Laughing, Meeting New Friends, and Helping with Housework

A friend at work once told me that baby laughter is like a drug to a parent - you'll do anything to get more. It turns out to be so true! We regularly find ourselves jumping around and making noises like idiots if it gets a giggle out of Maya. And of course, when Dada is the one doing the entertaining, I try to make sure I capture it on camera. Here's a fun video clip of this very scenario, a few days ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RQlXuVYKCk

Friday was a fun day - we met up with a good friend of mine from California; I've known her since 1996. Man, we're old. She was visiting friends & family in Massachusetts and I'm so glad we could catch up. She had brought her dog so of course Maya loved meeting another furry friend:

Afterward we did some errands, using the cart cover given to us by our neighbor Marilyn:

Then we came home to do some housework. Here's a picture of Maya 'helping' with the laundry:

One day maybe she'll learn that she doesn't have to stomp on the clean clothes before folding them!