good news/bad news... good news: there is nothing wrong with the computer. bad news: the cord that connects the camera to the USB port is not working (i think that is the probem). so it's not really bad news - i just have to go buy a new one. hopefully it will be easy to find and inexpensive to buy. i have lots of cute pictures from co-op today, which went great. we had it at our house and sean's mama, michele, was on duty with me. we had six kids today, and they were wonderful! the three hours flew by...we played, cleaned up, ate a nice snack, did crafts, and then played outside in the yard. for crafts we made tambourines out of paper plates and dried beans. they turned out so cute! and the kids loved shaking them around. adella did a great job sharing her toys and playing with her friends. by the time everyone left, she was ready for a nap. she went right in to her bed and tucked herself in with t-bear. she's still snoozing away in there... i finally finished getting all of my consignment things together for the big kids consignment sale this weekend! i can't wait! last time i got almost all of adella's winter wardrobe there for 80 bucks. and i even made some of the money back by selling some of her old clothes and toys. once adella wakes up, we're going to head out to run some errands. she has been so good about going with me to do errands. sunday we went to 5 stores, all in a row, and she stayed right with me and listened and behaved beautifully! there was no grabbing of breakable items, no temper tantrums over not getting the two stuffed unicorns she wanted, no darting into traffic. it was pure bliss, indeed. now i tell her we are going shopping and she says, "yay! shop-ping!" she likes to help me pick things out, too. anytime i give her a choice to make, she looks very thoughtful and says, "uummm... this one!" very cute. she does it all the time at home too. she really knows what she wants, and is finally able to tell us about it. "eggs or oatmeal?" "umm.... eggs!" "pink shoes or blue?" "ummm... blue!" so wish me luck with finding the power cord. if all goes well, there will be pictures galore.