summer fun

Fun in the sprinkler!  She threw her bunny in first.  That's what she does when she's not sure about something - send bunny in to see if he makes it.  Hilarious!  

Just like everything else - it goes in the mouth.

Playing in the sandbox by herself like a big kid!

Just making faces at me from her crib.  What a sweet girl we have...

Sandbox!

Charles built a beautiful sandbox for Elsie and she loves it.  Actually, we all do...  We captured pictures of her first time in and I thought I'd share.  (And yes, it has a lid!)

Untouched, perfectly manicured sand, waiting for Elsie!

She needed a little convincing at first.

Ah, but took to it right away and wanted to share!

Content child.  Nothing better.

Playin' in the water

We don't yet have a kiddie pool for our girl, so Elsie's gramma improvised with sand toys.  What fun they had.  Nothing was dry when Elsie was finished!

Zoo!

We took Elsie to the Cougar Mountain Zoo today for her first zoo visit!  It was a bit cold at first but we had a blast and Elsie loved it.  She decided early on that she'd really prefer to walk rather than ride in the stroller.  She saw the reindeer first, pointed and said "woof, woof, woof."  Then the cougar: "woof, woof, woof."  (There's a theme here.)  Then the lemurs, "woof, woof, woof."  But of all the things at the zoo, she liked the rocks the best!  

And after the park......

.......she waters the flowers (or thinks that's what she's doing).

Day at the park!

Finally we have some sun!  We took Elsie for her first real visit to the park on Wednesday.  She went on the swing and the slide but decided she liked having her feet on the ground and moving at full-speed.

She gave it a go but didn't much like the swing.  We were shocked because she's loves the flying games and the tumbling.  Someday, she will love this...

By far the best part of the trip - the wood chips!

Sittin' in the big-girl-chair for lunch with mom!

Being Silly!