the past few days have been beautiful and sunny looking, but step outside and you'll be blown away by a strong and very chilly wind. so we've stayed mostly indoors, and i am starting to get cabin fever. i'm sure adella is too. so today i broke out the big guns: water colors. i bought them a couple weeks ago, and for various reasons never got around to setting adella up with them. but today we needed something to do, and so water colors it was. adella had a blast. she loves dipping the brush in the water and then picking out colors. "water, color, paper!" she said over and over. she did really great and didn't make nearly the mess i had feared. here's a few pictures of the little artist: after art time, she had a little snack while i fixed dinner. i heard adella saying, "face! face!" which i took to mean that she wanted me to wipe her face. but no - i turned around and she held up this: clever, isn't she? on to another topic - i finished my skirt! i am very happy with the way it turned out. it fits wonderfully, and is so comfortable. nice and wide around the bottom so i don't have to take tiny baby steps when i walk. i was a little disappointed with the cotton fabric selection at hancocks. i needed 60" wide cotton, and could not find any that i liked, so i ended up going with polyester, which as a rule i don't like. but i wanted to make a skirt and the fabric was cute, for polyester. and it's not too shiny and old-ladyish. is it? i'll have to get a better picture of it outside, when the wind dies down a bit. night-night folks. stig is returning home with a movie, since LOST is a re-run AGAIN! i hope he picks something good. lately all he gets are heist movies. i like a good bank robbery flick now and then, but enough is enough.