Today she found an empty laundry basket and decided it would make a good bed for her baby-of-the-day. She also found four of her 'gings' (receiving blankets that she clings to at bedtime). She spread one of the blankets on the bottom of the basket, put her baby on it then lifted the baby's head up very carefully and put another one in for a pillow. Then she put the other blankets over the baby, leaned in and kissed her, then started singing in her little two-year old toddler voice "go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep little baby". It was adorable.
You can tell how a little girl is cared for by the way she cares for her own babies.
She's actually sitting on her baby here.
And a mother/daughter portrait
She comes by it honestly...this is Elly's mom, Sara, with her baby doll.
And this is the real live baby girl that Elly will be able to play with this summer.
