Mims and Co.

The Polar Express

2011-12-13T12:24:00.000-06:00

I recently took a ride to Birmingham, AL and then headed South a couple of miles. This happens to be the closest connecting train station to the North Pole. The ride from there to the North Pole is relatively short for the vast distance covered and we had an elf reading and singing to us so the time really passed quickly. Anyway, check out some digital stills from the trip below.

This is not my first encounter with Santa in my life, but this is the first encounter between the 2 of use were we both did not coming away from the meeting rethinking our thoughts on his role in Christmas. Remember this previous encounter?

Here I am waiting to board the train with Lala and Grand daddy. Got my ticket ready to go.

Mama came along for the ride too. Believe it or not she has never been to the North Pole

and you know my main man Dada made the trip. He has been to the North Pole before but never by train, only by sleigh.

Here we all are (including Lamby) getting ready to start heading down the tracks.

Ok, we hear that Santa is near and we are both a little apprehensive. Will he remember me, am I on the right list, did he see me throw Dada's keys in the trash back in April? Is there a statute of limitations for being naughty or nice?

Notice I am in my Christmas PJs. We are all invited to wear them but apparently I am the only one who adhered to the request.

Ok, here he comes, with his wife and a couple of his elf's.

Here we are. Miss Claus is very nice, smelled good and she even knew my name.

Here we all are. Hope everyone else gets a chance to see Santa this holiday.

Frasier

2011-12-05T15:35:00.001-06:00

Lets just get right to it. It is Christmas time so we went and bought the best tree in the quad state area. We did some research and this tree is 38 years old and comes from Orville Redenbacher's private tree nursery in upstate New York. It came from the North East corner of the property where the acidity in soil is 2.3%. The perfect level for growing Frasier furs. Orville himself planted the seed for this tree and cared for it until his hip replacment surgery in 1989. Then the current greens keeper for Augusta National golf course was its caretaker until it was sold to Home Depot in early Novemeber of this year for $39.97.

Here we are with Orville's finest. I know the tree looks...well we all look a little rough around the edges but with a little tinsel and some shiny things we clean up pretty nice.

Here is a new edition to the Mason tree this year. We only had 4 Elvis themed ornamements until now. I hope that everyone has a pair of Elvis Blue Swede shoes hanging from their tree. If not on your tree then at least in your closet, please.

Here I am helping with the tree. By helping I mean standing back and not breaking any ornaments or decorations.

Also, a bit of sad news this holiday season. One of my wise men lost his right hand in an unfortunate accident involving a certain dog, some teeth and a clothes pin. Luckily he held on to his Frankincense to bring to baby Jesus.

Remember Scout. He is back this year and is again watching over me with his sort of eerie smile. He is good at keeping a straight face. When I asked him if he knows Santa he just sat there perfectly still and kept that same grin.

Here is what the tree turned out like. It looks a bit like Christmas awesomeness. Merry Christmas everyone.

Thanksgiving

2011-11-29T16:34:00.001-06:00

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone and I don't have any pictures of me with any turkey or dressing. But rest assured that I was around of plenty of turkeys, also some pigs and a cow or two. We traveled south for Thanksgiving, then East, then back North again. We got to see most all the family. Check out below for information about the trip.

I can't remember if I formally introduced you to Lamby or not. We are pretty much inseparable. It might even be becoming a problem. Here he is on my tricycle.

Here we are at the fountain outside Hi Mama and GrandDaddy T's house. Notice Lamby is with me running from the fountain as well.

Remember Mims...you know the cow Mims from last year. Well this is Mims III. Cows apparently grow quicker than little girls.

I call this picture. Cows at Sunset

This one is called Girls and those Cows, At Sunset"

Running to go feed the horses

Margie Kate just showed Ryan and I how to feed Uno. All you do is poor some oats in a bucket. Pretty cool.

Look how at home Mama is on the farm. Oh, and don't judge the farm by the size of this truck. This is just the truck for little people. There are big trucks for big people and a big trailer for big cows.

Autumn

2011-11-14T10:59:00.001-06:00

This Autumn has seemed to last quite a while, which is not a complaint, just an astute observation. Although plenty have fallen, we still have plenty of leaves to on the tree as well. Fall usually brings a good picture opportunity or two. See below...

I was in Meridian last weekend and got to visit with Grand Daddy, Lala and Mama Coats. We had a good ole time.

This is a good place to be in Meridian, on the back porch in a rocking chair. I just need a little sweet tea and a breeze and I will be good to go.

We took a walk around Oxford on Sunday afternoon. There were leaves, baby acorns, daddy acorns and pecans everywhere. We also ran into a squirrel named Skeeter.

To finish up the weekend Dada and I made some pizzas. The problem with making your own pizza is the time it takes and the mess you make. Little Ceasers makes pizzas in about 30 seconds. Dada makes pizza in about 3 hours. Not only does the dough have to rise, you also have to cook it! And don't even get me started on the mess that flour makes. It was everywhere.

My pizza was just my size so I loved it.

We did

2011-11-08T11:04:00.001-06:00

We did go trick-or-treating this year, and I have the pictures below as proof. Sorry it took me so long to get them to you. Everything I publish has to be cleared by my publicist and she has been out of town. Okay, look below for the never before seen photos...

Here are my scary and happy pumpkins. We had a great time carving them and Mama makes the best roasted punkins seeds between Hwy 7 South and Billy Brewer's back yard.

Okay, the debut of the dress. In case you can't tell I am Rapunzel. She was in the new movie Tangled and asked me to wear here dress for Halloween because she was going to be out of town. I have been growing my hair out all week to get the look right.

Here I am at school with my classmates. As you can see I brought my candy bag as I was ready to go trick-or-treating even though it was 8:15 in the morning.

Ok, it is now Halloween night and we are at the neighborhood party at the pool house. Here I am with my favorite conductor, Robert.

Guess who does not hang out together...Rapunzel and Chubaka. He needs to go back to his own Galaxy.

Guess who does hang out together...Rapunzel and Jessie. I was so excited to see here.

As you may remember, this is how I trick-or-treat. In my wagon with Mama as my chauffeur.

Look who else was there, one of the dwarfs that knows Snow White. He apparently knows Santa too since he borrowed Santa's beard and suit.

Jessie's Dad, Buzz Lightyear was there too. He is so fast that the picture is a little blurry. They don't call him Buzz for nothing.

Here I am with Snow White about to go get some candy.

Finally, here I am with the rest of the hood taking a hayride to my next destination. Hope everyone had a great Halloween like I did.

Who had a party?

2011-10-20T14:49:00.000-05:00

Just in case you have been out of touch with the Oxford social scene in the past week or so I wanted to mention an event that happened last weekend. This event was my one and only 3rd birthday party. We had great time and the events leading up to the party were great too. Thanks to all who attended, including William and Kate. I can't believe they came across the pond just for my birthday.

I awoke bright and early on my actual birthday and got to meet this little guy hiding in the corner of his tank. I promptly and appropriately named him Nemo. He is the only boy fish on the block with a pink castle in his tank and he loves it. His light is also my new night light. That's my jam.

Ok, fast forward to 2:15 PM at school. Directly after nap time. As you may remember from last year David Doss and I share a birthday. That's right I said share. Many of you may think I don't know that word but I do. Now give me that toy you are playing with.

This is my "I'm about to eat a blue cupcake" look.

And this is my "I just ate a blue cupcake" look. By the way, Hi Mama made it to the birthday party.

Ok, fast forward again. Now it is evening and I am all dressed up for my birthday dinner. I got to open my present. Candy Land, or as I like to call it. I Win again Land.

After opening my present we had reservations at Chef Bovine's new restaurant...Chik-fil-a. They have great chicken strips and a play-room that is second to none. I think Dada was the only one there in a tuxedo. He said everyone else did not know it was my birthday so they were not dressed as formally.

Do a double take! Its now time for a birthday party. I was so excited that I got a rash, skipped my nap and put on a princess outfit. Lala and Grand Daddy made the party too.

And where did this new Princess outfit come from? Well Aunt Sissy of course. (Programming note: You may see this costume again close to the end of the month)

Here we have the Lowery girls and JoAnna working on their crowns. Papa Lowery was quite the creative inspiration behind some of the best crowns of the day.

Look at all these kids having a ball or two...or three. Only took us about 2 days to get all 52 blown up.

I even had a couple LSU fans dressed in purple come to the party. Thanks for coming Lala and Alma. See if we can find some Red or Blue next time please.

Joe even made the trek across the driveway to the party. And he brought his little Princess McKenzie over.

What is a party without a little entertainment. We rocked the mic and tickled those keys for a good while. I thought a flash mob was about to form.

Knox is all strapped in for a trip through the garden. Knox is a big proponent of safety straps.

Jojo, also a fellow birthday sharer of mine made an appearance as well. He looks like a 3 year old manikin in this pic.

Cupcake time. I don't know if we had too many people or two few cupcakes but it got a little hectic for a while.

And the calm after the party. I got my blue blanket and checked out all the wonderful presents my friends brought me. I am checking out my new glass slippers right now. Thanks for everybody who came.

Stretching Summer into Fall

2011-10-10T16:46:00.001-05:00

Back from a quick trip to Lake Bruin. We had a nice relaxing trip. It was hot this weekend which made it an excellent weekend to be at a lake. This was also the last time for me to be at a lake while still being a small child. That's right, come Thursday I will be a 3 year old big girl. I am excited, as is most of North Mississippi.

Here is most of the crew from the lake trip. We left 3 more on land and Dada was not allowed in the picture. I am sitting in Wilson's lap. Unfortunately for me, Wilson's lap did not make the picture.

This was where I spent the Saturday night before last. Out by the fire in my Ole Miss turtle neck and my Ole Miss sweatsuit. Watched us roll over the Bulldogs from Fresno that night.

Welcome to my office. This is where I work on homework, doodle and write the rough draft for my blog.

Ok, back to the lake pictures. Here I am with William. Apparently I am good with adults because he seems to enjoy my company.

He does not always take jokes that well though. As you can see I thought I told a great joke but William did not take is so well.

Here is Mama enjoying the ride.

Here is Dada with Captain Wilson. Captain Wilson probably should have been facing forward since the boat was moving but he got use home safely so I guess I should not be so critical.

Mama sometimes thinks she is famous. I finally see why.

Dada sometimes thinks he is handsome. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

I thought I should add this jewel also. T is leading me, Lamby and my new balloon back to the car. We had a good lunch.

