Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake

Almost every day now, Ximena wakes up before her sister. I hear her close the door to their room, and I hold my breath.

Today, she came down and explained with great satisfaction that she was not tired anymore and that Kami was still sleeping. Success.

We made a fresh batch of play dough using this recipe,  which is my favorite. I've found that in order to get good play dough that is not sticky you must stir until your arms feel like they will fall off and then stop right before they do.

We pretended we were baking.

We rolled and pinched and squished.

A blackberry pie, a raspberry tart.

She sang me happy birthday as she handed me the cake.