Trip to the Park

After church last week, Sandy, Addi and I went to the park. We played for a bit on the swings, and then went and looked at the birds. Pioneer park has a neat little aviary with a handful of really noise peacocks!

Addi was trying to hide from Papa taking the picture

Trip to Wallowa

A few weeks ago, we took the weekend and went to Wallowa Lake. Originally the idea was to go fishing for the Kokanee that are rumored to be in the Lake...big fat lie :-) We had a great time in spite of only watching the fish swim under our boat. Addi got to drive, which she liked a lot. Her favorite part by far was playing on the beach (big suprise). There are a couple of creeks that flow into the lake. One the campground end of things, there's a mini-delta where the water runs into the lake. She just sat right down and played for about two hours. She sat right in the water until I saw her and propped her up on a rock. She couldn't have cared less.

Hunting for rocks

"Look, mama, a stick."

2010 Balloon Stampede

Walla Walla is one of the kick-off events for the balloon season on the west coast. Due to the weather the balloons didn't go up on Saturday. They did take off on Sunday and most of them landed right by our house. So, we walked up the street and watched. Ever since then, she has been asking, "Where A-balloons go?"...everyday.

Shower time

Addi is often in the bathroom with us in the morning when we shower. Normally, she reads, but sometimes she opens the side of the curtain. When that happens, she gets a face full of water. A few weeks ago, she figured out that there are two layers to the curtain. She then would sit inside one and play with the water.

Adalie's favorite place

Adalie's favorite place in the whole world is outside. She loves being in the yard, garden, anywhere as long as it's outside. She's just started sitting in the dirt and has so far only eaten one bite of it. She helps water the plants, and was helping weed when she pulled up most of the first batch of spinach....oops :-)
Sandy then got some fun pictures of her in the flower beds.

Waiting for Grammy on the back step

Watering the Lawn

On their way to the garden

Playing with sticks

Smelling the flowers

So happy to be outside

Anybody else's shoes

With four adults in the house, there's usually at least one pair of shoes in the entry way of the house. Almost everyday, Adalie often ends up in one of our pairs. She still thinks it's the funniest thing and very much likes to show anyone else in the room.

Jammies and Grammy's church shoes are a great combo

Mama's flip flops

Easter Egg

We thought that Adalie might be old enough to dye eggs this year.......silly us! The first egg we gave her, she dropped on the floor. The second egg, she banged on the table and then said, "More egg, please!" So instead of giving her all of the eggs to break, we kept dying the cracked one and giving it back to her.. Then we got smart and gave her some crayons. All in all it was a very funny adventure.

Addi's first egg

Addi's second eg

"Here mama, here's a crayon"

Picking more shell

Mama left alone to play silly games with the camera :-)

Hunting for Easter Eggs

Growing up, we always did the Easter Egg hunt on Saturday because my parents lead worship on Sunday morning. We did the same thing this year mostly because Mama and Papa couldn't wait :-) We did a traditional easter egg hunt in the living room. At first, Addi had no idea what she was doing. After she found the first egg, she just sat with it. Once we convinced her to keep looking, she got the hang of it. The last egg of our hunt always include a riddle. We decided to do Blue's Clues - Addi's favorite show. She was so delighted that when she finally got to the slide, she just walked around holding the 'clues' saying, "Mama, look, found a clue."

Blues Clues

Addi's new slide. This slide is a lot of fun, but it's pretty steep.

She fell a lot at the beginning, so we put the pillows down.

Play-Dough

I managed to be sick over most of my spring break. At first, I was super annoyed because I had been looking forward to hiking and playing with Adalie. However, I'm pretty sure that I needed the rest and am thankful for it now. Toward the end of the week, I decided to make Play-Dough! It doesn't smell as awesome as the store bought stuff, but I felt better about Addi eating it (which she of course did. Addi had a good time, but I'm pretty sure the adults had an even better time.

Grammy and Addi and the dough.

We're back

Hurray! My computer, formerly infected by a very noxious virus, is feeling much better. And so, we commence the blogging catch up. It should be fun :-) Addi is sleeping for a bit...
Ok, We have finally been able to play with the Kaufmans - sinceour kids are hopefully done being sick for the year. They have an AWESOME tunnel. William loves to run into it and have it "eat" him up. Addi wasn't quite ready for that, but did crawl through the tunnel on her own for the first time.

Borrowing Elyse's pretty hat.