Double Decker Fun

2011-09-28T12:12:00.001-05:00

Hello to everyone out there. This post takes us back to last Sunday afternoon. I, along with family, friends and classmates took at private tour of Oxford from the top of an ancient Double Decker bus that is Hernando Desoto discovered on the same voyage that he discovered the mighty Mississippi. It is the only one of it's kind. This tour was in honor of Cade's 3rd birthday. Let's scroll down to see what all happened.

Trying to hold in my excitement here and play it cool. This was my first time on the bus. Dada's first time too. Mama has been on this bus many a time, she even used to give tours. Seriously.

Here I am at the top. Still playing it cool. No big deal.

Ok, you know how there is only one double decker bus. Well apparently another one was recently discovered. We both stopped and stared at each other for a while, then moved on.

Headed towards the square with me at the helm.

This is my version of planking (look it up). Instead of laying in peculiar place like a plank, I will randomly drop down and practice my bridge. This has been done at Walmart, the Grove, Oxford Floral and now the top of a Double Decker bus doing 90 mph down University Ave.

This is what it must have looked like when Hernando Desoto discovered the Mississippi on his Double Decker bus. I can just see him driving past Graceland and the Memphis International Airport on this bus before coming to overlook at the Mississippi River.

Me and the birthday boy.

There's that birthday boy again.

Playing on the playground on the 3rd story of the double decker bus.

More fun with Dada.

Saturday

2011-09-19T16:56:00.004-05:00

I had a big Saturday this past weekend. I went my my friend Marti's house and watched a women's badminton match. It was rather boring so me and the Cadester spent a good bit of time outside. We played tennis, ran around, found some pine cones, squished some bugs and cried a little. Sad to say...even though we were in our freshly pressed cheer-leading and football outfits, and it was a Fall Saturday morning in the South, there was no football going on.

Cade and I posing for a quick pic before getting into a bunch of nonsense.

Working on the hand-eye coordination. I have a pretty good arm but #12 can get the racket on the ball everyone now and then.

Pine cone contest. You decide who has the best pine cone.

This just little green guy was fun to play with while he was a round.

A good ole bear hug from Cade before we left.

September is Finally here

2011-09-02T08:59:00.003-05:00

Hello to everyone this lovely September day. Happy Birthday to my new cousin Simmons. She will arrive in a couple hours. In other news football season starts tomorrow so expect several pictures of my in my cheerleading outfit to come. Super cute.

Speaking of Super cute, how about this princess outfit? It was Saturday so that was good enough reason for me to dress up and take a pose.

Also, momma was dressing up as a princess so I thought that was enough reason too. This is a Princess giving another princess a goodbye kiss.

The green team got together a birthday party for their main squeeze, Cecilia. She turned 1 last week. She has great toys, reminds me of my childhood.

Just a funny picture.

Finally in other huge news that I can't believe I have not shared with you. I am taking dance lessons for the first time every. Liza talked me into it and I think it is a fabulous idea. It won't be long before we will be teaching the class. We both have a lot of natural dancing talent.

Professional Cycling

2011-08-28T20:49:00.004-05:00

Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well. As my followers in the South know football season is all but upon us. Each year about this time I take my cart and go visit Coach Vaught at his field house. We touched very briefly on last season and quickly decided it was time to move on to our thoughts on the state of the team and the upcoming season. Coach is very excited about the new capital campaign and asks everyone to do their part.

See everyone next week in the Grove.

I have a slight fear of anything with peddles but Dada has been working extremely hard with me. The amount of attention he pays to me during the training sessions is the work of a true teacher.

Nevertheless, sometimes you need to bring in a 3rd party...an expert in the field of cycling to bring your game to the next level. In comes Luke, 7 time North State Tricycling co-champion and neighbor to yours truly. I put on my best tutu (blue), then put on my second best tutu (pink) and my silver cycling shoes for the training.

Luke used a technique call "the different tricycle" and it worked quite well. We ditched my shiny tricycle and used a relic from the past. They just don't make tricycles like this anymore. You can tell I am more confident on this one and you can tell from the look on Luke's face that he is quite proud of me.

Now back to training with Dada...the look says it all.

In other news, I went to go see my main man Ryan a couple of weeks ago. I was so excited about all the trash he had on the street that I gave him a but ole hug.

And when I had to go I was sad. More to come...stay tuned.

Been Beach'in It

2011-08-11T11:30:00.005-05:00

I made a quick trip down to the beach since our last chat. We had quite the time. Last year when I went to the beach I would immediately turn around and head straight back to the condo. This year I got in the water and used the beach, the pool, lazy river, etc. to its full potential.

I chose my Coast Guard approved pink ring. If I was in my swimsuit, my pink ring was with me. Even if I was just sitting around the condo.

This picture summarizes a conflict I had pretty much all week long. Should I take a nap, or should I go swimming.

This is not the beach, this is a grass field that grows rainbows on the way to the beach. If you look real close you will see two rainbows.

This was sort of embarrassing, I had a small spot of tomato sauce from my spaghettios on my lip. I found out later that it was there for 2 days before anyone pointed it out to me. Just another problem with not being able to see above the counter in the bathroom.

Another dilemma, should I go to sleep, or should I go crabbing.

Here is a dilemma that Mere Mere has each morning. What to do with here hair. I think she sleeps with her hair in the blender each night.

This look of concern is because either the bubbles keep growing or I am getting smaller.

Mama ready to go deep sea fishing.

There is Eli, resting before we start reeling them in.

Ahoy there matey...Uncle Sam, Julie and Dada up top on the look out for pirates.

We caught about 50 fish and were able to keep about 30. We had to throw back all the Red Snapper even though some were huge. Just not is season. The trigger fish, white snapper, B-liners and Nemo were all good eating.

Here is the crew. Captain Al and firstmate Ben were pretty happy with our haul, seeing how the previous outing nabbed 2 fish for them.

Uncle Sam had so much fun playing with us...can't you tell? Look how excited I am!

Really I am more concerned, Uncle Sam caught a blue crab and a baby stingray. Does he not know what happened to the Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin?

Mama and Dada before a hot dinner.

Finally made it back home. Was excited to put on my new Red and Blue jammies and get ready for a new year school and a new Football season.

Summer Fun

2011-07-17T21:50:00.009-05:00

Hello fans. I am back from my mid-summer hiatias. It has been a good summer thus far and we still have much more to go but let me get you up to speed on what I have been up to lately.

This was my get'up for the 4th of July parade at my school. I am giving it a test drive before the big day.

I have made my way to a pool or two during the hiatias. I am checking out the hot tub.

Here is Dada with Turt the turtle. They are inseparable.

Presley is pretty dog gone happy in this pic. Shortly after he curled up with himself and took his 14th nap of the day.

Here are three tired pups. Most of us had been swimming and that just tires you out.

Headed to the 4th of July parade with Mama.

Got tired of walking so now I am headed to the parade with Dada...in his arms. He loves carrying about 30 pounds of wiggle when it is 95 degrees for 30 minutes stretches.

A couple of weeks after celebrating the nations birthday I helped celebrate Luly's birthday. That's her in the green ring next to madam Mims.

I prefer a pink ring. In fact it is terribly difficult to get me in a pool without it.

Dada stopped by and had some pizza with me at the party. He has a long neck.

Ok, I got dressed after a long Saturday morning of playing in my fort. It was long toppled by the time the camera came out. Time to go the farmer's market.

Nothing like dancing for the guys with instruments, hats and sunglasses. I don't know if they appreciate me blocking the tip bucket though.

Here is a picture of me in my hat and...

Here is a picture of Caldwell in her Dora the Explora Fedora. Say that 3 times fast.

Mere Mere and Spiders

2011-06-28T11:48:00.002-05:00

Quick update from the days of my lives. I had some family in town this weekend. Mere Mere and Eli came to town with Hope and Gerry for some baseball and to celebrate Gerry's birthday. Eli's team was playing at FNC Park and Gerry jumps at any chance to get to Oxford so it was a good time had by all. Aunt Sissy also came in town to play with me. Top that off with getting to celebrate Liza and Nelson's birthdays at Mike's house and Alma coming to visit makes for a great weekend.

Mere Mere and I played at the pool several times and also played in the back yard.

Presley stayed way out in the yard. Want to know why...

Because Ricky was on the back porch eating bugs. Ricky likes to hang out by the grill on the back patio and eat bugs, dogs and people.

Update: RIP Ricky April 7, 2011 - June 28, 2011

RIP Ricky's children June 27 - June 28, 2011
Tom, Susan, Stan, Bill, Greg, Nancy, Spidy, Slim, Betty, Coach O, Tiny, Scary Spice, Elijah, Muhammad, Chandler, Maddie, Unibrow, Arachnad, Catcher, Rye, David, Jo Jo, Fancy Nancy, Miss Heather, Sweet Caroline, Baby James, Nicholas, Yaya, Barry H, Slick Willie, guy that looks like Peyton Manning, and Gary Bussey.

Sorry

2011-06-14T09:11:00.006-05:00

Sorry, I have not been busy so that is not an excuse I will be using about not posting any new pictures or stories. But my dog ate my computer so it has been difficult.

Besides getting slung down a set of stairs and then immediately taking a nap the only thing I have been up to is being a Princess in another Princess's wedding.

The design and the designer of my dress was kept a secret until the day of the wedding. We even had a couple of alternate dresses that we leaked to the media just to throw them off the trail.

We ended up going with a designer from the mid Southern region of Mississippi.

This undergarment was also designed especially for this occasion. Silk worms were flown in from the India and have been producing silk for this gown for 2 years.

I was not only the flower girl, but I was the musical entertainment.

Look for this picture to be on the cover of an antique door magazine soon.

Final practice before the big moment.

Remember...no matter how busy you get don't forget to stop and smell the Princess's roses.

Dada has also been working on some modeling. He calls this look Blue Steal. I call my look Forehead Only.

Here is a more traditional pose.

Tub time.

Nap time.

See you folks soon.

Its has been a Long Time

2011-05-13T16:04:00.004-05:00

It has been a long time since we last spoke, but it is good to see you again. We have been staying busy in Oxford, but just with the normal, not really worth reporting, parts of life. Of course there were some highlights along the way so I listed them below.

This is your standard run of the mill great picture of me. Sunlight beaming through my hair, Spring dress on and Presley eating a treat trying to get in my way.

See my bird feeder? It's right up there hanging on my bird feed holder pole. I made it out of some peanut butter and a pine cone. My neighbor Robert made one with me. I hope his has attracted more birds than mine has.

Another picture of yours truly.

Here I am with Mama on Mother's day morning. Check out the flowers in the background. Those flowers along with a wide range of other gifts any mother would love are brought to you by Oxford Floral. Locally owned and operated, Oxford Floral is your local place for stuff!

