First Days: Mom's back at work, Dawn's on the case

Sort of like a chapter from the children's book The Cat in the Hat, Mom sometimes leaves the children alone with good caretaking.

Much to her chagrin, Alison went back to work today. Alex took it all in stride, because he was being cared for by our new nanny, Dawn.

He seemed to be pretty happy all day. Dawn also seemed pretty happy all day. Life is good.

We inherited Dawn from Alison's 2nd Cousins, Mitch and Marcy who loved having Dawn help raise their two great kids. She was with them through thick & thin over 9-years (until they moved to California).

We feel pretty lucky to have her. It seems to have made Alison's return to work as easy as these things can ever be.