Eventful Evening

Shannon's blogged a funny anecdote from this evening, so here are mine:

1. Nursing moms give up a lot. This is not news to anyone who's been or known one, but tonight exemplified this. Shannon made a delicious Thai curry, seen here in my bowl, waiting to be devoured. On tasting it, she decided that she'd better not eat it for dinner as it was beyond spicy and thus, probably upsetting to the little nursling's stomach. So she had something else, something somewhat less interesting. That is sacrifice.

2. Julia dug into the curry with aplomb, even though it truly was very strong and very spicy - delicious, but not necessarily toddler fare. When we asked if she liked it, she looked up and announced, "I do, I do like the curry!" I love that double-"I do" construction, her characteristic way of emphasizing just how strongly she feels. I mean, in addition to shrieking.

3. Before dinner, Julia and I somehow got to talking about what day it was, a favorite topic (partly, I think, because she likes figuring out which days are "Daddy go to work" days and which days are "weekends"). I told her it was Wednesday, and asked her what yesterday was. "Tuesday!" she said. "What day is tomorrow?" She didn't know, so I told her and asked, "What day comes after Thursday?" I could practically hear the cogs whirring as she tried to think of the answer, so I offered a hint: "Fffffrrrr..." She thought harder and then said, "For Daddy to stay home day!" I like it. From here on out, I'm replacing TGIF with TGIFDTSHD.