Sam's little bag o' tricks

From the time Samantha was six months old, she's loved bags of any shape or size. She LOVES my purse, my make-up bag, her diaper bag, Brian's work bag, the backpack, the camera case, even the plastic grocery bags when we first get back from shopping. She zips and pulls until she discovers and removes whatever is inside any bag she can find.

Well, so Sammie now has what we call her own little bag of tricks. It's a clear, heavy plastic bag that came with a little doll inside (thanks, Brielle). Well, the doll is in the toybox, and the bag is the number one hot item these days. Sam walks around the house picking up little trinkets and toys, putting them in her bag. She then unloads the bag onto the table or inside one of her drawers (or into the washer, if permitted). After awhile, she goes to her stash, reloads the bag, and wanders around with it for awhile longer before dumping it again. It's so cute, and such an inventive way to play!

Items in the bag today include:

• toy cell phone
• a toy set of keys
• a tiny bottle of baby lotion (she constantly brings it to me to open and rub some on her face... she LOVES lotion)
• a tiny bottle of conditioner from the Sheraton
• baby shampoo (never know when a bath might be just around the corner!)
• a little jar of Mom's eye shadow
• a itty bitty Spanish dictionary from Dad's bookshelf
• another itty bitty book about Snow White from her own bookshelf area
• a baby medicine syringe (she really, really likes cough syrup -- should I be worried?)
• a little plastic dinosaur (she pulls it out and says "aawwk, awwk" -- her word for duck, clever girl)
• a handful of colored pencils
• an empty tube of chapstick
• a few breadsticks and rice cakes
• her purple camera
• her pink sunglasses

She's all set to go for any occasion!!

p.s. this bag works grrreeeaat for church right now, as long as we remember to take out the noise-makers... cell phone, toy keys, and camera, etc.