Lessons Learned: June 13th 2007

1) Do not grease self and baby up with sunscreen before attempting to clip baby's nails.

2) Unlike my exuberant, ineffective dog, that cat down the street actually catches the chipmunks it chases.

3) As a courtesy to other parents and teachers, do not loudly announce upon dropping your child off at daycare that he has diarrhea! He went five times yesterday! Good luck with that, teachers!

4) Babies: not good on the phone.

Excerpt from today's itinerary:

"Considered the most French of all French villages by some, Lavardin offers the ruins of an 11th-century chateau, and a church (St. Genest's) with murals from several eras. Watch for the small sign indicating the 20-minute walking tour, on your right soon after you take the left turn in town. But first, the ruins of Lavardin, a feudal fortress. Richard Lionheart tried unsuccessfully to attack Lavardin in 1188; it remained strategically important well into the 16th century."

Aaron Replacement of the Day