Bouncing

On the bed, with the Rose. It's silly, but immensely fun. I'll probably regret teaching her to do this, but I'm enjoying it so much. She laughs and squeals in delight, and even I laugh and giggle and get dizzy with the bouncing.

We have another game too. She slides down behind the bed and hides and I say "Where's my baby? What happened to my baby?" Then she pops her head out and giggles. If she gets down and I don't say it right away she'll say it for me "What happen my baby?" to get the game started.

Cookies

Rosa and I just made a big batch of cookies. These are my speciality "Kitchen Sink Cookies"--which come out different every time depending on what I have on hand--and they have all sorts of interesting ingredients. Mashed bananas. Chocolate chips. M&M's. Oatmeal. Golden raisins. Dried cherries. Dried cranberries. Black walnuts. A bit of maple flavoring. Cocoa. Crushed candy canes (this last was Rosa's idea).
Over all they turned out pretty well, though I don't think I'll use black walnuts again. They're a bit too strong-tasting.
Making cookies with a two-year-old is quite an adventure. I was sort of expecting to have a horrible mess afterwards, and that did not happen. She helped put in the mix-ins, and stir the batter, and drop the cookies on the cookie sheet...and eat the finished product.
Now she's asleep on the couch and I'm resting.

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I just finished a book called Dragon's Winter by Elizabeth Lynn. It was pretty good. The funny thing about it is that when I was at the library this morning, Rosa was running around, and she grabbed three books from the L portion of the sci-fi/fantasy section. I checked them all out without even looking at the covers.