In Case You Didn't Know...

Her Royal Highness of the Beach!

I love this precious one more today than yesterday!

She makes me happy!
She makes me angry!

She scares me to tears!

And I love her a little more for each and every thing she does!!!!!

A princess needs her energy to rule the beach!!

 

This could be a "make me angry" moment
~~ See the love!!  ~~

 

Sweet cheeks!

 



We'll never get her out of the bathrooms in Europe!

It's hard to believe she is so big!
AGP finished her first year of pre-school!
Where does time go?

Christmas in July!

I guess Hobby Lobby isn't alone in their desire for Christmas to start!
Maybe she is practicing her Nutcracker performance?
Maybe she is just being AGP!

Merry Christmas to all,
and to all a good {hot, humid summer} night!

Butterflies and Birds

The Butterfly House at Callaway Gardens

A couple weeks ago, John took AGP to Callaway Gardens.
They went to see the butterflies and the trapeze show.
FSU sends a trapeze troupe to Callaway every summer
to perform an amazing show.



AGP is all about butterflies. She studies them!

Papa and AGP started the day with the butterflies.
He actually said they ended up back at the butterfly house
3, yes three, times!
Although, he reported it was cooler and less humid inside than outside!
{not sure I believe him!}

AGP never gets bored watching the fluttering specimens!

We go every year and every year she is just as engaged!

HUNGRY BIRD!

Apparently, there was an uninvited guest at their picnic!

This bird was very aggressive and wanted AGP's lunch!

A little disturbing...

Wonder if he likes low carb sandwiches?

And when she started wearing shoes with things between her toes?
She hates them!
Screams of she sees a thonged shoe!
 ~ unless it is this cheap and gaudy pair of Target flip flops ~
AGP thinks knows they match everything because they sparkle!
{and NO, I did NOT buy them!}

Independence Day

The United States is the only country with a known birthday.
  ~James G. Blai

Happy 235th Birthday, America!




You have to love a nation that celebrates its
independence every July 4,
not with a parade of guns, tanks, and
soldiers who file by the White House 
in a show of strength and muscle,
but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees,
the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. 
You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. 
~Erma Bombeck

Pensacola NAS Museum

John and AGP flying one of the Blue Angels' jets.

 

AGP was bored until Gran started teaching her about the controls.
Then it was game on! I mean, Gran is a pilot!

 

My 2 favorite girls!

 

Helicopters have lots of controls.
AGP thought it was a race to shot the most people!

 

Yes, she knows exactly how cute she is!

The Poor Concrete Ducks

AGP loved Gran's ducks!

She played with them.

Talked to them.

Danced for them.

Kissed them.

Wonder if they were as sad to see her go as Gran was?