this afternoon i took adella to the lake to feed the ducks. oh wow. she loved it. a lot. she was very excited when i told her where we were going, and got right into the spirit of things. she kept lookout from the backseat for the first sign of water, and when we stopped at the store for bread, she picked out a huge loaf of no-nutritional-value-whatsoever white bread. perfect - exactly what i had in mind. at least that's what i remember grandpa buying when he took lauren and i to feed the ducks. once we got there, she dove right in (not literally, thank goodness). she has always been so brave around all types of animals. even i am a little jumpy around those giant geese, but not adella. she wanted to hand the bread right to the ducks and geese. we got to the lake right after a group of nursing home residents, and the ducks must have already eaten their fill because they weren't as eager for the bread as i thought they would be. but adella had a great time anyway. and it turns out she likes to eat cheap white bread too. after the bread was gone, she threw rocks into the lake until it was time to go. and she talked about the ducks the whole way home... "duck drinking water!" "duck feet in water!" "duck! aaaaare you?" "duck swimming in water!"