Trial Run

The trial run with the potential babysitter went very well today (although it almost didn't happen at all, since my husband sometimes has a different idea of what "next Friday" means than the rest of the world does!)

As it turned out, though, she ended up spending most of the time with just Mattie, because Jamesie's hearing therapist was here when she first arrived, and then James went down for a long nap.

I thought that Matthew might not want to be left alone with someone new, but he took to her right away. As far as we could tell he didn't fuss at all when she took him downstairs to play, and was cheerful and well-behaved all afternoon. (She took him outside to look at all the leaves, and she said he enjoyed touching and studying them! She also said he liked it when she sang to him. I'm not surprised; he seems to love music already.)

James woke up seconds after Matthew fell asleep for his nap (tag-team napping), and he was actually the one with the stranger anxiety! He didn't want me to leave the room and kept wanting to be picked up. I'm sure he'll warm up to her (or whoever we hire) pretty quickly, though.

And then we had a lovely evening with friends -- a great start to the weekend!