Just a few things Adrianna has said or done this week.

Princess Peach

She was wearing her Minnie Mouse dress and had some pretty bows in her hair. When she bounced into the room, I said, “Hi Minnie.”

“No Mom,” Adrianna corrected. “I am Princess Peach. You can be Yellow Toad. And Bree is Blueberry Toad. Mario is upstairs. Can I play Super Mario Brothers now? I have been very patient.”

MOPS crafts/papers

After we leave MOPS or Sunday School, I like to ask Adrianna what she learned about or what she did in her class. The most common answer I receive is, “We learned about ‘Jejus’” or “We learned about God.” Pretty much sums it up I guess.

Today, she made a donkey that she colored pink and named “Strawberry.” When I asked her about the other papers she was carrying, she told me “They are papers from God.”

She also mentioned today that “God is bigger than Bowser.” (Bowser is the big bad guy on Super Mario Brothers.)

I wanted to take a nap this afternoon. After nursing Bree to sleep, I gently, gently, gently laid her in the bassinet next to our bed with the hope that she would remain asleep so I could also take a nap. Then I laid back down and closed my eyes, preparing for some much needed sleep.

Unfortunately, as it so often happens, she woke back up within minutes of being laid down and began to fuss. I groaned and sat back up. As soon as I peaked into her bassinet, her face broke into a huge grin. Who can resist such a response? I picked her up and laid her back in bed with me. She smiled again as I laid her down next to me, closed her eyes, and fell asleep almost instantly.

And there she still sleeps. I, however, finally gave up on getting a nap for myself and am instead out in the loft with one energetic and noisy preschooler. I think I will be heading downstairs for some caffeine now.

This morning Greg decided that IHOP sounded good for brunch. After we had spent some time getting ready and were about to leave, Adrianna began to whine, “But I don’t wanna go to hopping eyeballs for breakfast!” Apparently she remembered the “I” and the “hop” part from the name but didn’t quite get it right. I wouldn’t want to go eat at a place called “hopping eyeballs” either.

After laughing, I told her that it wasn’t called “hopping eyeballs.” She asked, “Bouncing eyeballs?”

And a video too.

Adrianna insisted on wearing her duck costume today even though it is two sizes too small. She was pretending to be the mother duck to two stuffed ducklings that we have. She also wore it to bed tonight and wears it still.

I was able to catch some pics of our girls today. I just love watching them together.

Adrianna insisted that I take a picture of the dogs and her balloon.

I think we have a budding artist on our hands. Adrianna LOVES to draw and makes the cutest pictures. I love how her characters are always smiley.

Adrianna wakes up earlier than me on the non-school mornings and she loves to create special pictures and bring them to me in bed.

Here is an envelope she wrote to me. (Greg dictated the letters of the message she wanted to write.) Valentines was already several days past, but that didn’t matter. It was still a beautiful gift.

And here is the drawing contained within the envelope of some adorable butterflies and violets.

I thought this was a creative way to utilize some smiley face stickers I’d given her.

I know we have talked about the Super Mario Brothers game on here a lot lately, but it truly gets a lot of discussion in our household as well, so naturally some of that is going to spill over into here. She drew a picture of some of the Super Mario Brothers characters and did a pretty good job capturing their outfits/hats and their appropriate colors. From left to right, it is Luigi (or “Wiji” as Adrianna pronounces it), Yellow Toad, Mario, and the Blue Toad. Above them with the frowny faces (the only frowny faces I can remember ever seening her draw) are some of the “bad guys” from the game.

This is our Breezy girl at 8 weeks. She is really starting to interact and socialize with us more and just seeing her smile makes me smile too. I get a thrill of happiness every time I pick her up and hold her close.

Credits: Layout based on sketch by Donna Jannuzzi found at Ella Publishing; papers from “So Sweet” kit by Zoe Pearn; hearts and sparkles from “Happiness” kit by Three Paper Peonies.

Credits: Template by Misty Cato “Month in Review 2010 Calendar Templates”, Papers by Martine McKnight “Winter Wonderland”, Snowmen by Digital Anemona “Christmas Gift”

Here is a comparison of our girls at around the same age. Adrianna is 7 weeks and Bree is 8 weeks.

Just because I know some of you out there might be itching for some new pictures of Bree.