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Today is Sylvie’s final day of summer vacation, and she’ll be spending it with Grandpa. I can tell he has been a little nervous about the prospect of hanging out with the littles all by himself because in the weeks leading up to this he has asked me many times, “I’m not going to have both kids at one time, am I?” The answer has always been no, but he has continued to ask.

All this asking has made me a little nervous, too. I know my children, and I know that Sylvie is the “easy one.” I’ve joked that to take care of Sylvie, you wake up, bathe and get dressed, walk down to Semifreddi’s for a latte and some pastries, walk back home, have lunch and then she goes down for her 3 hour nap. And, well, that is pretty close.

My mom told me to write out an itinerary. I planned to, but while I was getting dressed this morning, Sylvie and Grandpa cuddled on the sofa while Grandpa sang Elmo songs. When they reached the end of the book, Sylvie handed her lovey to me and said, “Put this away.” She ran to the door to put on her shoes, and then declared that she wanted to go for a walk. When the stroller appeared, she said, “I want in the ‘troller.” And off they went. It was all so well orchestrated by her that I figured they wouldn’t need an agenda, she’ll just tell him “walk”, “‘nack”, “nap”.

Funny how we let the 1 year old run the show. And even funnier how she does such a good job!