What do nannies eat?

We've found a nanny! The search was, for lack of a better word, interesting. Let's just say that there are alot of freaks out there and a not small portion of them want to work for us.

She has only been here for 1 week but so far things are going well. She is asking alot of questions (which I love) and she is doing alot of stuff with Mr. Little Man (he is learning to trace things....this is a "pre-handwriting excercise"). The weather has been really favorable so she's been taking him bike riding and to the park. I like that he has one on one care, but there is a part of me that is sad that I'm not the one that gets to have fun with him.

I've also come to realize that alot of Mr. Little Man's problems at daycare were directly related to him seeing how much he could get away with. He is trying the same thing with the nanny but she is way ahead of him. The woman can smell manipulation a mile away. He doesn't try anything at school and he knows he isn't gonna get away with anything at home (his mother is kind of a hard ass).

Everyday I come home and the nanny fills me in on everything they did in my absence and what Mr. Little Man ate. Now it has suddenly occured to me that we don't necessarily eat things that other people eat. Sure, if she wanted she could have a very large variety of soy products (soy cookies, soy crisps, soy biscotti) or some almond butter. If she really wanted to go crazy she could have a piece of fruit leather or some edamame.

We just don't eat anything made from white flour and we definetly don't eat anything that contains corn syrup (both of which are clearly the work of El Diablo). Even our pretzels are made of spelt. She may find some ginger beer if she hunts hard enough. I have quietly stocked the house with some things that I think teenagers eat (the word "teenager" may be stretching it a bit. She is in her 3rd year of college, but young adult just seemed like such a stupid title), along with lots of soda. She keeps saying that she'll bring her own snacks, but I feel kind of bad about that. What if she gets a sudden attack of hunger and the only thing we have to feed her is brown rice cakes and a bottle of seltzer? She needs to have some back-up. The downside is that everytime I walk into my pantry I wonder who broke into our house and left behind the big ass bag of Doritos.

What I am reading: I've really been reading alot to Mr. Little Man lately.
What I am listening to: Prince - If I was your girlfriend. I've been listening to Aimee Mann for the last 2 days and I can't help but feel like menopause is influencing my musical tastes. I am not sure I like this "kinder, gentler" Nadine.