Rain, rain, go away!

We got hit with major thunder and lightening this week. Even I was kind of scared! I brought Shay's boots and two umbrellas (one for him and one for me) to pick him up from daycare, and he was super-excited.

To save money, Shay is going to daycare four days per week, and I have a babysitter who lives in our building caring for Mila for a few hours a day.  This arrangement allows me get some job hunting done, and will eventually let me go on interviews (hopefully!).  Of course, the one day that I have both kids (Fridays), it rained, though not as hard as it had the day before.  After having them "help" me with the laundry and visiting the community room in the morning, we had to get outside for a little fresh air after nap.  We walked around the plaza, and I took a million pictures of Mila in the green quilted vest from my grandma because I thought she was so cute in it!  She is so interested in everything and loved exploring the puddles.  She inspected them closely and even tried drinking out of them.  The walk came to an end when she actually sat down in a puddle.  Luckily I brought a towel, so I wrapped her up and carried her inside.

As we headed back into the apartment, the doorman had deliveries for us!  A great package arrived from my Aunt Joanne and Uncle Dimitrie for the kids. Books and a cool wooden fruit set from their Amazon wish lists - perfect!  

The rain really showed me how tough it was going to be to have the kids at a school outside of our neighborhood.  The daycare that we chose is a bus ride and a few blocks walking away, but the bus picks up right in front of our apartment.  I thought it would be convenient, but a crowded bus ride with two little kids at morning and afternoon rush hours are not as easy as I envisioned.  Not to mention trying to walk through the busiest part of the city without losing the kids.  

I was so excited to get the call from a great daycare a few blocks away from our apartment.  I thought that they wouldn't have any space for Mila.  Turns out they have a space for her in September and for Shay in August.  Awesome news.  The only problem is that it's expensive (like everything else in New York - I know I sound like a broken record on this topic!), so I still scheduled a visit at a(nother) nearby in-home daycare that I found online.  Although I still don't have a job, I feel like things are starting to get sorted out.