Cast of Characters

Now that I’ve gone back to work, our world has gotten bigger and we’ve run out of letter aliases for people on the blog. I have a system, but I literally keep it straight on scrap pieces of paper on the computer desk, so here’s the cast of characters on our blog as it stands right now. I’ll update the list as I need to.

Our Family:

G: Mom, Teacher, PhD student, Blogger… all at the same time

Rakicy: Dad, Runner, Prefold Diaper Wizard

Al Capone: Baby Boy born on May 2009. Also formerly known as Boutros and currently called Baby B by daycare friends.* We started this blog to document my pregnancy with him.

Daycare Friends:

Ms. Becca: Childcare provider who runs a daycare out of her home.**

Mr. Jim: Ms. Becca’s husband. He loves photography and takes pictures for the kids’ cubbies.

Ms. Megan: Ms. Becca’s college-aged daughter who sometimes helps out at daycare and will be taking care of Capone this summer.

Daycare Friends: Carter, Julia, Mark, Eva, Jacob, Owen

Other People We Talk About:

B, C, M, and J: Fellow PhD students and friends of G and Rakicy

Grandma and Grandpa: Rakicy’s parents

Nana and Papa***: G’s parents

C^2: G’s sister and Al Capone’s Godmother

D and F: G’s brother and sister-in-law

Meme and Bop: G’s grandparents

*They use his real name. If I were to write this out, it would actually be run together as one word because that’s how they say it.
**I hate the term babysitter because it really belittles what she does. This is her profession. She has a degree in early childhood education and while she may run her daycare from home instead of a big center, she has a curriculum and objectives. She’s definitely not a teenager who watches tv while parents are out.
***I’m not sure that these are 100% set and the spelling tends to vary.