Breakfast for Three

When I was in Philadelphia this weekend visiting Patrick, Kirstin and sweet baby Eavan, I recounted the following story, and they promptly chastised me for not having blogged it. So, without further ado:

One morning several weeks ago, I woke to the sounds of Carter moving around in the kitchen. I went downstairs to discover him sitting on the counter, wearing an oven mitt and preparing to remove three waffles from the toaster oven. Three waffles that he had taken from the freezer, climbed on the counter and cooked.

When I came in (and just before I gave him the speech about how wonderful and smart he is, but that he still isn't allowed to use the toaster oven alone), he told me that he was making breakfast for the three of us. He then showed me the three plates he had pulled from the cabinet and lined up on the counter, ready for plating up the waffles. The counter also held a (pretty heavy) carton of milk that he had pulled from the fridge.

But here's the best part. I went to make coffee, and as I started to pour water in the coffee maker, it overflowed -- because it had already been filled with water. Carter said, "I tried to make coffee, but I couldn't get the top off [the part that holds the grounds]." I finished up the coffee, and we sat down to eat our waffles.

The following weekend, he filled the coffee maker again (this time I checked before adding water). Again, I ground the beans and finished up the coffee. As I was sipping the coffee, I looked over at the coffee maker and wondered how he filled the it with water. Both times he had completely filled it with water. The pot itself would be too heavy if it were full, so he was probably filling it in several steps, but it might be a bit unwieldy for him, with the lid and all. I asked Carter how he filled up the coffee maker. "Do you use the coffee pot?" "No." He points to a dirty glass sitting next to the sink. "I filled it up and poured it in until it was full."

I remember that glass from last night. I remember how, when we went to bed, it was sitting next to the sink, containing melting ice and the remnants of a bourbon and coke.

Coffee prepared by my precocious and very thoughtful three-year-old... even when it's made with pretty gross water, it tastes great.

Dinner what?

Since I was especially tired this evening and do not posses Eli's ability to make awesome meals from whatever is in the house, I told Carter he could choose what he wanted for dinner. After carefully examining the fridge... he chose steamed tofu and lima beans, with milk to drink.

I have no idea whose kid this is, but I suppose at least he'll be healthy! I mean, there were hot dogs right there for the taking!

Ballet Ball

We went to the Atlanta Ballet ball last night. It was a nice excuse to get all dressed up.

We wrestled Thomas' bow tie until he nearly gave up, but upon discovering that he had no clip on alternative, I made it happen! It wasn't terribly pretty, but it was tied.

Cousin Time

While I was seeing a great new play called Tennis in Nablus tonight, Carter got to spend time with Anna and Sammy. Thanks to Aunt Ashley for the sitting and the picture!



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Happy Valentine's Day

Pink milk and balloons! What more could a boy want for valentine's? (Decorate-my-own cookies? We did that, too.)




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Snow Day Projects

This morning, in honor of the snowy day, Carter and I made chocolate chip pancakes and glittery snowflakes.

Carter is getting very good at cutting. He cut 24 very good hearts for valentines for his class and he did about half the cutting on these snowflakes (cutting over lines I drew for him in both cases).













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Snowy Day

After enjoying the blizzard in NYC earlier this week, I came home to more snow!

Carter and I had fun making snow men, snow angels and snow balls this morning.

Otherwise, we're using the snow as a good excuse to stay in and relax!







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My Next Adventure

I took last week off (between jobs), and while it was nice, the experience definitely reminded me that I'm best when I'm busy. I'd finished my to do list (which included, among other more useful things, "sleep in" and "be lazy") by noon on Wednesday, and I had a hard time figuring out what to so with myself the rest of the week. Maybe I just need at least a full month to ease myself into relaxing. I'd like to give that a shot next time.

I start a new job tomorrow morning. I'll be working in the consulting group at Wireless Generation (click the link for more info on the company) on a variety of education/education technology related projects. The company is based in Brooklyn, so I'll continue telecommuting, as I have been for the last two and a half years. Long term, I should be traveling about a quarter of the time, but as I'm getting up to speed, the travel will be a lot more intense. I'll be in NYC by 9am tomorrow morning, and will be there during the week for the next three weeks. After that, I'll be traveling to NYC about every other week through the spring (and that doesn't factor in any client trips...).

So, if you're in Atlanta, give Thomas a call--he may need some parenting relief over the next few months!