Maya has three bad ideas

Most of our trip to Rancho was spent hanging out at Fatima’s house, which is super nice. Maya wanted to do three things, all of which were bad ideas:

a. run up the steep stairs, and then try to run down by herself;
b. run outside to the pool by herself; and
c. torment the cat.

Maya woke up early every morning, having dreamed of all of these bad ideas, and eager to implement them. The first morning, we went to yard sales and Target and bought some toys, which kind of entertained her, but not as much as these three bad ideas. Mustafa woke up Amna every morning after we’d chased Maya around for a few hours, and Amna would come down and chase Maya around with us. Maya was SO tired for naptime and bedtime that she slept really soundly despite not being at home.

On Saturday, two of our favorite people came and spent the day in Rancho–Heather and John, aka MACHO! They brought Maya some kitchen supplies, which she has been using to cook plastic food ever since. John impressed Mustafa’s sister with his true love of Pakistani pickles (UGH, ACHAR). Maya turned on the charm, but Heather was even charmed by her tantrums. Weirdos.