Group 3 Post 3

I nanny for an amazing family with a 3 year old and a 7 month old.  I've been with them a year and a half and I could not be more blessed.  Moving back to Phoenix and leaving my friends in Flagstaff was really hard, then I lost my brother very unexpectedly.  Needless to say, I needed something (someone) to brighten up my life.  This family has done that and then some.  They're from South Africa and England, so they all have cute accents, including Zak, the 3 year old.  He's the cutest and funniest little guy I've ever met. He's got quite the personality and has no trouble telling you what he's thinking. A few of my favorite sayings:

"Natalie, I can't go to bed right now because I need to be free!"

"Natalie, I can't go to bed because I'm on a call"

 Me: "Zak, will you have two more bites of cucumber before you get down from the table?"

Zak: "Sure can, I won't let you down!"

Now imagine those in a little South African accent....it's hard to get mad at him (until it's his 8th time out of bed in an hour..then it's quite easy to get "cross")!

His sister, Gia is 7 months old and is the sweetest little thing in the world.  Unfortunately, we just found out she's allergic to milk, peanuts and eggs.  We had a scary reaction from her after she drank formula and spent the afternoon at the doctor's a few weeks ago.  So sad to think of her little body not being able to handle such common foods! I had to learn how to use the epi pen today- not fun.  

Sometimes I think, "do I seriously get paid to hang out with these two all day?"  We go to the mall to ride the train, we go to movies, the children's museum, the train park, and gymboree.  It's so much fun and watching them grow up is such an honor.  I'm one lucky girl!