Meet Margie!

Margie is our new nanny! It was time for us to bite the bullet and go down the 'Nanny Road' (with a capital 'N' and 'R'). While we definitely weren't wanting someone to live with us, we knew that we need someone who can take care of us full-time and be here at our house during the week. Due to some stars aligning in some seriously amazing ways, we found Margie and Margie found us. She's had her own in-home daycare for over 15 years, she's a serious professional with a ton of experience... and we're feeling quite honored that she's chosen to trade in her in-home-daycare career to take on us. In addition to being way over-qualified in every possible way, she's also experienced dealing with some of the stuff we worry about most -- like, living in a predominantly white area; being Hispanic herself, having grown up here, and having raised her own two bi-racial daughters here, Margie comes to us with lots of wisdom to offer our young and unusual family. She also hit it off with Meera, Kyle, and Owen right from the start, which is, of course, key. Oh, and she has an incredible amount of (much needed) energy. All this, combined with her 50+ years of wisdom (yes, can you believe it? you'd never know it from looking at her, but she's 50~something years young!!!), make her quite possibly the perfect Nanny for us. Of course we don't want to jinx ourselves, so we'll see how it all goes in the coming weeks, but we have reason to believe that this just might work out in a real way. For the past six weeks she's been coming over for a few hours here and there. We're pretty well acquainted with her now, and she with us. Today she was here for the day with me, and tomorrow is her first day flying entirely solo with all three kiddos. She'll be with Meera all morning and then the two of them will go to pick up K & O from school. Margie and the threesome will spend the afternoons here at home together. This scenario is the best possible. Meera can keep her home routine in tact, and K, O, and M can all stick together during the hours that Kyle and Owen aren't in school. I'm feeling very, very, very good about this childcare (and, let's be honest, family-care) situation. This afternoon I watched as she captivated K & O with a story of a humpback whale and whale-baby. And then a few minutes later I watched Little Miss squeal with delight on Margie's lap. We'll see how it all unfolds, but really-- I could see this lasting for the long haul. A girl can hope!