sending the cute-ometre through the roof

1) My little girl waves bye-bye when the toilet is flushed. She blows kisses to her bathwater as it drains. She kissed her rubber duckie and told it, "Cack cack cack," several times, in a very authoritative tone. Then she offered it up for me to kiss in turn.

2) Barely awake, she manoevered herself so she could stick her cute (clean) foot under my nose. I had to pretend it was stinky and say, "Pee-ewww" loudly, several times. I got the first laugh of the day for my efforts.

3) She walked over to her pile of books, pulled out her favourite and left the rest to tumble on the floor. Her favourite, at the moment, is the French version of Robert Munsch's Mmm . . . Cookies! She flipped through some pages, got to the part where the mother is gagging on the play-dough cookie, and said, "Gla gla gla gla gla," in rhythm, with exactly the same intonation that I use. Then she laughed uproariously, as she does when I read the book. She then held it out to me and said, "Pease?" I complied, naturally.

Just some stories to lend cheer to your morning. :)

Kitchen Diva

Since four o'clock this afternoon, I have:
1) bleached both sinks
2) bleached all countertops, including behind the toaster oven and coffee maker
3) cleared the junk from the little display shelves above the sink, washed them too, and put up little display items that have been hiding in my china cabinet far too long
4) made iced tea from scratch, twice because it was such a big jug
5) cut up all veggies for this evening's role playing
6) washed and put away all dishes involved in that, and baby's supper.

Now I just need to do the top of the dishwasher, the top of the microwave cart, the two open shelves, the top of the fridge, and most importantly, the inside of the fridge.

I was feeling accomplished, before I added that last bit. (Sigh) Oh well - I did do a good afternoon's work, and the kitchen looks much cleaner without the three years' worth of clutter on those display shelves.