Our weeks are now divided into two types of days, school days and home days thanks to Olin's new teachers and their end of day ritual when they discuss with the children where they will be the following day. And Friday was yet another home day which meant that Odette and I got to spend the entire day with Olin.
We started the day at Whole Foods for one of Olin's current favorite activities - helping mommy grocery shop (no complaints here!). And then we came home with enough time to make apple cake together, eat lunch, get cozy in sweatpants and watch 'a little Elf'' before his nap.
After his nap, I took Olin to our favorite Le Pain Quotidien for their amazing hot chocolate. The presentation is half the fun because they serve you steamed milk with a small pitcher of melted Belgian chocolate to pour in yourself to make your hot chocolate exactly how you like it (in Olin's case it was the entire pitcher of chocolate). Since pouring is one of Olin's favorite activities and chocolate is one of his favorite foods, this little guy was in heaven.
After several minutes of drinking and stirring and drinking and stirring we had to get Olin's remaining hot chocolate to go because Odette was getting hungry and Olin would have nursed his drink for another hour if we had the time. He was so cute carrying it down the street. He kept calling it his coffee while carefully taking a sip every few steps. And as we got to our street, he lost his grip and the cup fell to the ground where a few drops spilled out from the lid. He looked down at it, pointing to the spot and said "Oh no!" and then quickly recovered with "That's okay, a bird will eat it" and immediately corrected himself "A bird will drink it".
Oh, he makes me laugh. The trajectory of his learning curve is so incredible right now that I just love to be with him to watch everything that he does and listen to everything that he says. He honestly amazes me every day and never ceases to make me smile.
Here's to many more home days!
We started the day at Whole Foods for one of Olin's current favorite activities - helping mommy grocery shop (no complaints here!). And then we came home with enough time to make apple cake together, eat lunch, get cozy in sweatpants and watch 'a little Elf'' before his nap.
After his nap, I took Olin to our favorite Le Pain Quotidien for their amazing hot chocolate. The presentation is half the fun because they serve you steamed milk with a small pitcher of melted Belgian chocolate to pour in yourself to make your hot chocolate exactly how you like it (in Olin's case it was the entire pitcher of chocolate). Since pouring is one of Olin's favorite activities and chocolate is one of his favorite foods, this little guy was in heaven.
After several minutes of drinking and stirring and drinking and stirring we had to get Olin's remaining hot chocolate to go because Odette was getting hungry and Olin would have nursed his drink for another hour if we had the time. He was so cute carrying it down the street. He kept calling it his coffee while carefully taking a sip every few steps. And as we got to our street, he lost his grip and the cup fell to the ground where a few drops spilled out from the lid. He looked down at it, pointing to the spot and said "Oh no!" and then quickly recovered with "That's okay, a bird will eat it" and immediately corrected himself "A bird will drink it".
Oh, he makes me laugh. The trajectory of his learning curve is so incredible right now that I just love to be with him to watch everything that he does and listen to everything that he says. He honestly amazes me every day and never ceases to make me smile.
Here's to many more home days!
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