Adrie saw Star Wars' Chewbacca on TV this morning. "Momma! Look at that big bear!" Andy said, "Doggy!"

How We Know Papa's a Boy

Adrie's thoughts this morning: "Papa, we know you're a boy because you have a mustache, and a big nose, and a big back."

Play Time

Adrie just came out of her bedroom and asked me to help her put on her gardening gloves. When she went back into her bedroom, I heard, (in a sing-song voice) "Andrew . . . time for your surgery."

Fall Day

Happy Birthday Uncle Miles

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