i'm feeling lazy, so i'll just do a quick recap of the past few days. #1: RAIN. rain. rain. and lots of it. it has been steadily raining since early this morning, and on and off for the past three days. the plants are loving it, but boy, is it making me feel lazy and stir-crazy. and speaking of stir-crazy,... #2: knitting group this morning at our house. adella and myself and four other two-year-olds and their mamas who are feeling as stir-crazy as we are. the kiddos found every toy and toy-like-thing in the entire house and displaced it all. i know, i know, they're TWO. and everyone helped clean up before they left, but geesh. #3: apple pie. you may remember the ice-maker fiasco, and our marvelous neighbor mark, who fixed it for us (yay!) after much frustration. well, besides paying him back the money that he spent buying new parts, i baked him a nice apple pie yesterday. we all had thoughts of maybe just eating it ourselves, but that would not be nice would it? i'll just have to make another one. soon. #4: adella's duck shirt. i'm going nuts over stencilling. every picture i see is a potential stencil, and every blank shirt in our hamper is just screaming for a stencilled design. i've been able to keep ahold of myself for the most part, but i do have some big plans for future projects. here's the latest: this was the best picture i could get, since when i asked her to hold up her arms so i could snap a picture of her shirt, this is what i got: #5: jury duty update: tomorrow is the day. i called the automated number to see if i was excused, and i am, BUT only for the morning. i am still on 'stand-by' for the afternoon session. i have to call back at 11:30 am and see if i am excused for good. i'm really really hoping to get out of it. the good news is, i have an unexpected three hours of freedom in the morning, since it is co-op day and i was planning on sitting in court all day. what will i do?? amy suggested coffee and muffins, and it does sound oh so tempting. i think i'll take her up on the bakery idea and then hit some thrift stores. #6: is there a sixth thing? surely we have done somthing else. on the other hand, we have been SUPER lazy lately. it's pretty sad, actually. even though it's raining, i should probably be taking adella for puddle-jumping walks or something - anything - to get out of the house and move. #7: adella has been talking so much better lately. and not only that, she really getting a sense of feelings and empathy. this morning i pinched my finger really hard and screamed, "ouch!" adella was in the kitchen, minding her own business, but she noticed and came over to me and said, "what happened, mommy?" "i pinched my finger and it hurts! i told her. "you want me to kiss it for you?" she asked? i told her yes, and she kissed my finger and asked, "is that better?" she is such a sweetie. if any of you readers have not been to visit in a while, i hate to tell you, but baby adella is gone. there is hardly any baby left anymore. adella is a little girl now. a sweet, sweet little girl. it makes me sad, but so proud too. i just can't believe it. i guess that about wraps it up. bye everyone.