Cooking with Ada

My mom sent Ada this wee kitchen. After Ada went to sleep last night, I put it together. This morning, should took her first crack at pretend kitchen play. She thinks it is fun, but I don't know if she understands exactly what it is. She likes to store the items that came with it. As she figures this out, it will be fun to see what she does with it!

Photo shoot

I was taking a picture of my jeans/shoes combo for my friend Jessie. (It is very difficult to let the PhotoBooth camera on my iMac start the countdown AND jump on a table in those heels.)  Ada decided she needed in on the action. So then we took lots pictures of us. I kept trying to get her to make funny faces. She wasn't for it. So I shrank her.

Fab shoes.

Sigh.

With sunglasses.

Sit down back there!

Hey you!

Aaaahhhh!!! (no Ada response)

Tada!

Fun Size Ada!

Ada and Lila: Yuma, the next generation

Jeffrey and I worked with Tammy and Chris at The Sun in Yuma, AZ, several years back.  We all paired off and had kids. See? People who say Yuma isn't worth a damn are wrong. Good things start in Yuma! (And then move away.)

Today, this next generation got to meet!

Lila!

Ada and Lila take a break from gathering rocks. The dog is Molly. Ada fed her a banana. They were then inseparable.

High fives to Rita!

Shades required in Phoenix.

"You take the rocks and you put them in this container."

Zinburger!

Hilarious.

Sephorahhhhhh

When she whipped out the eye lash curler and placed it to her eye, yes, I was shocked. She also loves lip product. If you put a little lip balm on her, she'll smack her lips just like I do when I put on lipstick. Now if I could just get her to learn how to make me a cup of coffee...

Only likes the middles...

Perfecting technique: The Spoon

Watching "Muriel's Wedding" ... we like the ABBA songs...

Seriously, it is getting better ... messier, but better... If you remember the first spoon attempts with soup ...

Mirror, Mirror

Ada is becoming increasingly interested in dressing herself, particularly with accessories like necklaces, bracelets, purses, sunglasses, and her favorite, hats.

She's been using our glass fireplace front to check out her selections. I felt we could do a little bit better for her. So I found a frilly shatterproof princess mirror for her to admire herself in.

Sadly, I didn't get the camera out fast enough to snap her with her beads, a ring, AND sunglasses.

There's all kinds of developmental stuff that mirrors are good for: speech, movement, etc. But it's REALLY good for checking out your beads.

I put a box of pretties by the mirror for her to put on.

Giving herself kisses. Dahling, youlookMAHVELOUS.