Mary Poppins found (with big dog and cool jeep)

Okay blogger friends....I feel like I can finally breath again. I worried all day about the boys meeting the Nanny applicant that I thought was great over the phone. As usual I wasted a lot of thoughts and brain cells worrying today...instead of being patient and assuming that I am a good judge of Nanny character, know the type of person that my kids would accept/like and would be a good role model for them.

Sir Nanny arrived right on time and jumped right in to conversation with my youngest (he is the chatty-social child). I finally coaxed the older child out of his room (he is more reserved with new people and would prefer to pretend that he doesn't care about who I hire and stay out of the decision making) but he finally warmed up and joked with Sir Nanny. The interview and meeting (really more of a chat) lasted 1 1/2 hrs....that's a lot of chatting but it was well worth it.

As I walked Sir Nanny out of he house I offered him the job and he accepted. I told him that it appeared to me the boys were in favor of hiring him but I would confirm after he departed. Sir Nanny barely got the Jeep door shut before:

The youngest boy said, "So are we hiring him? And when will he start?"

Chaotic Mom responded, "Yes I would like to hire him. He will start next week, assuming your bother agrees to hire him."

Youngest boy said excitedly, "Good, can he start tomorrow? He will say yes Mom, I could tell he liked Sir Nanny." (he meant his older brother)

Now, for the record, these two rarely agree with me about anything and even less frequently agree with each other. If the sky is blue, you can bet that one of them will argue the point until I am ready to lose my mind. Some day I hope they join a debate team and become lawyers!!!

And I am pleased to say...youngest child was right, oldest child was asked what he thought about hiring Sir Nanny.

Oldest child said, "Yah, he's cool. When does he start?"

Now that's the kind of confirmation I wish I received about everything I suggest, but today I am counting my blessings for this one decision we all agree on.

I think it's time for this worn out Mom to get some sleep.

Hugs, Erin


p.s. Yes this story was probably way longer than it needed to be but since I'm a scrapbooker, this is one story for the books that is already journaled.

p.s.s. And I forgot to say, Sir Nanny has a large Labradoodle puppy and a cool new Jeep. Both of these things were a bonus for the kids.