toys

Ada has all sorts of store bought toys, and she loves all of these toys, but often it seems like her most favorite toys are regular old household items. In the past this has been stuff like Tupperware or a Christmas garland, but last night she picked up a new and interesting toy.

We were cooking our dinner so we sat Ada on the counter next to the stove so she could watch. She was interested in the cooking tofu for a second or two and then quickly started looking for something to play with. Thankfully she didn't try to play with the open flame under the pan or anything else dangerous, instead, she grabbed the pepper mill. First she decided she liked to bang it on the stove, then she insisted that we put her down on the floor all while she kept her death grip on the pepper mill. As she walked around the kitchen she found lots of other hard surfaces to bang the pepper mill against. In an effort to distract her from the pepper mill I offered her some multi-grain mini rice cakes and she grabbed the bag, but also some how managed to keep her firm grasp on the pepper mill. She then sat down in her Bumbo - which she amazingly still can squeeze into - still grasping her pepper mill AND now her little bag of rice cakes. She looked a little surprised at the tight fit, but then quickly distracted herself by banging the pepper mill on the tile floor. We do have a really cool Christmas present for Ada sitting in the garage, but I'm thinking that maybe we'll save that for next year and instead wrap up the entire contents of our spice drawer, because, really, that is what she is going to end up playing with anyway.