Saturday

We are still hanging out at our house, waiting for Lainey to be well enough to be around other kids. I think by tomorrow she should be okay. She really wants to watch the Super Bowl with her friends (well, part of it at least - then it's bedtime).

First, Lainey played dress-up by putting on her pink tutu, her bracelets, her purses, and Brooke and Kate's outgrown Minnie Mouse costume. (Thanks, girls!)

Then she worked on her buildings.

After that, she thought that baking cookies would be a good idea.

She happily banged this bowl around on the counter for a good minute or two (until my own head started banging) and then we got started on our project. After she helped me put the eggs and butter into the bowl, she wanted to play with the eggs and butter. She quickly lost interest in making cookies after I wouldn't let her play with the mix!

After a giant clean-up of the kitchen and a little lunch, Lainey decided to show off her dance moves. In both of these videos, she's watching her favorite Barney and Friends episode about horses and she's trying to imitate what the characters and actors are doing on TV.

We hope that we are able to get out and about tomorrow! I don't want to push it, but I feel that she's making progress and definitely not contagious anymore, so that's a good sign! :)