We are crazy about our little guy, but sometimes he drives us crazy, particularly during breakfast when we are still recovering from waking up a few times the night before. I have a suspicion that any positive effects of caffeine are counteracted if the cup of coffee is consumed while wrangling a toddler whose shrill shrieks of delight reverberate in our eardrums. Goodbye to calm mornings when we read our newspaper "tranquillement" and chat about what we plan to do that day.
We are luckier than most because grandma lives close enough to babysit when we go out in the evenings. Even if we don't get a chance to go out on an evening date very often, we have gotten into the habit of having morning dates.
Once a week we drop our son off at school about 20 minutes earlier than usual (that 20 minutes is saved by not having to make coffee or sit down and eat breakfast at home) and we go to our favorite bakery. We enjoy eating our scones and brioches without a little hand sneaking in to grab what's on the plate or kicking to get let down. And, providing further evidence to support my theory, on those date mornings I never need a second cup of coffee at work.
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