The zoo, the beach and first day of preschool

                                 Just trying out her brace on her arm , to see how it looks.....

                                               Mamie and our friends Lily and Molly at the zoo.

                                                 Pretending to be eagles in their nest. :-)

                                                                   Ride'em cowgirl!

                                                    That goat DOES look a bit creepy....

                                      They sat on several other stone animals as well.................:-)



Uh, Meme, you okay?? Mamie looked a little concerned about Meme, not sure why she was  just laying down in the sand like that.

 Here we are at the beach on Labor Day with Meme and Papa. Mamie helped daddy build a sandcastle!

                                                               Here she is in the moat....

First day of preschool! (again. :-)) She actually went to the July session as well, and I think even wore this outfit on the first day then, too.  I was trying to get her to relax her hands, but instead she copied me exactly. :-) So we tried another pose.

                                       A nice nap after an exhausting 2 hrs of preschool.

Swimming lessons, painted nails, etc

Swimming lessons with her teacher, Jessica. It was originally a 2:1 ratio class, but the other girl was 12, so they ended up each getting private lessons.

 Mamie was VERY excited to get her nails painted. She felt so pretty. :-)

  The finished product. Before some of it got wiped off. It's just too hard for a 3 yr old to let her nails dry. :-)


Although she certainly did try

 And try some more.She was so cute just trying to dry her "bootiful" "nails painted". That what she kept calling them. Nails painted. "Daddy, yook at pails nainted!" Yes, she reversed the beginning sound.

 At the Tuesday Market. A gymnast school put on a little performance and then let people try out the equipment. They were so sweet with Mamie and she had lots of fun.

                                       Oh, how she LOVES to stick her hands in that water!
                                     She always has her eye on it when we go to the market!

                                                  Did I mention Mamie loves babies???

                                                        At Out of this World Pizza

These pictures just crack me up. This is at Oaks Park. Although she did not enjoy this particular ride, she DID enjoy a few others.I love how the younger kids are just fine, but not my Mamie!

Fun in July!

                                                  Mamie giving her bunny a ride on a truck

                                            Reading the bunny a story

 Reading one of Mommy's books, she seriously will look at books with no picture for the longest time.....

                                        Exhausted??? or throwing a fit???

                                                  Reading the "Stories about Jesus" book

 Wearing one of her boy cousins shirts. Meme didn't have anything else to put her in after her bath. :-)

 I think this truck has got to be Mamie's favorite part of the zoo. She loves to sit in the drivers seat. After we had left this section, she tried to crawl back to it.

                                      Love Elizabeth's pose!

                                          Playing the drums at the zoo

                                      Just hangin' with Aunt Jeni! Mamie sure does love her Jeni!

                                               Swimming in the pool with the cousins!

Utah

                                 Tea Party with the Ladies, and they did a show for us afterwards.

 Me and my old friend Liz Stokes, (now Rennie) from Virginia and our little ones.

 Liz brought her old Lake Braddock shirt to show me, so we both tried it on.

 A very happy girl in her new hat and adorable outfit! Ready to go to Snowbird!

                        Mamie and Uncle Aaron had fun switching hats

 and then putting them over their eyes.. :-)

                                          Mamie enjoying some time with her "mugga".