so far today, we have: gone to the library - i have been really itching for a good book for the past few days, so i found one, and adella picked out a couple of videos while we were there. played with henry - amy called and asked if she could drop henry off for an hour or so while she went to the bead store (not easy with a toddler in tow) so of course i said yes, and henry came to play with adella. they played outside mostly, since today is the most perfect weather day ever. they also played on the back porch, which has basically become adellatown. she's got it all - car, kitchen, store, dishes and food, shopping basket, vacuum cleaner, tables, chairs, wagon, doll stroller - what more could she want? had lunch - veggie hot dogs and bananas, and then rice (always a bad idea right after i mop the floor) watched thomas - you know, the train. one of the new videos we got today. and now, naptime... here are some cute pictures of adella and henry: *i don't think the basketball left henry's hands the entire time he was here! ~~~~~~~~~~ adella's latest impossibly cute activity: this morning i was taking the recycling out and sorting it into the paper/plastic bins, and adella was watching (oh yeah - her new saying is , "doing? mommy?" over and over and over....) and 'helping'. i closed the lids and she got very upset because she wanted to get into the paper bin. i told her it was trash and not to play with, but she was very insistent and kept saying, "elephant, elephant!" i had no clue what she was talking about, so i opened the bin and asked her to show me what she wanted. she took out an empty paper towel roll and put it to her nose and said, "elephant!" a genius, she is... i take this as a sure sign that she's got the crafty genes from me.