Baby Gymnastics and Kindergarten Baking

I love peaceful days at home.

Life seems to be starting to stabilize now that Baby E is 7 weeks old. She seems to be over the worst of the colic and is generally happy.



She loves to sit in her bouncy seat or reclined high chair to grin and coo at the world. If I lay her on the floor, she does baby gymnastics while she enjoys the scenery.

She's wearing a 3-6 months size outfit in these pictures--and it runs large.
I'm really glad she's not constantly demanding to be held, since her floppy weight of over 13 lbs. is already giving me back pain. Now if I could just get her to sleep consistently for most of the night . . .



Incidentally, I have now come to the conclusion that Baby E is the most adorable, charming and talented baby in the universe. Of course, I may be just slightly biased.



The two older girls are, of course, the most incredible preschooler and kindergartener ever, too.

Today they asked for muffins at lunch, to go along with their chicken noodle soup and red grapes. I needed to feed the baby, so I measured out the ingredients and cracked the egg into the bowl. Then I let them make muffins all by themselves. They were thrilled.



They poured and mixed, then filled the muffin cups. I was tempted to help them, but other than coaching I managed to stay hands-off until it was time to put the pan in the oven. I didn't even redistribute the batter to make the muffin cups more even. To my amazement, the girls even managed to fill the muffin cups while spilling only a few drops of batter--no more than I would have spilled if I'd been doing it.



The muffins turned out beautifully. The girls were proud of themselves and I was even more proud of them. They're great cooks.