Downs

• N/A

Ups

• I like to have an extravagant breakfast on Sunday mornings. However, Sunday mornings is also the day I can sleep in since Jaeger gets up with Calvin. As a result, I’ve been looking for good breakfast recipes that I can make the night before. My Rhubarb Coffee Cake was a success last week so this week I tried smashing 2 French Toast recipes together. I ended up with Overnight Apple French Toast which I think turned out pretty good.
• A couple of weeks ago our Sunday morning babysitter gave notice. She was great with Calvin so we were sad to see her go. Also, we didn’t fancy having to go through the whole babysitter selection process again. Then it occurred to me to check up with the other woman we had interviewed to see if she would still be interested. It had been a very hard choice between the two of them and both Jaeger and I had thought she seemed good too. To my surprise and delight she said she was available. She has to start about an hour later than I had been working but the upside is I get a more leisurely breakfast. Today was her first day and so far it looks like she’ll work out great. I’m very relieved.

Calvin Moment

• Within the last month or so Calvin has become very good at pointing to body parts. An adult will say something like, “Where is Calvin’s ear?” and he’ll point to his ears. Or, “Where is mommy’s ear?” and he’ll point to my ear. One body part he find particular joy in finding is belly buttons. If asked, “Where is Calvin’s belly button?” he’ll quickly whip up his shirt and start poking around in search of it. He does this for adults too, pretty much any adult. Ask him where someone’s belly button is and he’ll barrel toward the indicated person, grab the bottom of their shirt and yank it up in search of the belly button. The enthusiastic yanking sometimes reveals more than is optimal.

Simplification

• Through away some old magazines.