Preschool and daycare!

Marina has been watching the boys this last month but last week started a new full time job she is loving!  When we thought Ben had secured a nanny for what we thought was a year, I quickly filled that time up with many other things and so Ben and Marina were looking for childcare.  I am thrilled to tell you Lans that they are going to Miss Cynthia - who is a great friend of mine for almost a decade.  She is one of the most patient, kind, capable women I know.  I can not express enough how thankful I am that she had room for them!!  Sharing these boys with strangers this last year has been hard as we didn't know them or their patterns personally.  In addition to daycare Cynthia does preschool so they get that exposure as well -  Cynthia had my Christopher reading before Kindergarten when he went to her for preschool!  Ben said the boys love going there and don't want to leave their friends when it is time to go home :).

Marina, while excited to go back to work, was a bit sad to leave your little cuties each day!  She has Matthew potty trained at last after numerous attempts by numerous people.  She has them sleeping soundly in their own beds at night (Matthew has his very own race car bed mama).  She has brought structure back to their lives!  She is quite fond of them!

Ben stays home with them on Friday.  My mom told me she told Ben that she wanted him to play with the boys.  Ben told her he wasn't very good at that.  Her classic response, "Well you are going to be!  I'm going to call you between 1:00 and 2:30 and if you aren't at the park I'm going to be upset.  It is important for you to play with these boys!"  Awesome.

Things are good Lans.  You must be at peace up there watching them in such capable hands after such a tumultuous few years.  It's funny though, with all the change they have been through, they have remained so unbelievably happy.  They have your inner peace and positive attitude Lans.  You must be so proud!!!


These pics and their captions are from Marina:
"that's how daddy watches the babies. ..lol"

 "Little fashionista!!!! look at his shoes . . . .hahaha"

I had actually deleted these photos on accident and Marina sent them over again - she said she keeps them on her phone so she can brag how cute her boys are :)  She wrote me this note as well:

"I hope I can be a great mother for my little ones and they would never feel that they are not getting enough love.  Thank you for believing in me and my abilities to give all my boys a family feeling, and make your brother happy again.  I hope Ilana is watching over and she is happy for her boys.  I know I would never replace their mom, and I do not want that. . all I want for them to have is a happy childhood and a loving home and I will do my best to give that to them.  But I will do everything in my power to keep the memory of their mom forever."