Check me out in my bear hunt gear. I went on a Bear hunt with the rest of my classmates today for the end of year pageant at my school.

Happy Easter Everybody

2011-04-24T19:47:00.007-05:00

Happy Easter from your favorite miniature blogger. I hope your Easter was as wonderful as mine. The Bun came to see me, which was a nice treat, but just spending time with Mama and Dada was the best treat of all.

Here we are after the 1st hunt of the day, but before Church.

Here I am during the second hunt, and after church. The 2nd hunt was at Ms Katie and Mr David's house. We had a great time. I had to strip down to my skivvies after church, if you were wondering what I am wearing.

Mr. David has many talents and you can add Easter egg dye professional to that list. He made the 2 dozen of the best looking eggs east of Batesville.

Me and Mama made a house for my cricket today on the sand side of my sand/water table.

Jump back in time to Saturday at the neighborhood Easter egg hunt. I ate fruit off of a stick while Jackson munched on a cupcake. Ms. Jackson was helping us out.

Jackson's dad, Mr. Corey saved me from the Easter bunny Saturday. He is always there in a pickle.

Waiting to start the hunt. I was moved up to a new division at this hunt this year so I had be focused.

On the move

Here I am checking in with Cecilia. She had a good hunt as well.

But guess who had the best time of them all. That's right 3 time dad and the guy that's always there with a camera, a camcorder and timely financial advice, Mr. Chuck Sherman.

Rewind one more time to Thursday. We had to have the hunt in the gym due to inclement weather but that did not keep me down.

Here I am with about a dozen bozos and my BFF Heather. We do our best to keep all these guys straight.

Hope everyone has a good week.

The great Egg Hunts of 2011

2011-04-19T13:22:00.006-05:00

It is Easter Egg hunt week here in Oxford. I started Sunday with a pre-hunt before Church to make sure I was ready to go this week. The last thing you want it is to pull a hamstring or mistake an Easter egg for a pine cone during a live hunt so it is always best to practice. Including my pre-hunt i think I will participate in 6 hunts.

You can see the excitement on my face about egg hunting season. It only lasts a week in Mississippi so you need to take advantage each day.

Where or where are you?

We interrupt this hunt for a picture. Oh joy!

A successful hunt. Found the eggs and 1 cricket.

After church we head to the official first hunt of the season.

I traded in my decorative basket for my utility basket for this hunt. Sometimes looking cute is not as important bringing in a big haul.

I pretty much ran the show at the O-UUMC hunt. This was a good year for me because I was pretty much the oldest person in my section. I was a seasoned pro compared to some of the newbies in my category so I gathered my dozen in record time. Now next year will be a different story when I move into the 3-5 year old category.

When you gather your quota in record time you have the luxury of surveying your area for better eggs. This is called a swoop and swap. You swoop in and swap your egg filled with bubble gum and trade it for the starburst filled egg.

Showing off my eggs.

Mama

Look at his pretty tree branch.

Dada is showing me the bees. These things were huge and not playing around. Or where they playing around? I don't speak bee so I am not real sure.

From the hunt we went to the baseball game. Good to get an SEC sweep.

Back to an out of place Easter egg hunt picture.

Time to take the field and run the bases.

Look at me back there...running the bases. I love a Sunday run on the bases.

I passed this poor boy about 3 times.

Hey Ole Miss Diamond girl. No time to wave, I'm on a mission.

Woops, I got called out because Ole blue says I ran out of the base path.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Get Outside

2011-04-05T16:54:00.008-05:00

It's that time of year again where if your not outside then you're probably inside. Ponder on that for a minute. Anyway, the temperature has been nice and the breeze has been breezy so I have been enjoying the outdoors as much as possible.

Sunday I grabbed some pink gear, threw it in my pink backpack, put on my pink outfit and went to the Grove for a concert. It was a great time and you would believe all the people and dogs that were there.

Mama was there too, looking as pretty as a Spring day.

Blowing bubbles was one of many activities I participated in. Thanks to all who supplied the bubbles and sorry to those who got soap in their eyes.

There's friend, neighbor and bubble supplier Mr. Robert Neely.

When we got home from the Grove we went rock climbing.

Here is Mama's Surprise Tulips. It is called the Suprise Tulip because the entire neighborhood was surprised it bloomed.

A good picture with Dada in the forest.

About to go to school this morning. Had to have my shades on for when the door opened.

Also, I began wearing headbands this week. Big step for me. And now that I wear them I make sure to let everyone know about them. I even tell scary people that I should not talk to about my new headband.

Everybody is getting older

2011-04-02T14:03:00.007-05:00

Everybody is getting older so that means one thing...Birthday parties! I rode the birthday party circuit this morning with a trip across town then back to the neighborhood to finish off the morning.

Here we are on our way from Pearce's party (party A) back to Olivia Kate's party (party B). I'm already into goodie bag #1.

The tulips are blooming on campus. Not a bad site on not a bad morning.

If you look real hard you can find me not cooperating in the back at party B on Sesame Street. I'm the blur in blue.

If I was wearing my normal pink at party A today could you tell me and the car apart?

Caldwell and I played with the bubbles and ducks at party B.

Why is Dada about to man handle this house? Because he is looking for me!

And he found me and all the sidewalk chalk that I was trying to hid from other party goers. Nobody like a tattle tale daddy.

Here I am again in another house.

Every time the wind would kick up someone would have to go retrieve this dog out of a tree. Contrary to popular belief there is such a thing as too many balloons.

I rode this little horsey down to town!

Here is a picture of food. I am not sure how the food pictures keep hijacking my blog. I am told this was Rosemary grilled chicken with grilled bok choy and shiitake mushrooms.

Wanted to let you guys know first

2011-04-01T11:53:00.004-05:00

Hey everybody. I wanted to let you guys see this first before the New York Times publishes it.

I have a hook for a hand. There...I said it. I have a hook for a hand. I usually cover it up by drawing attention to my face with an irresistible smile but it looks pretty apparent in this picture. We are not sure who took this picture but my legal team does know that scrupulous media outlets were prepared to pay big money for it. My PR agent said we should release it ourselves to control its release. I am sure you understand so I'll leave you with this...

"I'll get you for this, Pan, if it's the last thing I do" -- Uncle Hook, February, 1953

Also, try viewing my Blog with an alternate view.

Fun Family Filled Weekend

2011-03-23T09:28:00.005-05:00

I had a fun filled family weekend last weekend. By fun I mean going to baseball games, playing outside, enjoying the weather and spending time with family. By family I mean Mama, Daddy, Mer Mer, Eli, Hi Mama, T, Uncle G, Ken, Debbie, Mama Coats, Lala Grand Daddy, Aunt Hope and Uncle Gerry.

Here I am getting the full dose of cousin love on Friday morning. Nothing like staying in your jammies for a couple of hours on a weekday.

Once we made it outside Mer Mer and I had to go check on the boys next door.

Here we are again.

Mer Mer and I are starting a band. She can really tickle the ivories while I belt out the lead vocals. Mama said we sounded so good after about an hour of this that we should go outside and let others hear the beautiful noise we made.

Business time, serious business.

Finally, on Sunday night I went to Taylor Grocery for some catfish with ole droopy eye. Mr. John (not pictured), who has a pink potty was there too. They serve some of the smallest but tastiest catfish around. Did you know that catfish prices are going up because the profit margin in the catfish industry is going down. Many farmers are draining their ponds and going back to more traditional crops like corn. We all know that pursuits of things like alternative fuels and a good jalapeno cornbread always keep corn in high demand. Don't worry though, we still lead the world in catfish production although that delicious Vietnamese river cat is trying to catch-up.

Spring Time

2011-03-17T13:47:00.002-05:00

If you don't love this time of year then you just need to check your diaper. The weather and all the fun activities makes this one of the top 4 season of the year, especially in Oxford. We get the benefit of getting to watch Spring sports like baseball and tennis. I've been to several Ole Miss baseball games this year and plan to watch several more. Pictures below are from last week's outing.

Thanks to operation double cracker I was able to sneak in my own personal snacks to the game. This helps to keep me from running away or causing a scene, plus provides nourishment that is very important to me during this stage of development.

As you can tell from this picture things got serious all of a sudden. Did Lipscomb have men is scoring position with only 1 out you ask? No, I just saw the playground and realized there were kids playing and I was not involved.

Well I made it to the playground and after pushing a couple of older boys out of the way I was ready to do my thing. Down the slide I go.

Don't worry about me Mama, these older kids will take good care of me.

Taste Test: M&Ms v. Reece's Pieces

2011-03-10T12:45:00.003-06:00

In a recent taste test conducted by myself I found that M&M's taste the same as Reese's Pieces...as long as the M&M's are pink and the Reese's are yellow. So please don't judge a book by its contents. Judge it by its cover (or color).

Also, it is getting harder and harder to find pink M&M's so if you have any left over from Valentine's day please send me an email and I will arrange to have them picked up. Also, I have plenty of orange and brown Reese's if anyone would like them.

February Sum-up

2011-02-28T11:24:00.006-06:00

Hey hey everybody. I know as well as you that February is a short month...barely has a week in it. But that does not mean you can't have a good time. I hope you had a good one. My February ended with me taking care of Lala and Grand daddy while Mama and Dada helped Uncle Ken and Aunt Debbie get married.

Here I am peaking our from behind one of my favorite hiding spots before heading to school. I had to dress up because I have a presentation on the effects of too much Mickey Mouse on a 2 year old to my class today. I can go ahead and let you know that I hypothesized that it only has positive effects and my hypothesis was proven true.

Also in the month of February...Robert came over and helped me dance on my ottoman.

He wore his party outfit because its always a party when he is around.

I asked Mama and Dada to let me stay at home while they traveled to a tropical island. They were flying commercial (which I can't stand) and were bothered by celebs the entire time so I think I made a good decision. I would have like to spend time with Eli and Meredith though. Here they are on the water taxi to the island. If you look in the reflection of Mama's glasses you will notice that this picture was taken by Justin Long and Blake Lively. If you're not sure who they are then let me Google that for you.
Justin Long
Blake Lively

Dada at low tide

Look close...Mama's on the dock.

Thanks for taking this picture for Mama and Dada Mr. Dave Matthews. Sorry Dada made you listen to his demo tape.

Here are the reasons for the trip...Uncle Ken and Aunt Debbie getting ready for the parade to the the rehearsal dinner.

Here is more on the parade. This video was randomly taken by someone on the island.

