We keep doing this.  We have her at the pool, having the time of her life, and we sit back and enjoy it.  Then, after like an hour I try and take some pictures - just when she's starting to lose it and yell to go home.  So, here's Jaynie yelling at Joe "ALL DONE YELLOW JACKET!!!"  and/or "JACKET OFF!!!"

I swear, it's not that I'm the meanest Mom in the world.

It's not purely for my own entertainment that I do these things to her.

And it's just so hot outside - I know it must be nice to have it off her neck.

So - voila!  Spacey hairdo.  I promise, I don't take her out in public like this.

She sure loves to draw with her chalk.  And there's hardly any eating of it like there was last year.

Hey!  What's that?

Right there?  On the ground?

A big, squishy caterpillar strolls right across our drawing area.

She watched his progress veeeery carefully.

Man, I wish she hadn't moved out of the frame at the last minute.  Look at that tongue!

Heh.  You gotta be quick if you want a good picture of me, Mommy!

Doing a little yoga.

Hmmm.  What color do I want to use now?

Ah!  This one looks good!

Yes! Perfect!

Wait!  Now I need some yellow!

Aaah.  It's all coming together, now.

More white... (from a brand new piece - they all end up outside the box by the time she's done.)

I don't know what you're talking about, Mommy.  Now, if you'll excuse me while I get a new blue (notice the perfectly good one laying right next to the box.)

Close-up of the hairdo.

Another blue?  Why not!

Close-up of the cuteness.

A few glamour shots.

Posing.

She sure loves to draw.  I can't imagine where she gets it from.

Ok - here's where I got smart.

I stuck her in the pool, then IMMEDIATELY got out the camera.

And it worked out!  Look how much fun she has!

GREEN DUCK!  In the baby pool!

Hi Mommy!  I'm swimming!

It was about here that she decided I should put down the camera and come join them.

One last pic of my bathing beauty.

After about 90 min. of swimming, she needed to recharge.

Nothing says "second wind" like an ice-cream sandwich.

Mmmmph.

Here she struggles to chew a bit the size of her head.

Holy cow.  She ate at least 85 % of this thing, in about 2 minutes flat.

That was pretty good, thanks.

But I'm still beat.  Lets call it a day.  (Look at that kid - fried like chicken.  She slept goood that night.)

These were a big surprise to me when I uploaded pictures from the camera.

Apparently, Jaynie was helping Joe sort the clean laundry, and decided to wear my undies.  Up, up, and away!!!

Jaynie and her boyfriend, "Big Elmo".

So what if he likes to wear pretty dresses?  I love him!

Now, let's get down to the business of coloring!

I figured once she was a big kid who wore shoes and walked around I'd stop being so obsessed with her feet.  I was wrong.

Big Elmo, did she just take a picture of my foot?

Considering her next masterpiece.

Seriously - how cute is this kid?  I can see why the stupid bugs keep biting her - she's scrumptious!  

Hmmm. Something's missing here...

Ah, now I see.  Daddy failed to put a diaper on under the bikini!

Shhhhh, Mommy!  He hasn't realized it, and I'd like to give him a nice surprise...

I'll just sit here, all innocent on his lap...

(She never did pee on him.  Which is a shame, because now he'll never learn.)

Beautiful girl at the park!

Desperately trying to get on this rocket ship.

Hmm.  Think I could just hitch a ride on the wing?

No, this isn't quite right.  Sigh.

Jaynie finds the least safe thing to play on, and goes nuts.

Here she is on the "Bridge of Death" - made from 2X4's and metal chains, clearly a throwback to when I was a kid.  It's like she wants me to have a heart attack.

What, Mommy?  I'm tired of all that safe plastic stuff!  Let me live a little, sheesh!

While "helping me" put groceries away, Jaynie got a little impatient waiting for me to open a box of Cheerios.  This is what happens when a hungry toddler attacks a brand new box of cereal.  Basically, you can kiss the box goodbye. 

I was experimenting with my wrap and successfully got Madam on my back.

We only went to the mailbox and back, but it was pretty exciting anyway.  (Hey - those baby backpacks cost like $100!  I did this w/ my $5 wrap.  Thank you, thank you very much.)

I left Joe and Jaynie alone to go shopping, came back to these pictures.

Apparently, he covered her with stickers, gave her the most ridiculous hairdo ever, then took photographs of her.  Future blackmail material, anyone?

I was painting my toes, and after watching for a few minutes she held a foot up and demanded "JAYNIE PINK TOES!"  So bossy.

But so cute!  Look at those little feet!  My baby is getting too grown up.

Just waking up from a nap - all soft and yummy.

This was leaning in to give the camera a kiss

Heehee.  I kissed it for real!

Now it's your turn, Mommy.  Kiss my belly!

Hahahahaaaa!

She loved me taking pictures of her feet so much, she insisted I take one of her hand.

Man - she's so cuddly after a nap.

Here we have a picture of her teeth.

Ooh!  It's somersault time!

Yeah!  Somersaults!

The day after I had her in the pink sundress, the temperatrue drops like 20 degrees and it's fall!

We take advantage of the cool weather, and Jaynie, Riley, and I head outside to color.

Riley's mom and I have the greatest thing going.  On Tuesdays both girls are at Riley's house from 9 - 3, and on Thursdays they're both here.  Free days for the moms, a playmate twice a week for the girls.  I'm a genius.

What's that?  Up in the sky?

It's an AIRPLANE!!!

Look, Mommy!  Right there!

Madam moves in for a closer look at the camera.

Riley decides she'd better check it out, too.

After Riley left, Madam and I headed on base to see the airplanes up close.

This is what I got when I said "Smile!"  Who knows.

Jaynie's first pinecone.  She carried it around for about an hour.  She loved that thing.

Here is her favorite airplane.  Or, as she calls it, "Black airplane, WHITE STAR!" (while doing the sign for star - it's really, really cute.)

I think in this one she's just posing.  She seems to think she's a fashion model.

Hello?

Yeah, I can talk!  How have you been?

Oh, not much.  Mom's got me out looking at the airplanes again.

Jaynie does her stellar impression of an airplane.

Are you getting this, Mommy?  This is good stuff!

How cute is this outfit, btw?  I got it for $3.  

Wow, Mommy.  You are one excellent shopper!

I have no idea why she's flashing me in this picture.  When I started taking it, she was doing more of "the airplane" dance.

Oh... wait for it...

.... there it is... AIRPLANE!!!

Man.  Jaynie wandered in while I was trying to make dinner, wearing this hat.  She had it pulled so low over her face she couldn't see - she was tilting her head waaaaaaay back to peer out from under it.  I almost killed myself running for the camera.  By the time I got it she had flipped the brim up like this, which actually may be cuter.  I only got this one shot before she took it off, and I forgot the flash in my haste, but I think it's worth posting anyway.  This is the face I got when I said "SMILE!"  Notice that not only is it hysterical, it's a totally different hysterical face than the one she gave me the day before.  I may start saying "SMILE!" to her several times a day just to see what faces she comes up with. =)