Our friend Constance saved my bacon today by taking care of Rachel. St. James was closed and the Y program in Salem doesn't start up again until Tuesday, so I asked Constance if she'd take care of Rachel for the day. Since I'm accumulating vacation time monthly, I have just enough time to take Rosh Hashana off assuming Constance would be able to watch Rachel. Thanks so much, Constance!
Apparently they had quite the day. Constance took her to the Children's Museum, then the zoo (we haven't been yet and Rachel apparently LOVED IT), and they had some stroller time...Constance said Rachel was an absolute gem the whole day. A few times she said, "Mommy work. Daddy work," so at least she knew she wasn't being abandoned!
"She's whip-smart," Constance said. She was very impressed that Rachel knew all the names of the animals and the sounds they made. And after Constance left, Rachel told me that she saw a monkey and it ate lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers!
(or maybe she was mixing up Mommy's salad with the monkey's food. Who knows?)
The folks at St. James commented several times on how smart Rachel is. Yesterday, one of them told me flatly, "Rachel is really smart, and I'm not just saying that. She's gifted."
WOW!
The best part of today was seeing Rachel emerge from the KMart on Tualatin-Sherwood Road (our drop-off and meeting-up place) and run toward me. "Mommy mommy mommy!" she yelled, before I swooped her up into my arms.
"Isn't that the best thing in the whole word?" Constance asked.
Yes, I answered.
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