Sunset

Ready for the wedding

Mama, Hi Mama, Aunt Hope and Cousin Meredith and random speedo guy at the wedding.

Hope your February was as relaxing as mine. Also, thanks to Sarah Jessica Parker, Shania Twain, Hugh Grant, Minka Kelly and those previously mentioned for letting my parents just relax while on vacation. See you during March. Everybody get your kite's ready.

Fisrt Date

2011-02-14T15:27:00.002-06:00

I had my first big date last night. I put on my best Valentine's day outfit and got ready for the Father/Daughter Valentine's Dinner at church. Typically, when my date got to the door I was not even close to being ready. But we ended up making it to dinner and had a fun evening.

Come to find out, my date had a date the night before. Look what he cooked for Mama.

Sticking with the beef theme from the past several weekends he served red wine braised beef short ribs.

Famliy and Flank Steak

2011-02-05T20:00:00.006-06:00

I forgot to put these pictures up earlier. My Dada's family came to town the same weekend that he got old. Although it was Dada's birthday I was rewarded with a present as well. My reward was just for being me. I got some cool blocks to play with. Thanks everybody.

Here I am in my Minnie Mouse PJs with Mama Coats.

Playing with Lala while Uncle G remembers his favorite play from the Ole Miss/Tennessee game earlier that day.

More time time with Grand Daddy and the new blocks.

Now I'm not trying to turn this into a food blog but sometimes what Dada cooks is more interesting than what is going on in my life. For instance the rolled flank steak below is more news worthy than me playing a record setting game of hide-n-go seek today.

Step 3 -- Rolled flank steak stuffed with toasted bread crumbs and baby spinach, jalepano pesto on the side. Then some couscous with mushrooms, tomatoes and green onions

Step 2

Step 1

What a week

2011-02-03T17:32:00.004-06:00

I know its not over yet, but we are getting close. The weekend is almost upon us. We got a bit of snow today, the Rebels/Bears took care of business on the recruiting trail, closing strong as usual and our boys in the gym had a good nationally televised win earlier this week. I have not been to the hospital this week, I don't live in Egypt and the Super Bowl is this weekend so things look to stay positive through the weekend.

Do you remember what happened the last time a nationally ranked Kentucky Wildcat basketball team came to Oxford?

I got taken to the hoop by Zack Graham and the Cats went home with their tail between their legs. Well it happened again Tuesday night. I was watching from afar this time but it was exciting nonetheless.

Do your parents have needy friends? Mine do, and they usually show up on the weekends. I am used to fixing drinks, grabbing snacks, changing the channel, adusting lighting conditions, letting Presley out to potty, etc. but when John Rea comes to town it gets even more demanding. This last time I had to clean his chin. There were crumbs and dried up ketchup.

Once we got that chin cleaned up all we had to do was straighten that hair and he was ready to go.

Happy Birthday Dada

2011-01-28T21:43:00.004-06:00

The old man is now even older. So am I and so are you so don't think your not aging. But anyway, we had a party like you have never seen tonight. It was me, Mama, Presley and the guest of honor. We all had 6 cupcakes. After playing hide-n-go-seek about a dozen times I went to the the living room and threw on a movie while Mama and Dada went to work on dinner. Don't we look like we are having so much fun What a lovely day...now.

That was not the case 34 minutes into Dada's birthday. I woke up with the Croup right after midnight and had to head to the hospital. It was quit an ordeal. Happy Birthday Dada...let's wake up at 12:34 AM, scare you to death and spend a bunch of money.

You ain't seen nothing yet.

Anyway, back to dinner. They whipped up Steak Oscar...char grilled filet sandwiched in sourdough croutons with an asparagus/crab-meat mixture topped with a Red wine sauce and bearnaise on the side.

It was enjoyed.

This is all I got...

2011-01-26T15:44:00.004-06:00

Two measly pictures of me pretty much doing nothing. That's all I got right now. It has been pretty calm since the snow so there is not too much to report. I have become a master at hide-and-go-seek, but obviously I don't have any pictures of that since you would never see me in any of the pictures...that's how good I am.

Hope things are going well on your side of the fence. I'll be back soon with some more pictures and a story about deer, a turtle and and a rabbit you will never believe.

Kids eat free on the weekends. Hard to beat.

This is what 2 ponies sitting on a cow looks like. Cute

A Post NOT about the Weather

2011-01-11T17:08:00.009-06:00

All everyone has been talking about lately is the weather. If you like to see people go crazy just come to Oxford MS after the weather man says 6 to 8 inches of ice cream will be outside your window as far as you can see the next morning. If you have a really good sense of humor head down to your local Wal-mart just to observe. So anyway, enough about the weather.

Mama and myself Sunday. Not to talk about the weather, but it was cold Sunday.

And here I am with Dada. Hey look, is that my Christmas card picture in the background? Want a closer look? See below. Not to talk about the weather but it was sort of breeze Sunday.

Front

Back

So back to the weather. It started to snow Sunday night.

When I got up it was pretty much everywhere.

Naturally, I put on 12 layers of cloths and go ready for the day.

Here is what I found.

It was everywhere...up to my knees.

It was also up to Dada's ankles. We lost Presley for a solid half hour. It ended up that he was just in the side yard making snow angels the whole time.

Can you spot Presley in this picture?

Here is Frostette before we put her Pea Coat on her.

Jimmy decided to build a snow man of his own, he and his snow man obviously don't suffer from Acrophobia -- (from the Greek: ἄκρον, ákron , meaning "peak, summit, edge" and φόβος, phóbos, "fear") is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort that share both similar etiology and options for treatment. "Vertigo" is often used (incorrectly) to describe a fear of heights, but it is more accurately a spinning sensation that occurs when one is not actually spinning.)

Denson is putting on the finishing touches

When your gloves get wet what do you do? Steal Mama's of course. Which she stole from Dada.

Faulkner is such a jokster. He wore that hat all day.

Frostette fell down since Dada does not understand gravity so we had to build "a daddy snowman, a mama snowman a baby snowman and a Presley dog."

Poor Presley snowdog did not get as much attention as everyone else.

I hope everyone enjoyed the snow, had a good laugh at Wal-mart and stayed warm.

Big Girl...Big Bed

2011-01-05T17:52:00.004-06:00

Well folks, another milestone for yours truly. I have now graduated from my crib to a bed that could fit 4 of me in it. In fact, last night it fit 4 owls, 1 pillow, 2 pillow pets, a partridge, a pear tree and me! There are actually 2 beds, but I only use 1 at a time. Last night 2 hours after going to bed I finally went to bed. It was really too exciting.

Here is baby owl number uno. Small in stature yet big in comfort.

My first introduction to everyone.

The bedtime crew.

The first slip under the sheets.

Here is my one of the last pictures of my room before the transformation. Fully equipped with my books, my slide pillow pets, etc.

Finally, in unrelated news...Presley, who recently got an unauthorized facebook page, sometimes has hygiene issues that must be addressed before entrance is authorized.

Another Christmas in the books

2010-12-30T13:54:00.005-06:00

Well I successfully traversed another Christmas season this year. I had an especially good Christmas this year.

The Honorable Grandaddy presided over the reading of The Night Before Christmas again this year. What a great story.

Also on the night before Christmas is my cousin Meredeth's birthday. Unlike Jesus, who asks for all to celebrate his birth, Meredith had a party with an exclusive guest list. I, of course, made the list so I had to look the part.

Although Meredith is older and wiser, she still needs help opening presents from time to time. I was more than willing to help.

Presents, presents, presents...presents.

Everyone back up, turn around and then run like a five year old is pointing a gun at you...because that is what might be happening. Eli (an Alabama fan, living in Mississippi) tied a pink bow his old rifle and passed it down to his 5 year old sister.

Ok guys and gals. Christmas morning is here and Santa confirmed what I knew all along. I was very well behaved the entire year. I wish you could have seen the all pink presents up close and personal. It was totally awesome.

The only thing not wrapped in pink was this slide that Santa must have strapped to the roof of his sleigh. There was not way this was fitting in his bag. Sorry you had to carry this big load Dancer and Prancer.

In hopes of finding my extraordinary gifts at an early age I was given this piano this year. Lottie is hoping to pass down her skills.

Pillow pets are great. A pink pillow pet is even better. Yay cheap Chinese toys.

Scoot over Lottie. I can help get past this tissue paper.

My stocking exploded.

Who would have known that a couple other people got presents too. Tim is a simple man with simple needs so he was extremely excited about his every own personalized styrofoam cups.

I hope everyone had a Merry Merry Christmas.

Too good not to repost...Updated

2010-12-21T10:49:00.003-06:00

I was so young and immature last year. I am glad I have grown up this year. I don't have a copy of this year's visit with Santa yet but it went much better than last year. It did not go great, but it did go better.

Here is this year's picture with Santa. We had to use Mama as a buffer. I am going solo next year.

Beef and Monkeys

2010-12-20T21:06:00.002-06:00

I have a monkey that's 28% taller than me. That's pretty cool. Since his name came attached to his earlobe I have decided to call him Maxx. We will see if it sticks. Thanks to the Naron's for making my unknown monkey wish come true.

Here is a close-up of the finished Boeuf Bourguignon that Dada cooked Saturday evening. The culmination of about 7 hours of cooking...it smelled great, it looked great...and tasted decent.

Mainly Me

2010-12-18T09:35:00.007-06:00

As usual, this entry is mainly about me. Lets get to it after a short shout out to Mama and a bird.

Here is Mama and her coffee off for her final final...that is her last exam. I don't want to brag but she has 4.0 reasons to celebrate this semester's results.

We are both excited about the day. My school was closed that day so I hung around before she took off to Ace that thing. Check out my snowman jamas.

Well what do we have here? I do believe that is a perfectly smoked Turkey. My dad brought it home from the store and a couple days later it magically turned into this creation. This bird, along with its brother helped feed most of the neighborhood for the Christmas progressive dinner. Tonight we will be dining on Boeuf Bourguignon straight from the pages of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Disclaimer: Liza's dad actually cooked the bird, but it did originate and terminate in my kitchen.

Just hanging out.

Potty training like a Rock Star. Got my high heels, my mirror, my bracelet, my lip gloss and my rubber ducky.

There's Scout...my Elf on a Shelf. He is not on a shelf today, he is hanging on the TV watching some Mickey Mouse Club House. When he is not watching TV he loves to move around the room when I am not watching and scaring the apple juice out of me.

There he is again, he enjoys art as well as TV.

Here is the stuffed animal formally known as Lamby. Its name is now Mims. If we don't talk before Christmas everyone travel safe and have a Merry Merry Christmas and remember that Baby Jesus is the reason for the season.

