So, Kirk pointed out to me that it's been a month since I last blogged. Worked out well for me as I didn't really have to come up with a blog title for today!
It's been busy to say the least. N had her nativity play last week. She played an angel. For the month or so leading up to the play, she sang all her songs at home (half the time I had no idea what she was singing and then at the play the dime dropped!). She had a few lines to memorize which she did very easily. She had a great time and was thrilled when she looked out into the audience and saw Charlie standing on my lap. Unlike at her nursery, they do performances by class at her school so everyone can actually see what is happening. At nursery, it's the entire school at once, crammed into a space far too small and you only know your child is in the play as you took them there in the first place. Today, Kirk and I are headed to Charlie's nativity play. It'll be great to know he is in the play and I can only hope we can see him. At least I know he'll have a fun time!
Noemie also had her first playdate where Mommy didn't have to go with her. Her classmate's Dad picked them up from school, took them home, they played, got fed and they even brought her home. She had such a wonderful time and it's great as there will be plenty more next year as she'll no longer have her swimming lessons on Friday afternoon which is prime playdate time (I didn't know when I signed her up!)
Kirk and I went out to a nibbles and drinks night with Noemie's classmates' parents and teachers. It was a fun time and confirms again how I feel so lucky that Noemie is in an awesome class with great kids and their parents. We'll be with them for the next 3 years until they go from pre-prep to prep school. The kids all get along so well and genuinely like each other. No bullying or anything nasty going on. I know everyone is not always so lucky so I feel extra blessed. Noemie loves her school, friends and teachers as well so I feel really good that we made the right choice in school for her!
Charlie continues to enjoy his swimming lessons. His teacher Daniel is awesome. Just the right amount of nurturing and being forceful. Charlie's doing nearly what Noemie did after 6 months of lessons and it's only about 3 months in for Charlie. He's continuing on next term with the same teacher. I wanted Noemie booked in with Daniel as well but scheduling didn't quite work out so she's with a new teacher next term as I felt like she had outgrown the teacher she had for the past year or so. I don't expect my kids to be amazing swimmers but I want them to be very comfortable in the water for safety reasons.
Let's see what else has happened... oh! We fired our nanny. She's been having a few issues, shall we say, in her private life and was unable to separate her work life from her issues. She had a bit of a meltdown one afternoon when I asked her to remind Noemie to tidy up her bedroom after playing. She pretty much lost it and started ranting at me and I just calmly sent her home to reconsider her situation. I should've fired her then but it was so out of character for her that I gave her the benefit of the doubt. Next day though, I gave her notice that she was done with us at the end of this year when we all go away for the holidays. She agreed that she felt the same way. That she needed to figure out her life as she's a bit lost with everything. Things were alright for the next few weeks but on Tuesday night I fired her. She forgot to pick Noemie up at school. How someone can forget to pick up a child at school when their sole responsibility is to do things for the kids (she was the NANNY afterall!) is beyond me. I just decided her mind was elsewhere and I was not interested in her problems any more as the kids are my priority. So that was that. The kids don't seem to care much about it. We've hired someone new to do 2 days a week next year and the kids have met her and are very happy with her. She was here yesterday to clean our house as well and they were all over her so it's all looking good for next year.
So, that was our last month. I am sure loads more happened but I just can't keep up! Looking forward to some downtime this holiday. Must go take Charlie to his play now. Noemie finishes school tomorrow for a month which will be awesome! No more school runs for a month! Woo hoo!