Pansy

Adrie, telling me about her pansy from Nana's yard: "Mom, this pansy has a happily purple face."

New Front Porch

Pirates on the Brain

Adrie has been asking a lot of questions about pirates lately. At the end of this week at school, this little note came home in her work folder:

Preschool Days

Adrie: "This is a picture of you, Mom."

Andy's Most Spoken Phrase

"Hi Papa. Hi Papa. Hi Papa."

I'll Take It

Andrew was banging his cereal bowl on the counter this morning, trying to tell me that he wanted more. I asked him, "what do you say?" He looked at me for a few seconds, and said " 'leeeease Papa."

Reminiscing

When Adrie was somewhere between 1 1/2 and 2, we were living next door while we remodeled our house. Marshall was sitting in the living room one afternoon, in just his boxer briefs, when Adrie came up to him to say hello. She had been standing there talking with him for a few minutes, when she looked at his underwear, reached forward, saying, "What's in your pocket, Papa?" I've never seen Marshall jump up so quickly.

"Papa's Tools!"

Everything is about tools, trucks, or boats.

Adrie Loved the Neighbor's Cherries

Crazy Outfits

Adrie: "Mommy, when are you going to get old? Like in six years?"

Bouncy-Ball

Adrie really meant it when she told me that she was going to take her new sparkly bouncy-ball to bed with her tonight. I checked on her two hours later, to find it still in her hand, as she was sound asleep.

Adrianna Turns 4!

Sneaky Climber

We had all come inside to have Adrie's Birthday cake, when our good friend Olivia, age 9, shouts from the driveway: "Andrew's up on the ladder!"

Here's what we found:

One Perspective

Adrie: "I was sitting on the couch smiling nicely; it was Andrew that was climbing ALL over the couch."