Christmas Pageant at School

2010-12-09T21:51:00.004-06:00

Well we had our annual Christmas tonight at school. It went fabulous as I suspected it would. There are some pictures and a quick video below.

Enjoy the video. I drew my inspiration from the leadership of the two guys in front of me...Cade and Harris. Thanks guys.

This is my Mama.

Wow, there she is again. Christmas pageants get her real excited.

Almost time for my part.

Here is the whole crew. I'm the angel in white, right there in the middle.

Here is Cade again. We are in class together and then again on Sundays. He keeps me in check if I ever get out of line.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-09T11:36:00.003-06:00

Christmas is getting closer

2010-12-08T20:53:00.004-06:00

Nothing much to report here. Just wanted to check in and say hello. I have my Christmas pageant tomorrow night, that should be fun. I am singing Jingle Bells, Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Star and doing an interpretive dance to Handel's Messiah. I hope to have video of the performance tomorrow.

I got a new camera so I had pictures taken of me eating dinner tonight since noting else was going on. Pucker up!

I shared apple sauce with my chin.

And guess what else I had...Mac and Cheese.

My Santa salt shaker want to show off his presents. Merry Christmas.

Getting Ready for Christmas

2010-12-04T19:51:00.005-06:00

Mama has been finishing up the semester and has exams next week so getting to the computer has been an ordeal lately. I have barely been able to update my facebook status, much less make a detailed blog post. She is at the Library right now, so I have a moment. Below are some pictures from the past several weeks.

We loaded up in my BNF (Best Neighbor Forever) Joe's truck and headed to get our Christmas tree last week. If you recall I am a huge fan of real trees and I question people's Christmas spirit when I see a fake tree. I plan to live on a Christmas tree farm one day. Its going to be much more fun than living at an artificial tree farm.

Selecting the perfect Christmas tree is different for everyone. My Dada bases his decision on price, size and price. I like to base my decision on the scent of the tree. The stronger the hint of evergreen, the fresher the tree. The fresher the tree the better.

Always make sure to get your own personal tree for your room as well. This one is still alive. You don't get any fresher than this.

Check out this giant rocking chair next to this poisonous plant. I know this plant is poisonous because a friend from school lost her pet iguana in an unfortunate Poinsettia accident last year.

Here is my mischievous smile. I just put about 6 rocks in my pocket and I am trying to get away with it.

I am cleaning out the fountain at Hi Mama's house over Thanksgiving in this picture. She loves for us to visit but makes us work for our food. And since it was Thanksgiving there was a lot of food...hence, a lot of work. I had to clean out the gutters once I was done with the fountain.

Shortly after this picture was taken we spun out of control and ended up on the wrong side of a potted plant. Please remember during this Holiday season to not Drink and Drive.

Alright everybody. Have a good week and I hope to be receiving Christmas cards from all of you soon. I love getting mail.

New Ad Campaign

2010-11-29T13:49:00.003-06:00

Sorry for the long overdue post...and this is a quick one. I wanted to share a picture from a photo shoot over the holiday. This is for a new ad campaign that you might see this Spring. I will have stories and pictures from Thanksgiving with the family up soon.

Miss Minnie Mims Mouse Mason

2010-11-01T18:44:00.006-05:00

Hello from the other side of Halloween. I had a ghostly time filled with 3 days of trick and treating. It all ended on Sunday evening when we all went down to the pool house for pizza and running crazy before heading through the neighborhood to ring door bells and to make middle aged people smile ear to ear.

You don't know how much candy you accumulate without accessing your original candy situation. Mine was pretty easy to access since it was completely empty,

I was dressed as myself with some Minnie Mouse flare.

Mama and me before the candy hunt.

Me and Princess Carter. Ain't she pretty

Look at this picture of this Baboon holding this monkey. They are a funny troop.

Off to find some candy. Liza, who has exquiste taste, showed up to the party wearing the same thing and she looked fabulous. This will bother me greatly in years to come but I was fine with it today. She even had some super slippers that I think she stole from Cinderella.

I followed Liza's lead and took only one piece of candy per unattend bowl.

I got a fun pack of skittles this time. Excitement is in the air

I hear that you can tell if a witch is a Good Witch or a Bad Witch by what color clothes she wears. I think you can tell if they give you candy or not. Which witch was this witch you ask? She was a Good Witch for sure.

Letting Loose

2010-11-01T09:35:00.003-05:00

Here is a quick snippet of my dance moves following my performance as a flower girl a couple weeks back. The video of me and Mama on stage is not allowed for public viewing. Notice that I'm looking good, keeping the beat and still munching on that roll. Halloween pictures coming soon...

Flower Child

2010-10-26T10:55:00.008-05:00

This past weekend I have the honor and privilege of being the Flower Child in Margie Kate's wedding in Meridian. It was at her farm and it was just a lovely time had by all. There was a wonderful ceremony, cows, horses, orchestras, bands, big golf carts, horse drawn carriages for Princesses, family, friends and great food. There were also lots of opportunities for pictures, and those opportunities were not missed so check out below for all the activities.

Here I am after the rehearsal Friday night. It was sort of dark so I got lost under this sheet. Luckily I was found after less than a half hour.

My cousin Meredith was there to help me get dressed before the wedding. She sort of looks like me.

I was dropped off by my chauffeur in the VIP section before the wedding. I was sort of glad to get out of his car. Odd fellow.

It is almost show time so I am trying to focus.

Practice makes perfect, unless you are practicing in the wrong place or you step on something you should not.

Mama was giving me a pep talk before it was go-time. I was in the zone already so I was not paying to much attention.

Stretching to make sure I did not pull a hamstring on the way down the aisle.

Here is Ryan, my friend and escort. There were some last minute changes that we were going over. The Clydesdale that were supposed to ride in on could not make it so we had to make some minor adjustments.

In this picture we just found out that there was a reward for good behavior...a cookie would be waiting for us at the end of the aisle.

And we are off...

I started veering left but Ryan straightened me back out.

With dreams of cookies ahead I made it all the way down the aisle, even passing 4 proud family members along the way. It was tough not stopping to say hello to them.

And then I overshot my mark and ended on the stage. No problem though, Mama was quick to rescue me.

Here's me and Dada overlooking our accomplishments after the ceremony.

Also after the ceremony...Lala showed me my name in the program. Miss Mims Mason, has a pretty good ring to it.

Ok, so how many of you can pull this off? I am front and center on the dance floor, jamming to the band and stuffing a roll in my mouth at the same time. Me and my roll made it on stage soon after this. If I can get the footage from TMZ.com I will post it here.

Congrats to Margie Kate and Adam. Thanks for letting me be a part of the wonderful night. Thanks to Miss Lynn too.

Live from Chil-fil-a...The Party

2010-10-18T12:03:00.009-05:00

So here were are...the party. I put on my party cloths and headed down to my local Chic-fil-a to hang out with my friends, their legal guardians and a cow or two. We had a really good time, no one had any injuries that won't heal by the end of the year, and presents were present.

We started off in the playground to let all the kids have a good time before we got down to the serious business of blowing out candles.

Rob, the habitual rule breaker he is paid no attention to weight or height limits and channeled his inner child. He probably went down the slide a dozen times.

Here are some of the partygoers getting ready for some chicken.

The chicken is in the process of being eaten which means the cake is coming soon...

and here it is. I know you can't tell but we did not even practice blowing out the candles. For some reason there were 3 candles on my cake. I am 2 so all I know how to blow out is 2 candles.

Since my cake looks like a cow, should it be called Beefcake?

Things got bad for about 30 seconds. What went wrong you ask? I have no idea but it was short lived.

That's the look of concern. If you look over my shoulder you will noticed David has a similar look.

The concern was legit, as the cow, who's name was Bovina, was headed our way. She was not very tall and had a bow in her hair, but she's still a cow so I kept my distance.

Robert was not too excited to see Bovina at first but it he warmed up pretty quickly.

See Graham, she is the girl holding the Bovina's tail. Graham is no longer allowed to go to any Chic-fil-a's in the Southeast. Apparently pulling the tail is a big no-no.

Too much fun was had at the party to open presents so we did that back at the house. I got what I had been asking for...it's a pillow...it's a pet...It's a PillowPet. I named him Monty, the Monkey. Thanks G.

I got a new Cheerleading outfit too, long sleeve for the Fall and Winter sports. Thanks Lala

If you got some bread bring it over and I can make you some toast, just let me know ahead of time so I can get it warmed up. Thanks Aunt Sissy.

The look of a happy 2 year old. Its been a good 2 year folks. Here's to many more...

More from the Real Day

2010-10-18T11:30:00.005-05:00

There were a couple of days of relative calm in between my real birthday and my party but I don't see a need to leave that undocumented since there were several accomplishments during that time. See what all happened below and be sure to check back soon for pictures and video of my party.

If you think it's odd to hang out around your house with a tiara on then you would be right. Unless you are a girl, under the age of 30 and it is +/- 3 days of your birthday.

I love being 2. It puts a smile on my face.

I am now old enough to go up on the hill behind our house. This hill and the retaining wall that keeps the hill from entering our kitchen is off limits to those younger than 2.

I am also old enough to drive although my license is only valid in my driveway.

And most exciting of all I am old enough to play by the highly flammable natural gas meter on the side of our home. Yeah!

Sitting on the table by Mama's 3 hole punch is a new hobby of mine as well but I don't think it will be allowed much longer. She is very protective of the 3 hole punch.

We updated the "how tall wall" on Wednesday. I grew a little over 5 inches this year. If I keep this up I will be 9' 7" when I graduate high school. I also got an update from the Dr. I am ahead of all you short people in height at 60 percentile and behind all my peers in weight at only 30%. Guys, I'm doing my best to help Mississippi loose the honor of being the fattest state in Union. Remember to stay tuned for pics from the party.

School Party...with cupcake eating instructions included

2010-10-14T20:44:00.005-05:00

Below is part 2 of a 4 part series entitled The Aging of a Brick Artisan's Daughter.

My party at school was a messy success, but still a success. Picture this...after finishing up chapter 27 of To Kill a Mockingbird I lay down for a quick snooze. Then I wake up to the hustle and bustle of a birthday party being put together. I just woke up so a big part of me wants to be whiny, but the rest of me is ready to celebrate me birthday. Check out the festivities below...

The anticipation is almost too much to bear (see Ole Miss Mascot).

Things are starting to get going. I have a hat in front of me and a cupcake is on the way. Note to the party givers: please bring the guest of honor the first cupcake.

