We made it

It is Friday night and it seems as if we made it through our first 3 days with Nini and the kids staying at home. I left the house today at 8:00 with both kids smiling and waving. That was nice. I got no phone calls which meant (to me) that things must be okay. I checked in around 11 and everyone was doing well. As Nini says "things were very nice".
Nini put Mia down for a nap successfully and sent Luke off to play at the neighbors. She called me to make sure it was okay, which was nice. When I arrived home, they (L, M and N) were playing with all the neighborhood kids. All I could think was "we made it". No major issues, tantrums or injuries!!!

I must say that it is nice to just come home to a clean house with all the kid's laundry done. They are here, happy and enjoying the neighborhood fun. We are happy with the decision we made. I am not fooling myself - I know there will be other rough days ahead. That will happen no matter what.

Success story of the night - Nini took the car by herself and met another Au Pair at Starbucks. She was happy to get out and we got the house to ourselves. Hooray!

I am off to put Mia to bed - by the way, she is singing "happy birthday to you" all the time. Cutest thing in the world!

thanks to everyone for listening to me talk about this stuff!!!!