great!

I wear a pretty dress, people give me candy... let's do this every day!

She pulled out her ponytail at Pizza Hut.

And being the mean Mom that I am, I took pictures instead of fixing it.

Seriously - look at that hair!  Have you ever had hair that messy?  Ever?

This is where she scammed me.  She announced "Jaynie pee pee in the potty!", so I de-diapered her and set her on it.  2 minutes later she's running around the house half naked, for fun.   She won the battle, but I think posting naked booty pics on the internet means I won the war.

I told her she could have a lollipop after lunch...

But she fell asleep in the car on the way home.

The kid literally woke up, opened her eyes...

...gave me a smile and cutie-patootie look...

.... and said...

"JAYNIE WANT THE LOLLIPOP!"

That's right, Mommy.  You did promise, after all.

Well - I'm either trustworthy (stood by my word) or a sucker (moved by a cute face), because here she is enjoying a "RED LOLLIPOP!!!"

Time to burn off some of that sugar playing in the yard.

I love this one. Is it the glasses?  The tongue?  The whole, smoochable package?

Wheeeeee! 

Jaynie!  Are you messing with the living room light again?

Who? Me? (She's standing on the coffee table to reach the switch.  This one is trouble.)

Now, GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!  (You gotta love how quickly she goes from sweet and adorable to absolute nightmare these days.)

Woooo wooo wooooooo!

Look, Daddy!  A police car!

These were rental strollers in the mall.  They cost $5 to rent, so we didn't get one.  That didn't stop Madam from climbing in and sitting in it for a good 10 minutes while we waited for it to get old, though.

Jaynie's first encounter with a balloon.

I realize you can only see the string here, but trust me.  It's a balloon, and she loves it. 

See!

Someone left it tied to a swing at the park.

Jaynie saw it and it was love at first sight.

BALLOOOOOON!

Joe tied it to her outfit and she was both delighted and confused all at once.

How is it staying with me when I let it go?

I was trying to get her laughing, but I'm pretty sure this is just a cough.

"Balloon go down the slide with Jaynie!"

Where'd it go?

There you are, balloon!  I love balloon!

Daddy teaches Madam the different parts of the airplane.

She pays very close attention.  There might be a test, later!

Are you getting all this, little girl?

Mommy! Hurry up! We're off to see the hello-copter!.

Whew, there you are, Mommy! I was afraid you'd never catch up!  (I move a lot slower than them these days.)

Trying to duplicate this picture from last year... 

But it's a little harder to do with a toddler. 

Now we're both looking at the monkeys.

Now Jaynie looks at the camera, but I'm still monkey watching.

Now I look at the camera, but we've lost her. It's at this point that Joe says some fun words and gives up.

Those poor pea-hens.  She chased them all over the zoo.

Wipeout!  (She was fine, the birds got away - it was win/win.)

ELEPHANTS!

Trying to get a nice, close look at the giraffes.

Yes - that's her shoving her face against the fence.

All that animal watching made her hungry for a fruit snack.

Gotta recharge those batteries!  She was running on fumes!

Speaking of recharging.  This is what a post-zoo nap looks like.  For about 3 hours. =)

Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?

Uh, Mom?  It's just me in a hat.

Jaynie's "punkins".  Note to parents of little kids - you can buy this felt with a sticky back, cut out shapes, and let the kid stick them onto the pumpkin.  They love it, there's no carving, no paint, no markers... no mess!

Madam holds her "robot punkin". 

Cheeeeese!

Are we almost done with these costume pics?  Because my cheeks are starting to ache from all this hamming it up.

When the garbage truck went by, everyone got a thrill. (Jaynie - loves big trucks.  Garbage men - thought she was freaking adorable in her outfit.)