After two and a half months and eleven prospects, we have ourselves a nanny. She is (or was) a preschool teacher, and she’s just about perfect as far as we can tell. She’s much more energetic and friendly that some of the older nannies we interviewed, and much more consistent than the younger nannies who decided not to change employers or just didn’t show up for interviews. The girls love her. She’ll start on Tuesday, and I am so looking forward to it.

We met this weekend to figure out the transition schedule, as the girls still have another week of ESS and daycare; they will be splitting time to give the nanny a chance to get adjusted and to allow them to say goodbye to old friends.