who needs a pool?

we might not have a pool but we have a sprinkler!

and that is enough for jasper!  (and me, too!)

is it a tutu?  is it a bathing suit?  it’s both!

oh, the body language says it all!  was there sass going on here?

need you even ask?

Wet Girl Running.

(her newer native american tribal name)…

and if the sprinkler wasn’t enough?  jasper lilith decided, “a picnic would be perfect today, right, mom?”

right.

so we had an impromptu picnic!

which is the best kind of picnicking if you ask me.

a lazy way of eating an apple slice.

she really likes her apple slices.

i mean really likes them.

and me?  well, i just really like her.

(thanks, gram for going on the blanket hunt and helping us put our picnic together!)

oh, the hugginess of it all!

we get to natchitoches and the hugging commences!

jasper and her daddy do some cardio-hugging!

jasper and her pop do some hugging that is a bit more sedate.

jon points out jasper home-made “charm bracelet” to pop…

it is beads and rubber bands ties around a hair band – she couldn’t get the tying down so she finally just TOLD me what to do…  exactly where she wanted that rubber band she cut in half and then exactly where she wanted that other rubber band as well 🙂

and then called it her “charm bracelet” and wears that thing everywhere.   everywhere.

even her uncle mark gets in on the hugging action!

is there such thing as too much hugging?

(well, yes…  but for this post?  no.)

did i forget to pack something?

as we start the packing for our trip to natchitoches, jasper lilith reminds me of what is most important.

as if i could forget!