Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Jade
I sometimes scroll back through this blog and see how much Lotus has grown. I do this because I swear I am the only on who reads this and this blog is a very public, self-involved diary. I also do this because I miss things that I want to document and I realized we have a huge omission in our Lotus history and that is Jade. Jade is our nanny. I couldn't live with out her. On the days it is just Lotus and I sometimes Lotus looks up at me and says "I miss Jade." and seriously I totally understand.
A year ago we were looking for someone to watch Lotus occasionally and someone who could watch her more than occasionally when I started school in the fall. The coincided with a super fun time when Lotus would scream her head off whenever anyone entered our house. Not babysitters, but guests or delivery people or anyone. That sets a potential nanny at ease, let me tell ya. It was a good way to weed out the weaker ones. In any case we interviewed a few, but nobody seemed right. Around this time we had some friends visit from Australia and after a drive of Golden Gate Park we stopped by the Park Chalet, a cute restaurant out by the beach. While the adults were chatting Lotus started laughing in a way that was unbelievable. I had never heard her laugh like that unless Nate or I were involved. I saw an adorable waitress across the room making silly faces at my kid and I beelined for her. She must have thought I was nuts, since I think I said this. "Hi, I'm her mom. She doesn't laugh like that usually, do you babysit?"
Thank god I didn't scare her off, since she now spends three afternoons a week with Lotus and truly has become part of our family.
Not to brag about how amazing our nanny is, but here I go. Here name has become ubiquitous with amazing nanny. We have a few new parent friends who have gotten to know Jade and they have been known to say "How do I find a Jade?" I just tell them to hang out in restaurants and see who they meet
