I Found Mary Poppins, Living in NJ!

A few weeks back I posted about my family’s search for a new after-school nanny.  When our former nanny “A” took the gig last winter, she told us she could only commit to us thru the end of June.  The Hubs & I were clearly in denial about it. We had hoped that we could convince her to stay on, but to no avail.  Before we knew it, it was late May and we needed to find a new nanny pronto!

We had found “A” through our kidlets’ nursery/pre-school so she came to us already vetted by the school as required by our state’s childcare laws.   We saw first-hand the great rapport she had with our kidlets in the classroom, so it was a no-brainer in hiring her.

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Who Do You Trust? Finding A New Nanny…..

June is always a chaotic month. Though the school year is winding down, my kidlets have quite a busy schedule!  Field trips and parties a-plenty are on tap this month plus my son will also graduate from pre-school!  There will also be plenty of changes in store for this summer! My son will start his first-ever summer camp program and my daughter is excited to move up to her new classroom and teacher.  But undoubtedly the biggest change will be a new after-school nanny.

Do nannies really look like this aside from the movies?

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