Things are starting to get a bit messy. The Notorious David Doss, who is notoriously clean is even having trouble keeping the neon icing off his chin.

So to keep the mess off my hands and isolated to my face I went for the face-plant method.

Please work on this at home before you bring it out in public. If you are off just a little bit you can easily end up with icing in your eyelashes.

Have you ever asked your Mama to wipe your face and she just sneaks a kiss instead? Have you ever asked my Mama the same thing and she sneaks a kiss?

Ok, so the party was great but it was not without incident. When the cupcakes were first brought out Harris decided he wanted to sit where Avery was sitting. All of a sudden it looked like it was the last round of Musical Chairs and the kids with the fullest diaper was going to win.

And then this tough cookie had all he could take.

Super star here has the perfect mustache/goatee combo working. Have you ever seen a guy so excited to be wearing pink and have stuff all over his face? That's what a party will do to you.

Another party is coming Saturday and we have some events in between so stay tuned. BTW, I am registered at Oxford Floral if anyone needs some gift ideas.

1.99726

2010-10-12T18:18:00.004-05:00

Well, I am 1.99726 today and will be exactly 2.0 tomorrow. I am almost to that age where a birthday is just another day and I would rather people forget about it instead of making a big deal about it...almost.

Just so everyone is up to speed I will be celebrating with 2 other classmates tomorrow as 25% of my class was born on Oct 13th, 2008. So if you see Jojo or David Doss tomorrow make sure to wish them a Happy B-day as well. My plan is wake up tomorrow morning and open some presents, go to school and have a party, come home and eat more cake and ice cream and hopefully open some more presents. Then I will take a breather for a day or two and then have a huge-normous party with all my friends on Saturday afternoon. Then the most important part...take a good nap that afternoon so I can stay up late and watch the Rebels take on the Tide Saturday night.

This picture would be great to print out and put on your fridge or maybe keep for your wallet.

We got new mulch around the tree along the main drive in the neighborhood so I went to check it out.

Dada is so weird. What is he doing over there and why is he standing like that? Add the fact that Mama is almost laying on her side in the middle of the sidewalk to take this picture and it makes for a pretty embarrassing stroll around the neighborhood.

This might very well be the last picture of me at the age of 1 but you never know. If the Beatles were able to release a song a couple of years ago I would not be suprised if another picture surfaced at some point in the future.

Hope everyone has a good rest of the week. I will be back soon with a post that will feature at least one picture of me with cake on my face.

Pregame Warmup

2010-10-03T19:19:00.003-05:00

October 13th, October Thirteenth, October 13th

Since we have now officially entered into my birthday month it is time to get serious about preparing for the party. So I decided to go to 3 parties this weekend. First I went to one at Holly's Sweet Tooth on Saturday, then on to the biggest party in Mississippi at the Grove. Then Sunday I went to the notorious David Doss' birthday party. All this is preparation for my birthday, which happens to be October 13 in case you did not know.

No photo's please.

I'm trying to look incognito on my way to the Sunday party. To my chagrin I was noticed shortly after this picture.

Here I am Saturday at Elijah's party. I had ice cream and a gourd.

Game time. Always watch Ole Miss highlights on the way to the game. Gets you ready for football.

Who's that boy standing on my pig stool? Why I do believe that is Ryan. He stayed with us this weekend. He is a big fan of pretty much anything. Easy to please unless you put a green bean on his plate.

Just Life

2010-09-28T19:26:00.003-05:00

I've been busy lately with the necessities. Sure, i've been to birthday parties, hung with all sorts of grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. Socialized in the Grove, been getting ready for a wedding, learning those ABC's etc. but the camera is not always around. So back to the necessities...

Like getting ready for the day.

getting plenty of nurishment...

and getting ready for bed.

Hope to see everyone soon.

Birthday Alert

2010-09-22T21:38:00.003-05:00

My Birthday is way less than a month away. Just wanted to give everyone plenty of heads up. Send me an email if you need to know where to send all the presents.

This is one of the last pictures of my as a 1 year old. This year's party should be cow-razy.

Fun in the Country

2010-09-14T12:11:00.005-05:00

Neighbor, friend, school mate and fellow Rebel Liza and I went to a fair in the country a couple days ago. When you're in Mississippi the country is never too far way. We loaded up in the wagon and headed West for a couple hours of face painting, snow cone eating, horse riding and knee slapping.

Country folks are a resourceful bunch. These people took some old grass and made a chair out of it. It was perfect for us.

My love of snow cones got in the way of a good picture this time. Liza seems to have a similar issue.

Liza has a couple of months on me so I look to her for advice from time to time. Notice how she uses two hands and keeps everyone from seeing her underwear while eating. I have so much to learn.

A real horse is pulling us. We were going 1, maybe 3 miles per hour. I was not sure if we were going to make it or not.

2 people that are not as smart as you might think. Lets go by the nose of an animal with teeth the size of my iPhone. Not smart!

Headed home after some Fun in the Country. I am sorry that we did not get pictures of the hot air balloon ride that we did not take. Maybe next time.

While it was still hot...

2010-09-01T16:07:00.005-05:00

While it was still hot we went for Snowballs then onto the Grove. This was a couple of weeks ago when it was about 108. The high today as a brisk 89 so things were much better.

Me and my shirt love a Strawberry Snowcone.

You may have heard there is a Quarterback shortage in Oxford. That is not true, there plenty of Quarterbacks in Oxford, the NCAA just won't let us play. Take my situation for instance. The NCAA wants me sit out for a year because they think something is fishy with my transcript. I go to a Baptist Daycare but a I am a proud member of Oxford-University United Methodist Church. Then they brought up that Mama grew up a Presbyterian, Sean and Leigh Anne Touhy are good friends and Jerrel Powe is a Pin pal of mine. And they say I'm up to something. I say just let a playa play!

I lost my football.

This is a perfect example of how a girl throws the ball. All arm, straight legs, no hip action and toes pointed down field. If you guessed that I did not hit my receiver on this play then you would have guessed left...I mean right. Good news is that I am 2 inches taller than Dylan Farve so I have potential.

Remember to always wear a shirt the color of the food you will be wearing.

This is the coolest guy my Dada knows.

Family Portrait time. We needed a quick shot of the Fam for a daycare project I am working on so we took one before Church.

Appropriate way to walk your child...No. Effective...Yes.

More Pics of me and Olivia

2010-08-27T11:49:00.003-05:00

As I mentioned before Olivia had me over from some play time last week. A couple more pictures surfaced so i thought I would share.

Olivia is the baby that Mama is about to take a bite out of. Olivia, in its Latin context means an Olive tree or branch. Olivia extended an Olive branch to me by letting me play with her toys. Olivia's parents really like Olive trees and branches so I think that is why the picked that name. But...interestingly enough in English (Olivia speaks English) Olivia means an Elf Army. I'm not making this up. If Olivia surpasses the Elf height requirement I can only assume she will change her name to Linden.

Check out that head support that Dada is using.

I started climbing on things so this is the last picture that they were able to take. Mama says I was that size last week.

Big Tractors, Little People

2010-08-24T10:31:00.005-05:00

Hello again everyone. I am writing this entry during nap time (don't tell Miss Patty) on my iPhone so please excuse any typing mistakes. I have the hardest time typing on this thing. Anyway, I have been busy with my new class at school, the potty, hanging with Minnie Mouse and traveling to the Queen City. Below are some more details of last week's festivities.

Oh look, I went to the farm while I was in Meridian! Nope, just went to my cousins Eli and Meredith's house. They live in Mississippi and are Alabama fans so they have the mandatory tractor in their front yard.

Off to bushhog the front yard.

Mama and I ready to head to the pool party.

School is back in session but Summer time is still here so Parker had a pool party for her birthday. Quite the time was had by all. Minnie did a cannon ball of the diving board. I promise. Maybe. Okay, no she didn't.

Cover your ears...I'm tickling the Ivory with Aunt Sissy. She was playing the notes like a pro and I was creating a new masterpiece all at the same time.

Here's the little people. This is Michelle and Patrick's little one. She has great little toys so if you are in Meridian they want you to come by and play. Don't worry about knocking, just come on in.

When the music starts a playin I start a dancin. Lala teaches the 3 and 4 year olds at church how to carry a tune each Sunday. Since Meredith comes to learn I like to show up too.

Here I am with all the big girls in the class about to perform.

Ok, so is your Dada as embarrassing as mine? I mean I am trying to act old in front of the big kids and then he pulls something like this. And Mama is so used to his shinanigans that she did not even notice. He always brings his choir robe with him everywhere but this is only the 2nd time he has pulled it out in public. The first time is was just a cool day last winter and he forgot his coat.

Hola a todo mi visitiors

2010-08-15T13:05:00.005-05:00

Hola a todo mi visitiors. Espero que sea hace bien. I have been working on my Spanish this week. The world is getting smaller and it is a global economy so I suggest you do too. But look, I know gender, possession and adjetivos is not what keeps you coming back and checking out my blog so we shall get one with it? By the way, what do you think of it's fresh new look?

Quite nap on the couch Uncle G...I don't think so. Time to hid in the dining room.

Headed to my Father's house with Mama.

Here I am playing in my high heels while Lamby and Lamby take a nap. My other Lamby was on the couch watching TV, while my other other Lamby was reading but I am not sure where my other other other Lamby was.

We went looking for the Cow at Chic-fi-la last week, he was not there but his playground was. Fun stuff.

Peek a Me. Just hanging out inside a wheel.

It is still hot so I am headed to grab a snow cone and throw the boomerang in the grove. G'day mates!

Awe Gus Heat

2010-08-08T20:19:00.008-05:00

Awe Gus is here and it is hot, but that also means that football is getting started so things could be worse. I think I am headed to practice tomorrow so I will give a report if I make it.

I checked on turf at Vaught-Hemmignway Stadium over the weekend. It was looking good.

Here is my best 3 point stance.

Checking out the tunnel. That thing leads underground to the Indoor Practice facility. Freshmen were reporting. Good looking crop of guys coming in this year.

While there we got a quick bite to eat in the South Endzone. I was awarded this chef's hat for having such a good appetite.

Come on September 4th.

It was not all fun and games this weekend. There was some serious business to take care of. I was letting Elmo go over the steps one more time.

Flashback to the weekend before this past weekend. I was at Hi-Mama and T's house.

Taking my baby on a stroll.

Tim is in a suit a good bit of the time but he knows his way around a farm as well.

And I have been known to operate heavy machinery too.

Here is me and Caldwell and a miniature 1 eyed dog named Buster. We are at David and Katie's house.

