Comforting Thought

As I was doing my daily loop of home-school-errands-home-school, I had this interesting realization: Bean and Peabo are going to be nearly five years apart, and thus each will have "alone time" with Mom during that oft-touted all important first five years. While I admit this is not entirely the scenario I imagined for myself at this point in my life, I do feel fortunate that I can stay at home with both of them separately. I also don't feel as badly for having them farther apart than Gene and I might have originally planned. As a friend pointed out yesterday, I basically will have two first-borns...and that is maybe not a bad thing. And eventually, I will get out of the house and be able to talk about things other than diapers and kids' tv shows and are pasta stars tastier than pasta circles. Won't I be fun then!