My little swimsuit model

Riley loves all things dress-up and as I've said before on here we probably go thru at least 2-3 (or more) dress-up outfits everyday after we get home. These could be swimsuits, leotards, dresses (with wings of course), she's really not picky at all - so I wasn't surprised at all that when we had to take down her trampoline a couple of weeks ago that she wanted to be in a swimsuit - or that she wanted to play in the hose. She was cracking me up the whole time we were working!!

Riley's On Her Way To The Olympics

I think we've found Riley's future place in the Olympics. I vaguely remember hearing that they added this sport or is it an event, I'm not really sure, but either way I guess I had filed it away somewhere and just yesterday was able to see it for the first time and remember that it even existed. I'm so excited to announce that when we bought this for Riley earlier this summer, that we actually started her Olympic training (yes at 2 1/2 because I think if we started any later she'd be behind the competition).

She's already quite skilled at "jumping super high" which after watching last night, we learned they can do for a full minute beginning their first of ten fancy flips and twirls. She's also the best "bottom bouncer" and can even do a "knee-bottom" all in one swift movement. She's a pro at "jumping on one foot" and is the master "Duck-duck-goose player" but only if you've invited some of your imaginary friends to play, because there really aren't enough of us to play very well by ourselves. She still needs a little help with her "flips", but we did just start training so I think she has a few more years to master the event.

She sure does work up a good sweat while training, but that works out ok because if it has rained the trampoline saves little puddles of water for you on the edge so you can cool off (and no she doesn't drink the yucky water, but she does enjoy sitting in it - go figure).

She's also a great teammate because if one of her fellow trainers gets a booboo - she'll be the first to kiss it and make it all better.

Wordless Wednesday - silly girls

Man it's hard to get pictures thru a trampoline safety fence thingy - not sure why, but I just love this one which is odd because there's a fence in the way, and Riley's eyes are half closed, and you can only see half of her friend, but man were they having fun! It also kind of makes me think of the old Uncle Sam posters that were for recruiting Army guys or something where he was pointing and saying "We Need You". Either way - I like this photo :)

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FFF - Summer Lovin'

Wow, Sarah always picks great themes, and this one is no exception - Summer Lovin', but I must say the theme song from Grease has been stuck in my head for a few days now and I'd be happy to have something new ;) To see more FFF's go here.

Riley loves being outside - her trampoline - swinging - playing until she's a sweaty mess - SUMMER and all things outside!

I loved this picture of us walking at the zoo
Lovin' on Cousin Cayman after jumping on the wet trampoline
(notice the wet bums)

Riley loves her daddy, and she loves fishing with her daddy too.

This was her first fishing adventure :)

Riley loved the mister at the zoo last week!

I love my girl!

Riley Got a New (BoUncY) Present

Riley got something new last week - after a lot of sweating (could it have been more humid the day we were working......no I think not) and a little fussing from daddy after we put the the top part on upside down the first time and had to not just redo it but remove the bazillion metal clip thingys in order to put it on that second time.........Riley was happy as can be!!!

Don't mind that these are fuzzy - I still love the expressions!

Splashing the water off the side - the humidity when we were putting it together was not just because we live in Missouri it turns out, but because we were only minutes from a torrential downpour which Riley was very sad to have to wait thru before getting to jump (don't tell but we let her jump in the sprinkles for a little while)

Riley's jumping mate - Cousin Cayman - was also excited to share in the first jump, they didn't mind at all that they were getting soaking wet at the time!

The sign of a good time in the slightly rainy day is an extremely wet bum - check out these two!

Of course with our luck, we were missing 6 of the lovely little clip things so we can't put the safety net/fence thing on it yet, but I promise we bought it so there's no need to worry about her safety..........I will tell you a secret though, her mama doesn't want to put it on, it just seems silly, but at some point some random child may sneak into our yard and jump and I would hate for them to break their arm or worse. Riley, now I just want her to learn the safe way to jump and not depend on the net. Oh well, daddy has to win sometimes........and safety is a good time for him to win!