Our baby genius!

Okay, I know everyone thinks their kid is the next Albert Einstein, but really, I’m pretty sure ours is.

On Monday, I sneezed and she copied it. I said “oh, you’re so silly! I love you!”

…to which she said “I love you!” (well, really, she said “luhyoo,” but I’m satisfied)

Tuesday and Wednesday were just generally awesome, and the Monday story doesn’t really have anything to do with anything other than to brag that our eight-month-old tells us she loves us.

Today, though! Oh, today! Today she started playing peek-a-boo on her own!! Seriously! I wish I had footage – I’ll get some next time. She holds a towel up in front of her face until you ask “Wheeeeeeeeere’s Ada?” at which point she throws the towel down and giggles! Oh, baby genius, I love you like mad.

Today’s actions:

For the house: I washed quilts. They needed it. I’m getting a head-start on spring cleaning. Oh, and D’s work gave us a belated baby-warming gift of a free housecleaning. This means I’m giving up dusting in expectation of becoming a lady of luxury. At least for a day.

For D: I baked bread and made butter (in a jar! how very elementary school!). Helperbee and I took it up to him at work as a surprise, and it sounds like it was promptly devoured by his coworkers.

Such a tasty spread!

We’ve been baking bread a whole lot around here, especially because our fabulous family got me a copy of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day and a bread cloche. This is a heady combination, folks. I’d like to attest that not only does it really take LESS than five minutes of actual work to make tasty, tasty bread, but you get crusts like this:

homina, homina

And for me? I got some work done on a little piece of jewelry. I so rarely make things for myself, and I’m excited to give myself a little present. Oh, and strawberries are in season again (how I love living in Southern California), so I pigged out on cornbread with strawberries and whipped cream. Sooooooo not Weight Watchers-friendly, but I’ll hit the gym tomorrow to make up for it.

So that’s it for the day! Oh man, and me with a whole hour to go before bedtime? Maybe I’ll head out and finish those nightstands I’ve been putting off for a month. Is that another “me” thing? I am on a roll!!