A Humbling Easter Egg Hunt

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.

On the Hunt

I woke up excited this morning and ready for my first real Easter Egg Exploration. I was scheduled to attend one last Sunday but due partly to inclement weather and due partly to my bad mood I had to skip it.

I have found I am extremely good at lots of things and after today's hunt at school I think that hunting eggs might be right up there with my dancing skills and my ability to feed Presley treats. I have asked Mama to bring extra baskets and some band-aids to my next hunt. The extra baskets are for my eggs and the band-aids are for the poor children that get in my way. Check out the action below.


Here I am about to head out the door for school.


This was my first egg. I was just learning what to do at this point. Don't worry, I caught on quick. Look how cute my little ducky basket with feet is. Thanks Lottie.


Notice my two handed approach to dropping off the eggs. This is needed when you pick up more eggs than one hand can handle. Also a cute pink bubble and ruffled socks help.


Look at his face...mesmerized. He does not have a Easter egg basket because there was no need. All the eggs are in my basket.


Here I am trying to get some help with this basket. These things get heavy with all these eggs.


The show is over everybody. Lets break these things open and get some candy. And don't worry everyone, I shared all my eggs with my fellow classmates.


After the hunt we went to the play ground for some exercise. Here I am going down the infant slide with Mama.


And here I am going down the old folks slide. Don't eat a heavy meal before dropping down this baby.


This is my porcelain doll that I had created in my image. It's name is "Mims at 17 months"


Here is the doll relaxing by the back door and eating a graham cracker, which I affectionately call Dada. I lov'em both.

Shocking

Something Shocking happened this morning.


And no, it is not my bad hair day although it would be shocking if I had one. It was what I have named "Crazy Rain Snow". I was relaxing with my coffee and bagel this morning before church and right before my eyes I saw rain turn to snow. The snowflakes were what I call "cathead flakes" because they were the size of a cat's head. The pic below shows the pink (of course) buds of my weeping cheery tree in the early snow. The tree is blooming because as of yesterday it is officially spring. El Nina at it again. The snow did not stick but it still snowed in late March in Mississippi.



We worked in the yard yesterday. I focused on looking good, falling in the thorny rose bush and hiding when my parents were not looking.


Irrigation is my specialty, the gasket in this sprinkler head had to be replaced.


Here is am admiring my work...fresh pine straw always helps.


Presley loves for me to give him his milk-bones. Sometimes we share.


Here I am at Grandmama Kathy and T's house last week. I was letting everyone know I was ready to get in the tub.


Well I made it to the tub, but this was a different one than I was hoping to make it to. I prefer the one with the thirsty horses.


This is me on the go.


And finally this is my posing with my Mama after a spin on my trik.

Cease and Desist

My lawyers have received a Cease and Desist Order on my behalf. I cannot discuss the details or the content of this letter but I would like to release this prepared statement.

"I would like to thank the the Memphis Zoo and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for hosting me last weekend. Zoos are a not real scary and are wonderful educational tools. Zoos are nice and fun. Zoos are also safe as most people do not get mauled by bears or tigers while attending. I would like to point out that the bird of prey that stole my cracker brought part of it back shortly after the incident. I am not 100% certain that the elephants smell. I was just going off the assumption based the their appearance. I do stand by my statement that monkeys that yell, dance and jump at you while you try to eat are a bit disturbing.

I understand that the amount of visitors to the zoo has dropped 67% since my most recent zoo related post. I take the responsibility of being a published, cherished and celebrity blogger very seriously and I did not intend for my words to harm the Memphis Zoo or the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

In conclusion , I would like to thank my guides for the day for all of their help and zoo knowledge. Skeeter and Rick, thank you for all that you do and I apologize if my words caused you a decline in visitors."

Elephant Warning

Please be aware that large, gray, wrinkly, smelly elephants are loose in the city of Memphis. There are also crazy jumping monkeys that have been released into this once great city. They swing and yell and dance by you while you try to enjoy a chicken strip. In addition, large not cute panda bears have been spotted by my own eyes just walking around with humans. To help avoid coming in contact with these vicious animals please run and hide if you hear your parents say the word Zoo. If you do end up at this Zoo place please make sure to refuse to sit in your stroller, tremble each time you see a moving animal and make sure not to allow your feet to touch the ground. This will keep you more safe. Also, please knock your Dada's sunglasses off his head multiple time onto the dirt and concrete.


Here is one of the Pandas I was talking about. Just walking around like he owned the place. So cuddly and vicious.


I know I am making the zoo sound terrible, but it was not all bad. Take for instance this beautiful bird of Prey that flew down, stole my cracker is now about to attach this unsuspecting turtle neck wearing lady.


Or this seemingly docile cat. Just laying there in the sun, showing me is claws and teeth while making screeching cat noises.


Speaking of wild and vicious...here I am before the trip in my natural living room habitat. If you look closely you can spot me blending in with the native living room vegetation.


This is me on the way home. Dreaming of peace, quite and elephants that look more like this.

Big Girl

Hello to all. It is been busy lately and the blog has lacked. I am the first to admit it and I want to apologize to all 37,000 visitors for the lack of content. I can come up with excuses like...it is hard for my little fingers to type, my router had an gateway loop back request that was blocking all outgoing TCP requests over port 80 and 443, school has been taking up a lot of my free time, etc. but basically I have just been a little lazy. So here is what has been going on lately.


I went to the salon last week for the first time. I talked to my cosmetologist and sytliest Marie for some ideas. In the end we went with a light trim. It really accentuates my ears.


I had a real good time getting my hair did and getting all the latest scoop on the other gals in the salon from Marie.


Here I am checking out the snow a couple of weeks ago before heading to work. I know technically it is called daycare but let me assure you it is work putting up with all those boys.


I have been under the weather lately too, which is also another excuse I can give you for not keeping the blog up-to-date. I had what I called the Triple Threat. It was bronchitis plus a stomach ache plus generally being in a bad mood. Luckily the medicine these days are all so sweet and delicious. One of my antibiotics tasted like an old fashion root beer float.


I got a couple of pictures made of me being pitiful.


More pitifullness


After I got better I started eating again. I love a good banana (or manana as I call it).


I also ate a blueberry muffin with extra fresh frozen blueberries. I know fresh and frozen contradict each other but I helped pick those blueberries back in the fall so I consider them fresh. Just a side note, I like watching Wheel of Fortune. I always pick the letter B...over and over and over and over again. Buying vowels is for sissies.

St. Valentine's Weekend

Hello everyone. Hope this post finds you and yours having a good day. I had a most excellent Valentine's weekend. It started off at a party at school. Since I am one of two girls in my class I got lots of special attention. I also had my awesome cousin Meredith in town. Oxford did not know what happened to it by the time she left...neither did my living room.


This is my best Flo impression. I have to take care of these guys at school. Coffee coming up.


Ok, we are ready for some Valentine's treats.


Sure Jojo, you can have some of my cookie.


Here I am working on my headstand form. I saw Meredith practicing so I had to grab a pillow and try it for myself.


After headstand practice we had ridiculous awesome fort time. Reading a book is fun. Reading a book in a fort is ridiculously awesome.

Seeing how Dada built the fort and was playing with it while we were not even home sort of makes we wonder if he really built if for himself. He says it was for me but I am not so sure.


Tub time. Bubbles bubbles bubbles


Here are my flowers. How did dada get so many flowers in that itty bitty top of that vase. He must have had some help.