Perspectives

The other night we were in the car coming home from somewhere and the kids were talking in the back.  I heard Elise ask Ian, "Hey, do you know what a contraction is?"  Immediately I thought about labor and delivery and wondered how much of my pregnancy had sunk into her little mind.  Ian answered, "No, I don't even know what that is."  Elise said, "Yes you do.  You just did one.  Don't.  That's a contraction.  It comes from do and not.  Can't is one and wouldn't is one.  They're all contractions."  I had to laugh and realized how different our perspectives on contractions were.

In other news, I made a cheesecake the other night.  I've made one before, but its always been "so-so".  Its usually too done around the edges, too soft in the middle or it cracks on top.  This one was perfect, or pretty darn close, if I do say so myself.  Apparently a water bath does the trick.  Well, now that I think about it, I think I'd better go have another piece...