Have A Safe And Happy Fourth...

My six words for today are these: MiMi is celebrating the fourth here!

It's time to take a few days off and celebrate...

No matter where you and your family are...

No matter how you choose to celebrate...

I hope you have a safe and happy fourth!

God Bless America...

Let freedom ring!

Two Men And A Little Lady...

I love this photograph of Madison holding hands with her daddy,and her "E-pa". I snapped it while I was actually walking behind them during our recent trip to Fernandina Beach, Fla.

Madison has all the men in her life wrapped around her fingers--and I think she knows it! As for her mother and me...we're the "party poopers" who make her follow the rules!

It's a tough job--being a "party pooper"--a" keeper of the rules"-- but somebody's gotta' do it...I've been a "party pooper" all my life...if you don't believe it, just ask my children! LOL

Yikes! There's A Snake In These Boots...

No, there really isn't a snake in those boots, but Cade sure does love these yellow rain boots!

I thought he was the most precious sight, the day he walked in wearing them--and it wasn't even raining!

He may have a little trouble walking in those black canvas hightops, but he has no trouble running in these yellow rain boots!

I say, bring on the rain! I'll be Cade could have a stomping good time in a few large mud puddles...

Basketball Anyone???

" Well, daddy, I'll give it my best shot, but I'm not sure how good I can play ball in these new shoes..."

MiMi's Little Helper...

I'm so glad that I finally got a photograph of Cade rolling this little popcorn popper over the carpet! I'm just sorry that he wasn't wearing several pairs of shiny beads around his neck like he usually is!

Every time Cade comes over, he puts on several pairs of those beads, and begins pushing the toy popper like he is vacuuming my carpet. I always tell him that he reminds me of a "desperate housewife".

I think that he looks like a "desperate housewife in high tops"--without his beads-- in this photograph!

Maddie and E...

My husband, known to the grandchildren as "E" is a special man. He's never too busy or too proud to get in the floor to play with the grandchildren. In fact, my daughter and I have decided that granddaughter, Madison, thinks that "E" is her own personal playmate. She talks to him like he's her best friend.

While we were on our recent vacation, Madison and "E" could be found strutting around the condo, acting like turkeys, and saying "gobble, gobble, gobble"! I don't know whose idea that game was, but they played it several times during the vacation. It was quite a sight--the two of them strutting around together!

Recently, Madison was doing something that she shouldn't be doing, and I heard "E" tell her if she didn't stop he would have to use "Sgt. Swatter (our large fly swatter) on her bottom. She looked at him like she couldn't believe her ears...but she complied with his wishes. I don't know whose heart it will break the worst if "E" ever has to use "Sgt. Swatter"...

Having Fun At The Beach...

Madison just returned from staying a couple of days at the beach. Her family accompanied my husband and me on our anniversary get-away, and Madison really had a great time! She's been to the beach several times before, but this time she really enjoyed herself!

Madison wasn't afraid of the water at all, and she enjoyed playing in the sand, as well. In the photograph above, she is playing with a new bucket and some little toys that her daddy bought her...John Deere, of course!

Pack your bag, Maddie, MiMi's going back to the beach again in a couple of weeks! Humm...I can hear that old Wiggles song "Havin' Fun At the Beach" playing in my head...