More Swimming...

WARNING: Another picture overload...but how can I not include some, she's just so cute and funny---I have to share!!

See the previous post about Mabelle's love of the water :)

Another day of swimming (well, splashing, sliding, and shaking her booty in the pool...that counts as swimming, right?), being ornery (having to have the bubble bottle with her at all times), looking for ladybugs (we found a cool stick instead), and being just soooo darn cute!

It's a penguin....it's a fish...it's....

MABELLE!! So our child LOVES to swim, and play in the water. If she could do this all day every day, I think she would. We are still doing swim class, and since it's the summer it's twice a week...and swimming in our own pool every nice day that we can. She just thinks it the coolest thing....just wait 'til she gets to her grandparents pool, and sees their HUGE slide. Oh goodness, we definitely need to get a life vest for our little waterbaby!!

Does that first pic look like an underweight child...just look at that little buddah belly!! TOO CUTE! She loves to also straddle the side of the pool, and bounce....like a horse, she tells me. Also, everytime she'd splash into the water and get her hair wet, she'd say "blowdry". She had to "washy hands" everytime she got grass on them too...in the side of the pool. Jason probably thinks I'm making her a priss....I've never blowdried her hair, I think she's just sooo smart and sees me doing it to my wet hair. Oh well....a smart priss, I guess that's our Mabelle!!

You're welcome, Honey, for posting this pic of you and Mabelle emptying the pool. She's such a great helper!!

A new thing...

She's getting sooo smart, and is still talking soo much....too much, she repeats EVERYTHING!! Her newest things she's saying is "Who's that?", "I see it", "Hold YOU", "Whoa, crazy" and some of her newest favorite words include motorcycle and bicycle. She is recognizing letters and sounds now, the ones she knows for sure are A, B, G, Q, & Z. She also recognizes her name, I think......at least she can pick it off a page full of words!!

She learns so much, and seems like she is becoming more of a little person everyday.

So Mabelle's experienced some new things this week....a new pool (thanks, NASA Tracy!!), a new movie (gotta love a monster who can hold a toddler's attention), a new hat (who knew a strainer could be so fashionable?!), and a new love for jumping on the bed!

A Sunday afternoon cuddle with Daddy....

Jumping, hiding, rolling, wallering, laughing, falling, twirling, spinning....all the things Mabelle LOVES to do on the bed!! Here she was hiding under a pillow sham....

Fits perfectly!

A nice new dress from Aunt Weezer....hard work opening the package....time for a snack!!

Her new whale pool complete with a slide and built-in sprinkler.

Such a big girl going down the slide by herself....by the end of the day, Daddy had her going down head first...SCARY!

She was not liking that sprinkler, not sure if it was the cold water, or getting her hair wet.

Ladybugs beware....Mabs wants to hold you, squish you, and love on you....good thing, we have an infestation of them in the backyard!

Mabelle actually sitting down and watching her Elmo movie....we've never watched Elmo before, she just loves to color him, and cuddle him! That lasted a whole 20 minutes...I was able to start dinner...woohoo!! She actually cried when she thought Elmo was falling and getting hurt...soo compassionate.

Mabelle Outside

Well, Mabelle LOVES to play outside...whether it's the "fron" or "outside" (the back), she loves being outdoors. She has a ton of fun when she is looking for "lady-buuuugs", and "mowin" around the yard. But her ultimate favorite outdoor activity has got to be "swimmin" in her "poo".

I'll try to explain all the pictures, but you know me....beware of Mabelle overload!!!

Mabelle playing in her too small pool ;)

Mabelle having a drink poolside!

Happy Mother's Day, MOMMA!!!
Climbing on my back...silly gurl!
I bet you didn't know that the Mr. Potato Head bucket makes a very stylish hat!
Multi-tasking....walking the dog while riding the "toy".
Nope, I don't know where those tennis balls could've went! Already checked my pockets ;)
Mmmm.....flowers.....

Is that smell supposed to be good? Ewwww....On to the bubbles...

Yup, she does it all by herself....not many bubbles are blown that way, but sometimes it's just easier to let her do it!
Stretched out relaxin after a hard day of bubbles, flowers, and mowin!

Momma's shoes....she LOVES shoes!