Mini Vacay at Mimi's

Dear Abigail,
Because your summer hasn't been loaded with fun, you spent a whole week at Mimi's, again. But this time, all by yourself.  Well, I think Clara Lee snuck in there a few times, but overall, it was you and Mimi hanging out.  You did spend Sunday night with Clara Lee, but promised Mimi that you'd spend every night after with her!  You did lots of swimming and playing and lots of help watering Mimi's flowers, but Mimi also took you to see the ducks at the Peabody.

 After the ducks, you road around downtown Memphis on the trolley.

 There's you and the famous empty pyramid!

 Another day, just you and Mimi ventured out on your own.  I thought it was really good that just you and Mimi did something, and from the pics I think you enjoyed it yourself!  Mimi first took you to the Memphis zoo where it looks like someone slaughtered a tiger and let you pet it... seems odd to me, but whatever...

 Mimi said you two were able to cover a lot of ground, but that you did need the wagon and she said make sure to take a stroller to Disney!!

 You are getting very good at being a bird whisperer! 

 And I can only imagine what this was about...

 Mimi was super proud of the lunch she brought for you and her - and she should be!  No junk food!  Hooray!!!  She even made you a homemade lunchable!

 And I'm going to guess Mimi wasn't too crazy about you climbing all over these tables...

 Looks like you did some camel riding...

 And giraffe spotting...

 After the zoo, you two ran by the mall to check out a few things including the carousel!

 And you convinced her to let you do the eurobounce!  Here's you doing a flip!!

As if that wasn't enough, she took you by the Disney store, and, well, let's just say that you are well equipped for our trip, fo sho!  

THEN, you two ventured to the new splash pad near Mimi's house.  Now, here's where things go a little south... It looks like you are having a blast. Mimi says you were, indeed, having a blast.  

 Lots of fun running from one spot to the next.  Problem with that is, you need to watch where you are running.  You ran smack dab into another boy's head and immediately this popped up... 

Yeah, that's pretty much the biggest knot I've ever seen.  To say the least, it hurt you pretty bad and the splash pad day was done.  Mimi was a little nervous on what to do, so we just watched you for a bit and she even let you swim at her house, just to keep you awake for a couple more hours!  

Everything turned out fine, or well, will eventually turn out fine.  The knot went down a little with the help of some ice and eventually the swelling drained into your nose.  Currently (4 days later!), it's draining into your eyes, so it looks like you have two black eyes!  You are excited though because you say you have 2 purple eyes and purple eyes are cool in your book.  All that to say, you now have a new nickname - knothead! I just told Mimi today that I have no idea how we've made it almost 5 years without going to the ER (knock on wood!).  Just tonight you fell down the stairs with your arms and legs in the toy tunnel - you were trying to be a scary monster and forgot the wooden staircase was right there.  Milk - that's my answer.  Lots of milk = lots of calcium = strong bones = no ER trips :)
Sidetracked... Looks like you had a great time at Mimi's!!!  I picked you up on Friday morning at our half way meeting spot and we weren't home an hour and you were out the door playing all afternoon with the neighbor's niece, Briley.  You two played all day, jumping from our house to her house, to the other neighbors pool.  You even stayed with them and had dinner while we went to eat Mexican!  It's always fun times with you, Knothead!!  Love you!