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Mommy's been sick

Sorry I haven't posted anything this week. As soon as we got back from Ohio, Mommy came down with a soar throat. Things have been really rough the last few days. Luckily Grammie and Gramps have been around to take care of me, and Daddy has been spending a lot of time with me in between bringing mommy tea and toast. I'll try to get back to posting this weekend when some normalcy returns to our house. Hope you all are well!

And we're off...

Tomorrow morning we will all pile into the car and head off to Ohio to visit with friends and family! I'm very excited to see Alise! :) It will be a lot of fun, but I won't be able to blog much, so I'll catch up with everyone when we get back! Have a great week!

Love, Ada Marie

Mommy's Recent Favorite Pictures

Ladybugs love flowers...

trying on the costume Grammie got me for the fall festival!

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Feeding the ducks in our neighborhood with Gramps.

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My first time to have ice cream!

Woo-hoo what fun!

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Just around the River Bend ...

Last week when Aunt Ginny was here for a visit we went on a family picnic to a place we love called River Bend. And I learned what family picnics are all about. First, you have to have a lot of food, as you can see in this picture, I'm overwhelmed by all of the food. Actually, I'm just mesmerized by the boats on the water, but it is a funny picture isn't it?

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The first thing that happens on a picnic is that everybody sets up the food. We had BBQ ribs, potato salad, deviled eggs, veggies, baked beans, different kinds of fruit, chips, etc. It was all very good! I even discovered that I like ribs!

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Look who is standing around hungry ...

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We picked up these two old guys on the way and let them have some food too! :)

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It was fun to do something special while Aunt Ginny was there!

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After lunch we watched the boats and played some games!

It was an absolutely beautiful day!

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Gramps and I played hide and seek!

I love to seek, but I don't have the patience to hide!

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Then we played a traditional family game of croquet.

I discovered that there are lots of fun things to do in this game.

You can run around kicking other people's balls, which gets quite a reaction from the crowd.

You can pull up the wickets and try to move them around to confuse people.

You can also practice fencing with the mallets which is what I am doing here!

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This is definitely my favorite part of the game, but the grown ups seemed to think it was very important to hit certain balls into certain places. Ompa is the family reigning champion, but this time my Daddy managed to beat him!

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Then we did a victory dance!

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And that is how you have a family picnic! I hope that we can have another one soon. I have been practicing my croquet skills! Maybe next time I will be a serious contender!

Arts and Crafts

Arts and Crafts week continues at our house.

Today we are working on another Martha craft ...

pom-pom animals.

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These take more patience because you have to let the glue dry between steps.

I do not like waiting, but I do like playing with the glue on my fingers.

Here is the bunny so far.

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Here is the owl ... I love him!

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Mommy loves this painting, I made it my goal to cover all of the paper.

Uncle Michael and Aunt Rachel sent me this

cool finger painting kit!

Mommy loves this because the paints show up clear

on every surface except for this special paper.

Isn't that clever for little girls like me?

Thanks Uncle Michael and Aunt Rachel and Alise! :)

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Then I did this work of art by folding the paper in different directions to make mirror images. Mommy showed me how to do that, and I had a lot of fun!

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And then there is always my trusty chalk board.

I call this one, "Little Girl On a Rainy Day Delaying Her Nap"

... do you like it?

Redirecting Creative Energy

Grammie got me several little craft kits from Martha Stewart Kids. This first one is these cute animal bag puppets. They are great for little artists like me because they don't require any cutting or gluing. All of the pieces are already cut out of felt with an easy to peel adhesive on the back side. Also, the little bags are made of durable fabric so that they won't tear. Isn't Martha smart?

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Here is a close up of my favorite two. I love the monkey because I like to say, "Ew, ew, ew, ah, ah, ah!" which is my version of what monkeys say. I like the tiger because he looks pretty cool and I like to growl! But, the tiger had the most little pieces so I needed some help to finish him.

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Mommy thought today might be a good day for a craft project,

because I was in the mood to express myself artistically.

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As you can see, I enjoy experimenting with body art!

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I'm so funny! When Mommy came back from the laundry room, I had undressed and written all over myself with a marker in about 15 seconds flat!

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Isn't that just hysterical?!

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So, in an effort to redirect my talents and channel my creativity constructively, Mommy got out the first little craft kit.

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It was such a hit!

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I could do most of it myself, and I loved the finished project!

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I like to say the parts of the body as I put them on. Here I am attaching the elephants eyes.

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Mommy says you can put them on your hands,

so I thought, why not feet too?

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Look, the bear is dancing!

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Mommy has high hopes that today's activities steered me away from a career as a future tattoo artist and towards something more respectable ... like puppeteering! :)

Anyway, it kept me happily entertained for over an hour!

Unfortunately, I still take my clothes off whenever I have the chance!

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