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Nanny Mc-B

I have a job.

Specifically, I will be the primary caregiver of 3 year-old C and 7 year-old G.

Yup, I'm taking a turn at nannying. Back in the summer of 2008, when all this life-change was just a teeny-tiny seed in a handful of conversational (and proverbial) dirt, I said to a friend, "You know, if I quit my job and decided to...be a nanny for a couple of years, it wouldn't be such a big deal. I don't think it would be a waste."

Now it's time to put my money where my mouth was. I'm nervous. And excited. I wasn't sure if I'd really pursue this option when I first started applying for jobs, but there were a few major clinchers along the way that made me choose (yes, I ended up having a choice of jobs, and not just nannying ones) this family.

Great kid moment #1.
I show up to meet Dad and the boys a week after Mom interviewed me. It's 6:30pm on one of those hot, muggy, August evenings. Dad is kicking a soccer ball for G, and C is standing close by. He is wearing a red snowsuit. (A la Thomas' Snowsuit.)

I am introduced to everyone and then I comment, "C, you're wearing a snowsuit! Are you warm?"
"No," he answers.
Dad looks at me and shrugs, "It's his garbageman costume."

In this, my trial-run at parenting, I am drawing wisdom from a wide variety of sources. Including movies. Like these nannying movies.

This is my clean-up strategy. Mary Poppins is taking her rightful place in my Hall of Heroines. (I just made that up. But I may create just such a thing, now that I've had the idea...)



From this movie (which I have not seen), I learned to choose your employers well. I feel confident I've done so.



I have not seen this movie either. But I will. Because Colin Firth is my too-old-for-me crush. And I'm told it's a fantastic film.



And how could I forget the amazingness of Maria, the nanny/nun/singer/life-saver!??! (Julie Andrews is a.maz.ing.)
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  1. Suzanne4:06 PM

    Congrats on the job hun! Looking forward to hearing stories about your adventures with C and G!

    Also, I want to see the nanny diaries really badly now. It looks cute.

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  2. sarahtp4:16 PM

    I'll pray for you!

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  3. afro-chick5:52 PM

    Nanny McPhee is the BOMB movie.
    watch it.
    OR we can watch it together.
    oooh lets!

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  4. Karen5:55 PM

    "Garbageman Costume!" Could this family be any more adorable?

    Congratulations on the job!

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  5. Katie V.2:51 PM

    Congrats! Sounds like you're going to have some fun! I'm curious what your other job choices were....text me? lol

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  6. Beth11:30 PM

    thanks all!

    sarah - thanks! probably needed :)

    aban - we're thinking "nanny movie night" sometime soon!?

    suz - if only you could join us for it!

    karen - i think they'll be fascinating & fun.

    katie - i had a couple nannying choices & a short-term contract in an office...

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  7. steph2:06 AM

    congrats on the job, have fun with the kiddies.. in the most responsible way possible..

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