Let's bake

Elle has finally recovered from some evil stomach bug. It started on Sunday night at bedtime. Out of a sudden, she awoke and puked all over her crib. Her face turned white with puke pouring out of her mouth like the Niagara fall. During that night, we kept bolting awake by the awful puking noises coming out from her room. She threw up thrice at that night and that was by far the biggest puke messes we had dealt with ever before. The bathtub was filled with mountains of puked mattress pads and outfits. The next day when we thought she was getting better, she puked again during bedtime, followed by puking at dinner in the following day. Thank godness the puking business finally stopped there. Aside from loss of appetite, she's no doubt on the mend now.

Whenever we're making dinner or washing dishes in the kitchen, Elle would squeeze herself between us and the sink or the stove, pushing us away from what we're doing at that moment. Sometimes, she'd settle down by herself pulling pots and pans out from the cabinet one by one, arranging them on the floor, banging them and then putting them back. Today, she dug out some baking cups and spoons, which kept her busy for a very long time while we're making dinner. She's simply lovely at this stage of pretend/imaginative play.