It’s been a week now since our nanny started and so far everything is going great. Today was the first full, unassisted day with both kids home. When I came home, the house was clean, and the kids were happy. I heated up leftovers while she watched the kids for a few minutes, then I sent her home and played with the kids until dinner time. I really am looking forward to more of that. We’re still getting adjusted, so I think it’s only going to get better. It’s really like having a third parent.

In other news, it looks the the summer will finish out with a visit from my brother and his family–with plenty of beach time, and finally a trip for me to Barcelona in a few weeks. I’m still working out details on that, but I’ll surely make some time for sightseeing. I’ll try not to make the mistake of overextending myself like I did with the trip to D.C.; that was really too much of a good thing.