Hey Yall

2010-08-05T09:34:00.007-05:00

Hey Yall, this is Mims Mama. She wanted to to tell everyone that she has been busy lately but that the camera has not been in the right place at the right time so pictures are few. She wanted me to upload a few pictures that did not make the cut before and some pictures that Liza sent us.

Ok, everybody, I am back. This is Mims now. I just tee teed in the potty. Go me. Mama has been wanting to post on the blog for a while so I let her write the intro.

I can't remember the circumstance surrounding this picture but it involved the Sunday morning paper, a poorly placed box of markers and turned over furniture.

Eating some ravioli, noting special here. I see a potato made it in the fruit bowl. What's that all about?

I am down at Liza's house here. We are just checking on the fishy and I am contemplating eating a crayon.

Innocent looking, right? Wrong. We just unleashed cute havoc all over the house before plopping down for some juice and toons.

This was a chew and stare contest. I can chew, I can stare, but not both at the same time. Liza's on the other hand does both well.

Also, this is a great video that we have been watching. Inspiration for this weeks task at hand.

The Mostest Postest

2010-07-26T19:32:00.005-05:00

This entry into the diary of my life covers several different events over several different days in several different places. It might get confusing so feel free to pull out your pen and paper and jot down some notes to keep things straight.

I thought Mama was about to give me some cheese so I opened wide, but she ended up just

taking a picture of me. She pulls that trick all the time.

I spent an evening with Eli, Meredith, Aunt Hope and Uncle Gerry last weekend and it got crazier than a rice crispy treat factory pretty quick. We stayed up passed 100:45, yep you read that right. It was really late.

We had some people over for some FGTBLT's a couple weeks ago and afterwards Liza, Robert and I got rewarded with ice cream. Who knows what a FGTBLT is? We had to finish our dinner, say our ABC's and each solve a problem involving the square root of a prime number before we could have dessert. Well worth all the work in the end.

Robert prefers not to waste time with the cone and focused on the ice cream. Not a bad move, not a bad move at all.

We did have a casuality that night, we lost a good baby, a real good baby. We had to leave him inside...but we went on and ate our ice cream.

Nothing wrong with a little extra catch-up on the face ready for the next bite.

Different day, different stuff on my face. It was ice cream this time and the vehicle to bring the ice cream was a sandwich instead of a cone. It is good to have ice cream options.

What up homies. Just rid'en in my car with my Lambie in my lap. Word to your Mama.

Changing gears here. Mama went to the west coast so I went south. Grand Daddy took me for a stroll.

If anyone can let me know what the hee-haw I am doing walking around this skating rink please let me know.

I escaped from the nursery Sunday but was qucikly found which always makes for a good photo opportunity. Have a good week everyone.

Rib-eyes and Redbirds

2010-07-15T16:23:00.008-05:00

I watched the Rib-eyes last week and ate a Redbird. Wait...I ate a rib-eye and watched the Redbirds. I'm still figuring out what name goes with what object. I have been so busy that I can't keep my posts up with my activities so I am still about a week behind. I've also been working on a patent for the beverage industry that could revolutionize mass consumed beverages, but that's pretty boring so lets get on to the fun stuff.

I was invited to dinner at my neighbor Jackson's house a week or so ago. His Dada smoked a whole rib-eye and it was quite tasty. I washed it down with a little apple juice and I was good to go. Look what happened after dinner...I usually forgo sitting in my Mama's lap but seeing her holding Jackson put me in a jealous fit of whining that could only be cured with a dual cuddle.

Jackson was quite the host. He had all sorts of toys for me to play with and even let me sit on his couch and naw on this pink thing. I do believe Jackson is wearing wings in this picture but I never saw him fly that evening.

No matter how old you grow you sometimes just feel like a kid. I must have been feeling like an infant in this picture since I was overtaking Jackson's bassinet.

Saturday we headed North and crossed the state line to Tennessee. The Memphis Redbirds were facing instate rival the Nashville Sounds. Who wins if you put a Redbirds against a Sound? I'm not real sure since I did not watch a single pitch. We went up there and ate Rendezvous with some folks from Oxford Rehabilitation.

My new buddy Little John was on the playground. This youngster showed great strength and balance to be able to hold that head up.

I sort of interrupted an impromptu game of baseball on the playground when I stole the bat after a ground-rule double. The pitcher was nice enough to let me get in a couple swings before play resumed.

Ok, I did watch 1 play. The Sounds put 2 on the board with a stand-up double on this very pitch.

This was 1 of 3 times I was not running at full speed that afternoon. It was a cool 102 degrees in the shade so my parents were pretty excited to be sweating for 3 hrs straight while running after me.

This was stop 2 of 3. Hello

And finally stop 3 of 3. I stopped this time just because I felt sorry for Dada. Take a good look at him in this picture. He looks as worn out as Monte Kiffin after the Ole Miss/Tennessee game last season.

Keeping it going

2010-07-11T20:37:00.006-05:00

I've got the pictures so i am keeping the post going. It's the law of supply and demand in it's simplest form. Let's get right to it.

T and Grand mama were up last weekend and we spent quite a deal of time together. We were coming back from the tree house when this shot was taken.

And back to the tree house we go. The lady I am with is my Mama's Mama but I really don't know what to call her. Here name is Katherine but that seems so formal. So I have been looking for something else. I have tried Mama, which Mama does not like but My Mama's Mama thinks is hilarious. Then I tried Khaki, Grand mama and now Hi Mama. We will see what sticks and I will let you know.

Back to the house again from the tree house with Biscuit close by.

This is me about a year ago. I was a wee crawler then. Below you will notice I am in the same hall but there are 3 distinct differences. 1) I am headed in the opposite direction 2) I am using the more efficient 2 limb method 3) The natural light in the above picture is from the morning sun where as the below picture is obviously from the afternoon sun.

We have been testing out different discipline and punishment methods around the house. This is one of my least favorite.

Friday post

2010-07-09T09:31:00.006-05:00

It is already Friday and it is already the 3rd post of the week. Time flies when you're authoring blogs full time. I feel sort of like Mark Twain, Emily Dickenson, William Faulkner, Dr. Suess or any other great American author of our time.

I recently had a bout of writer's block where I was short on inspiration for my next post. There is the delicate balance of drama, humor and educational material that must enter each post. Then you must intertwine relevant pictures and commentary to complete a masterpiece. So As I Lay Dying* from writer's block it hit me. Where else is better to go for inspiration than William Faulkner's home, Rowan Oak. This place is like Graceland for bookworms and semi professional bloggers.

I know Mr. Faulkner would love to know that I visited for inspiration. He was known around town for being the nicest guy you could meet and loved having unannounced visitors over for afternoon tea. So I grabbed Mama, Dada and Presley and went looking for inspiration.

Presley made himself right and home and made sure he left his mark on Rowan Oaks. Here's a little known fact on the Rowan Oak. William Faulkner created this species of oak trees by planting a mustard seed and standard oak seed in the same hole.

On my way to the front door to see if he was home. No answer today.

Here I am climbing on the roots of the an old Magnolia tree that made its way onto the property.

It was such a nice day, quit cool really. Some would say it felt like a Dry September* while others would say the sun was coming through the trees like a Light in August*.

You might think that's Benjy Compson* with me, but that's just Dada.

We stayed for a quite a while, almost long enough to see The Evening Sun*

I kept thinking this flower was going to produce a Rose for Emily* but it ended up only producing Red Leaves*.

*That part you did not understand...that was a reference to a character or work from Will Faulkner himself, but you knew that didn't you.

2010-07-07T11:34:00.002-05:00

Hello again everyone. Post #2 of the week (as promised) is upon us. These pictures come to you from my second 4th of July Parade. This one was host be the city of Oxford on July 3rd. So once again we are celebrating the 4th early. It really does not bother me but I thought it was worth mentioning. If you carry on you will see all the action.

Me, Mama and Lambie are headed to the parade. We were within strolling distance of the square so that is what we did...strolled on up to the parade. Big sunglasses keep out the big sun.
Mama should probably get a pair.

Although it was a relatively cool July day in Mississippi it is always a good idea to stay hydrated and find some shade. You can be perfectly fine one moment and the next minute your taking a dirt nap if you are not careful. Stay thirsty my friends!

Waiting on the parade to start. Why am I behind a iron fence? Safety of course. It was not captured on camera but a boy about my age rode by on a horse the size of Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium. I kept my distance.

Here I am with the camera man while I wave the stars and stripes. Not soon after that a cow came by and handed us coupons for a free spicy chicken sandwich from Chic-fil-a. The camera man was in a good mode the rest of the day. See yall soon.

Ketchup

2010-07-05T14:23:00.007-05:00

I have been away from my normal digs over the past week so my blog posting has again suffered. But I am not going to make excuses this time...instead I am going to just ketchup on my posting in the form of multiple blog posts this week. My pledge to you, my loyal (and sometimes rude when I don't post) followers is to give you a new post every other day this week. I am even starting today....a federal holiday. So while you are eating ribs and watermelon I am croping pictures and spel chicken my posts.

I have plenty of pictures so keep up this week.

I worked hard on my swimming this week. This stroke is called the "invisable support stroke". I could stay here all day...the key is to have a support with good lungs. I used Dada this time.

And this one is the "accidently elbow support in the nose stroke".

Enough of the pool, to the back yard we go.

Have you ever cooked on someone elses grill? Did you blame the fact that the chicken was burnt to a crisp on this foreign grill? Did this happen 2 nights in a row to your Dada too? Did you order out the 3rd night?

Big girl slide. Cutest watermelon going down a slide you will ever see.

We had a 4th of July Parade at school on Friday. I guess we should have called it the 2nd of July Parade but I don't plan these things, I just participate. I don't think the Mason household got the memo that we could bring cool toys to ride in. I guess I will just walk.

Here is a rare behind the scenes look at me getting ready for the evening. I chew on a toothbrush while my stylist does my nails, hair and makeup.

Uncle G made an appearance over the holiday. He is a good uncle mainly because I get to do whatever I want when he is around.

On this day last year

2010-06-17T14:05:00.005-05:00

This time last year I was just sitting on the bed and smiling. Now I am all over the place and eating bread in the driveway. What a difference a year makes.

Routine

2010-06-11T12:46:00.007-05:00

I have noticed that I have some routines that I go through on a daily or weekly basis. If I miss one or if something goes arye it can be quite upsetting. Luckily for me all went as planned this week.

I have a bedtime routine that among other things includes making room for me in the middle of all my buddies. It gets sort of cramped in my crib sometimes but we all get along most of the time.

