The Right Stuff

K. is starting to move into the stage where she actually plays with toys the "right way." (Note: I know that there is no wrong way for a kid to play with a toy, and that whatever the child chooses helps that child learn.) This morning, she was playing with her alligator (crocodile?) xylophone, and was actually hitting the metal bars with the mallet! Also this morning, thanks to her work with Grandma J., she was putting the plastic coins in her piggybank, whose slot on top is less generously sized than the other slots she's played with.