"Work Friends" or Just "Friends"?

I wonder why we use the term "work friends"? I was lying in bed thinking about this one night recently. Maybe because lots of life moments have been happening with my work friends. My work friends are my friends. I hope. And, why wouldn't they be? I spend more time with my work friends than any of my other friends, or family, for that matter. My work friends are the first and last ones to see me every day besides Adam & the kids. They're the first to know if something is wrong, the first to hear bad news, and the first to hear good news. They listened to me the many times I cried and worried about Baylor's hard times in school or, most recently, the 100 times in a row that I did the pro/con list about choosing a daycare for my baby. They share with me their problems and their kids' problems and their family issues and their newest little bundles of joy! My closest friends made throughout the years have been people I've worked with, and they are the friends I stay in touch with most often. So I concluded that, for me at least, there really aren't "work friends". I just have great friends that I happen to work with!

Daycare Shopping

I've been daycare shopping for Adeline all of this week. We can no longer stay at Mamu's house, but we will miss her like crazy.
They are all so different, the daycares. I quickly counted out the first two places I visited simply on lack of "warm and fuzzy". That is an actual very high ranked daycare characteristic on my list!
It's funny all of the things that change when you become a real parent. Of course, when you're pregnant, everything is going to be a perfect wonderland when your baby is born. My kids were definitely going to be the most beautiful, incredibly smart, and very athletic. Maybe even get some scholarships so we don't have to pay for college. Then, they're here and real, and everything just goes to hell! You no longer care about all the fancy stuff when they're babies, and, instead, just concentrate more on holding them (and maybe taking showers!). Then when they start school, you don't seem to worry about them being the smartest, but just hope they have friends! I'm sure these little surprises continue on and on.
I found myself saying to one daycare manager today, who was explaining the school curriculum (of 2 year olds, mind you), that " I don't really care if she learns anything, just that everyone loves and hugs her"! Now when Baylor was 2, I thought this but never would have said it. Today, I didn't even regret it. AND, I would, in a heartbeat, choose the daycare that said back to me "oh we totally agree"!

Mmmmm and Ewwww

Okay Adeline does have quite the vocabulary, but her comparison of how things taste is just plain "mmmm" or "ewww". It's very funny. When she takes the first bite, she'll usually say "that's ewww" or "that's mmmmm"! Tonight she was eating dinner and, of course, Baylor didn't like dinner so I asked Adeline if it was eww. She said "No, mom, Mmmmm!" I love that girl, and her stinky brother that thinks all of my food is "ewww"!