Then I have a morning routine where I have to unload all my friends into my Mama's arms before I exit the crib. This take a while as it takes her several trips to get everyone out.

Then there is my daily pink routine. I try to make sure I have pink on at all times, even if I am not wearing pants.

Then there is my Thursday afternoon routine of riding the recycling to the curb. Just trying to make the world a better place for my grandchildren.

Finally I have developed a new routine that I call my Carbtine. I have a piece of bread each morning on my way to school. This is sort of like my appetizer before I eat at school.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Working for the Weekend

2010-06-06T17:15:00.003-05:00

Everybody's working for the weekend...and that includes me. All that work pays off from time to time and I get to enjoy the fruits of my labor. So as usual when Friday rolled around I hit the Square for dinner, the pool for some sun and fun and the Farmer's Market at Plein Air that included a kids day this time. Monday I hit the books again but until then see what all I enjoyed during my 2 day hiatus.

Robert took me out to Proud Larry's Friday night. Larry is very proud of his cheese sticks. I guess he should be because they were delicious but I had to bring my own side of goldfish.

I attempted to pay, it is 2010 you know, but Robert would have nothing of the sort.

I checked the scales Saturday morning. I was feeling good and I was looking good. The scales confirmed my suspicion that I had room for a chicken nugget or two if needed.

So off to the Farmer's Market at Plein Air we went. Besides the normal arts, crafts, music and produce, this week included a Kid's fair as well. Balloons, lemonaide, Moonwalks, children's music, face painting, petting zoo, hot dog eating contest, chicken guessing, corn growing, catfish pond fishing, children's catapult and a girls v. boys live canon fight. Girls won of course.

Ok, maybe not all of that was not going on...or maybe it was. Come on out next weekend and see for yourself.

Here is a hint as to one of the activities that did take place. Try keeping your mouth closed when you are having this much fun. Not very easy.

We had another CENS (Church, Eat, Nap Swim) this Sunday. If you see Chuck Sherman this week please pass on this advice that my parents enstilled in me. It is not polite to point.

--Mims out.

Sunday Funday

2010-05-31T09:18:00.007-05:00

It seems I am apologizing more and more these days for the increasing rarity of these posts. I have a legit reason this time. I have been grounded from the computer for the past week for growing up too fast. I also was not allowed to read the Wall Street Journal on Sunday or go to the pool by myself this week. I personally think my parents are being unfair cause I have tried to quit growing like they asked. They used the old "Because I said So!" excuse. I don't like that excuse...never have.

I kept it casual this Sunday for church. I went with my pink dress with little baby girl frogs with pink bows in their hair.

After church things got crazy. We started off with lunch and then a quick nap. Then after that we were off to the park. I'm not talking about your normal park with a slide and a swing. I am talking about Oxford's very own world renowned and smoke free...Avent Park. This place is a super fort, quadruple slide, multi-swing, wood chip covered, dinosaur containing towering playground that must have been created by one of Walt Disney's descendants.

Avent Park, which I now like to call Crazy Town, is broken into 2 sections. One for infants and babies, and then one is for kids like me. I'm leading Daddy (I call him Daddy now instead of Dada, another sign of my maturity) to the swings. I quickly found out this section is for small people, so we did not stay here long.

I'm not sure if I am in a rocket ship or just a lookout tower here, but either way its cute.

There was fire at the fort so we had to take the evacuation slide. This happened 4 different times. Luckily, there was no damage.

Strolling through the town square.

No fire this time, just fleeing from the dinosaur.

It was not just me and Daddy getting in on the fun. Mama got in the swing of things too.

Since it is almost June and we are in Mississippi it was a bit warm, so I cooled off back at the house with my first ever ice cream sandwich. I really enjoyed it, so did my shirt and face.

We're not done yet, then we went to the pool to continue to cool down.

I know I am just in the baby pool in these pics, but don't worry I was all over the place, including the big pool. I am headed back for a cookout on Memorial day with friends of the neighborhood.

Now I know this picture is a little out of context with the rest of this post, but I could not pass up on this opportunity to show Uncle John Rea and me relaxing at the hotel room before Uncle Wilson's wedding last weekend. We were sharing juice and cookies. Also, since Uncle John put a bow in his hair, handed my dad a camera, handed me a cookie and said "take a picture of this and put it on the blog", so like I said, I could not pass this up.

Been Beachin' It

2010-05-17T21:19:00.007-05:00

I've been at the beach lately and when I am on vacation I don't bring my Blackberry or laptop, hence the delay in getting my latest post out to you. I took my Mama and Dada down there for some R and R. Mama literally put her #2 pencil away about 20 minutes before we hit the road headed South. Her new nickname is now Leighton 4.0. There are all sorts of stories from the beach but mostly I let my parents carry me to the beach and then I would just walk straight back to the boardwalk. Here are some pictures from the eventful week.

Here is a rare moment when I was content on the beach just relaxing and getting some shade. It lasted for about 2 minutes.

I think I am asking for directions to the room here. By the way, the baby in the red bathing suit and snorkel gear is not real...just a toy.

Fun Family Picture Time! Fun Family Picture Time! If your having trouble finding me its probably because some girl that Ken brought with him jumped out in front of me right when the guy said cheese. Just kidding, that's Deborah, I mean Debbie. I stole this picture from her facebook page.

This is what happens after I go to bed. Everyone brings out toys and dresses up. Everyone except my square parents.

Here I am with Grand Mama and Meredith. I had ketchup with my fries if you can't tell.

One problem I had on vacation was there were several other kids there so I had to share the spotlight with others. I rarely had anyone give me any attention.

See what I mean, no attention whatsoever.

Just kidding about the toys coming out after I went to bed. This is me and Eli posing for a picture while Meredith is stuck in her hat.

I was given a blue bandana to match my eyes. By the way, we were dressed up for Western night at the beach. Don't act like you've never had Western night at the beach.

Ok, the main reason why I stayed away from the beach...we had a playground where we stayed. Evidently they allow kids to run around in their diapers.

Me and Meridith enjoying some afternoon tea. What a great way to wind down.

Sweeping

2010-05-02T21:48:00.004-05:00

It's just that time of year...Spring. I am doing some Spring Cleaning just like the Rebels have been doing in baseball the past couple of weeks. First is was the mighty Tigers from Louisiana State that went down, and this weekend the Rebels won their 10th straight game, 2nd straight sweep and 5th straight against MS State (handing them their 6th straight loss).

I have my moments

2010-05-02T14:16:00.003-05:00

Hello everyone. Again, I am sorry that I have neglected you, my adoring readers. I have been busy lately as both me and Mama have exams coming up this week. She is taking 18 hrs and I have been working on the letters A and B this semester. Mama has been seeing patients in the clinic and I have focused on the color Red. All of this along with winning 10 straight games in baseball including sweeps of State and LSU (hotty toddy) makes for a busy last couple of weeks. My photographer has been pretty lazy too so the only action shots we have are me strolling around Double Decker and one picture from what has been referred to as Terrible Tomato Tuesday.

Here is one of my better moments

Here is another moment.

Rustic outdoors

2010-04-20T08:58:00.003-05:00

I spent a good bit of the weekend roughing it in the springtime weather and Azalea filled forest of East Central Mississippi. It was not the easiest thing I have done but I have come to love and enjoy the great outdoors and all it has to offer. We went to Meridian for Michelle's baby bath and besides that we just relaxed.

Have you seen this dress before? I have...the last 3 weekends but I think there is some rule about being able to wear it multiple times in a row as long as you are in a different zip code. This rule is much more strict than Dada's sock rule.

I am sure I am looking for a Bee in this picture. If I am outside by a bush or tree then that is what I am usually doing. I usually see one even though no one else does.

Bees can sometimes be found on the ground. Those Bees are the Bee's knees

Lets go Grand Daddy, I don't know where I am going but I'm determined to get there cute and fast.

Here I am with Grand Daddy and Lottie. I love posing for pictures.

Mama and I found a shade tree after a long day in the wilderness.

Dog days of Spring are upon us

2010-04-13T19:19:00.007-05:00

Hello everyone. Not too much to report over the weekend...just good times and good weather. Presley and I washed my wagon while dad took care of the cars, truck, motorcycle, boats, jet skis, ATV and roller-blades. Any excuse to be outside and enjoy this time of year.

Dad missed a spot

Parker and I hung out at Jackson's house Saturday. We had a lot of catching up to do. Parker and I used to hang out at school together. Remember when we wore the same top to school...

This is my Easter dress again...it will look at little odd on me next year so I am trying to get as much use out of it as possible. Can you blame me?

A Humbling Easter Egg Hunt

2010-04-08T08:46:00.007-05:00

I had a wonderful Easter weekend. Great weather, family and food were everywhere, bunnies, candy, friends and neighbors. It really was fun. At the neighborhood Easter Egg hunt I ran into some real pros though. I pretty much held my own at my hunt at school, but the kids on my street really know what they are doing. Don't get me wrong, I still had more eggs in my basket than it could handle, but I really had to exert some extra effort this time. I had iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz follow me around to document the special occasion. See her work below.

The eggs were especially hard to find at this hunt. If you look close you might see one in the distance. It really takes a trained eye to spot these little guys.

This was my ride to the hunt. This 2009 Limited Edition Step 2 Wagon has a quite smooth ride, 20" dubs, A/C, mama steering, navigation system, room for a duck basket and 2 blankets, etc.

Oxford weekend resident Grand mama Kathy was at the hunt. She came by right after her morning workout.

Here is an action shot right when the race started.

Notice how although we were competing against each other Robert N. and I worked well together. His dad...now that is another story. He was trying to sit on me.

This might look sweet but he was just trying to get my blue egg. I told him I would trade him for a pink one.

Back from the hunt and Grand Daddy takes me for another spin.

And then I took Uncle G for a spin. I think I have seen Shaggy from Scooby Doo make that same face before.

Ok...changing gears here. Easter morning is upon us and the bunny did not disappoint.

Not only did he leave wonderful treats inside he also left eggs outside. I had a good time with a relaxing hunt in my jammies.

Check out my new bathing suit. That's right, swimsuit season is right around the corner.

Here we are after Church...you should have heard the music. Notice how my bow is still in my hair. I try to stay prim and proper on special Sundays.

Speaking of prim, check out Lottie.

Mama is about to start singing "I'm a little Teapot"

Aunt Sissy and Mama Coats were here too. Look at all us ladies.

Another family photo opportunity. If you look close you will notice that all 4 of us are sleeping.

Me and Uncle Shaggy.

All good things must come to an end. This one happened to end with me in my new dress. Thanks Aunt Sissy.