Playtime With Rachel

At some point almost every day Rachel will reach for her basket of Little People characters. These are just the greatest little toys made by Fisher Price - I think Mom likes them as much as Rachel. We have the farm, the airplane, the schoolbus, and various other extras. Our collection seems to grow weekly since Mom cannot resist these little critters when we are out shopping.

Another of Rachel's favorite activities is 'cooking'. This involves going into the kitchen and taking all reachable bowls and tupperware out of the cabinets and onto the floor. Then she uses dried rotini pasta (which I gave her) and Play Doh as ingredients to mix, stir and pour. I think she's going to be a good cook because somehow she manages to get every dish dirty! When we ask her what she is making the answer is usually either "Mac and Cheese" or "Shephard's Pie", two of her favorite dishes.