Sitter Drama...

I figured it would be hard to find a great sitter, but man, oh man! Jimmy has been spending his days with Julian, their nanny and her daughter. It was working out alright and the kids had definitely formed a bond with her. Was it perfect - - no. Not by any means, but we were willing to work through it because the kids were attached and it is hard to find someone you really like. All things told though we were headed for disaster. Missy and I have had to adjust our work days to be home early enough for the sitter to leave on time. We have both missed numerous days because of her conflicts... and then to add insult to injury... she quit and gave us one weeks notice!!

Bah!!

Luckily Missy's Mom is retired and mine is on summer break so they are both willing to be available for us. We are posted on Craig's list and had our first interview tonight. We have interviews scheduled through the rest of the week and on Sunday. We hope to have someone lined up pretty quickly... And we think we have really good prospects (probably better than what we were finding the last time around). And we have certainly learned lessons from the last situation. Missy and I are both pretty assertive people but for whatever reason we were pushovers with her and we were signing her paycheck every week!

So long and short, both of us have turned everything upside down to make room for these interviews and we're scrambling to find someone we really like and trust and think will be at work every day! Fun, fun!

Jimmy, Brian and I had a great weekend. We went hiking and driving around on Saturday (we tried to do a little too much and all ended up a little crabby at the end of the day, but for the most part it was a blast.). Sunday we stayed here at home and played. While Jimmy napped we got the front yard all cleaned up. It is looking really nice. We lost steam and didn't make it to the inside of the house, but I have Thurs/Fri off since I am working the weekend and it will keep until then.

While we were hiking we broke our camera. I think I can still get the pictures off, but haven't tried yet. The video camera Judy bought us takes stills so Sunday I played with it. We hooked up the sprinkler for Jimmy on Sunday and it was so funny. It takes amazing photos! Now I just need to figure out how to download them...

I promise to post new photos very, very soon.
Miss you all! Happy summer!