adella is upstairs watching the lion king, for the gazillionth time, so i've got a few minutes to post a few pictures... we went to the community center today, only to find out that they were closed! we decided to stay anyway and play on the playground, which looks like it was built in 1960 and never updated. the kids all had fun anyway, and they did have a super long slide that was built into the hill (see picture). despite the fact that there was no toddler time today, we had a pretty good turnout. adella spent the majority of the time rolling down the hill over and over. remember doing that when you were little? such fun! but this hill wasn't the nice soft grassy hill i would have picked. in fact, this hill was basically dust and rocks and dirt. but that didn't stop adella. she bore a strong resemblence to charlie brown's pig pen (except without the blankie) by the time we left. but who am i to spoil such fun? here she is, rolling in the dirt, headed straight towards me, of course. (if she started rolling another way she would stop and reposition herself to roll right into me.) we got home and adella fell asleep while i piddled around in the kitchen. i should have taken a nap becasue i am tiiiirred, but i missed my chance. i'll have to settle for some reheated coffee with a little cocoa mixed in (my treat!). next on the agenda: head outside to wrestle with the soaker hoses i bought for the garden. they won't be good and lay down - they just stay standing in a big black coil across the garden. adella is starting to understand (i think) about the flowers and plants and why we shoudn't step on them and dig them up with shovels. she helped me plant a bunch of bulbs last fall, so it will be fun for her to watch them grow and bloom, assuming they make it that far. *pictures!* can you spot the 'D'? this game is called 'daddy back'. adella named it, and basically it consists of adella climbing on stig's back and walking, jumping, climbing, etc. sometimes stig crawls around, sometimes he just lays there. either way, it is great fun. adella's self-portrait