P.A.Day

Today is a Professional Activity Day for the teachers at DD's school. We will likely be getting together with our former babysitter and her two boys. The kids all get along quite well together and fights are rare.

I watched the boys for her the other day because she had to go take care of her grandmother, who is in the hospital. As a part of the security at the school, Kindergarten kids have to be picked up by a pre-approved adult. So the marina parking lot attendant Senior K teacher was made aware that I would be picking up Boy #2. At the appointed time, he sent Boy #2 in my direction. Boy smiled happily and ran right past me, then turned around, confused. His eyes found me. I told him he was coming with me that day, and so was his big brother and that his mom would be along to pick him up soon. What a look of disappointment. Poor little guy. Every time: he always forgets he's coming to our place and then is so disappointed that it's not Mom who's there to get him. He's going to give me a complex.

No, not really. Kids prefer their own mommies. That's the way it should be.

So today's activities will include playing with the boys, baking brownies and "camping" in DD's room again. You see...I promised they could camp again, since they were so good the last time.

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My daughter was explaining to me about how the world works again. I'm not sure of the topic this time. I really wasn't listening. I was watching her face. Her beautiful animated face. I'm amazed at how exciting she finds things. How fascinated she is by these little questions that make no sense to me. She is just so beautiful.