Suga Suga

Don't quite know what I was thinking, but I made gluten free sugar cookies today. I've had the mix for a few weeks and have been wanting to try it on Adia. She didn't like the cupcakes or the brownies so I was hoping the sugar cookies would be different. The cookies are gluten, egg, nut and soy free so we were even able to safely eat the batter. Adia loved it! Scott and I though the batter what pretty yummy too. I also made butter cream frosting to go with them. All cookies, especially sugar cookies, taste better with frosting. Adia agreed. Scott and her licked the beaters clean.




Adia ate a pretty good dinner too. I was out of her little hamburgers so I had no idea what I was going to feed her. I had made tortilla soup for Scott for dinner, but it was a little spicy. I toasted her some rice bread and grabbed a string cheese, but she wasn't too interested. I figured she had filled up on cookie dough and frosting. I was wrong though. She kept pointing at my bowl. I knew my soup was "safe", but there wasn't anything in it that she normally eats. She doesn't like chicken, tomatoes, corn tortillas or corn. The only thing left that might work would be the kidney beans. I fished a few out, cleaned them off and set them in front of her. She popped one in her mouth. I was shocked. She ate all the beans in my soup before she started handing them back to me. It was then cookie time. Adia's eyes got huge when I set it in front of her and her finger went right for the frosting. She didn't realize she could eat the cookie part. I broke it into pieces and she started eating away. She ate almost the whole thing before trying to share with me and smearing crumbs in her hair.




Scott had to leave for work early tonight so I had to do bath time alone. Adia wandered around the kitchen, purple hands and all, while I cleaned up. When I went to grab her pjs, she climbed into her bed, covered in frosting. I told her it was bath time and she headed that direction. She was eager to get in the water and only complained when I washed her hair. I had her giggling hysterically through most of her bath because she kept throwing a ball at me and I'd throw it back. She thought it was the funniest thing ever if I acted surprised to see it coming at me.






I've been working on laundry all day and Adia helped me with some after her bath. Today she actually helped, instead of doing the exact opposite of what I want her to do. She helped me unload the dryer, pulling stuff out and placing it in the laundry basket. She then closed the door and smiled up at me. I told her, "Good job! Give me five!" and stuck out my hand. She smacked my hand and then started clapping. A few days ago I taught her "Give Me Five," but I thought she didn't remember it. I guess I was wrong. Of course, with her helping came her not helping. Every time I tried to fold something, she'd grab it and throw it back in the basket. She also likes to unload the basket, scattering clothes from one end of the living room to the other.


Amazingly, she was in bed by 9. She took a 3 hour nap today. That's almost completely unheard of for her. I kept checking on her to make sure she was okay. She was very happy when she woke up and extremely silly. She couldn't get enough of her cell phone. She kept picking it up, holding it to her ear and saying "Hi!" or "Hewoo?" or my absolute favorite, "Hiya!"








She was also hungry after sleeping so long. She finished off breakfast's eggo and ate some animal crackers too. She especially enjoyed sitting in her folding chair, sippy in the cup holder. I think we were watching Transformers at that point since she slept through Harry Potter.


The best picture of the day happened while she was "helping with the laundry" before dinner. She's fascinated with my new underwear because they're all so brightly colored. I had a big pile of them in the living room and she jumped into them like they were a pile of leaves. She giggled, grabbed a pair and ran when I came back into the living room. She then put that pair over her head and ran around the house for at least 30 minutes like that. Every time I got near, she'd giggle, runaway and try to hide. I wasn't going to take them, but I certainly wanted a picture. I eventually got them back because she became sidetracked by Scott. He was shaving and she wanted to know what in the world he was doing. She stood in the bathroom, just looking up at him and occasionally mimicking his movements. Maybe we'll have to buy her a kid's shaving kit. I took a few pictures of her before she realized what was happening and she handed the underwear over.


If only I could have gotten the picture from Friday night. She stole a pair of underwear, put them on her head and was dragging a bra behind her. It was the funniest thing ever, but she was too fast and the camera too slow.