Drama seems to be the name of the game around our parts lately. Not for lack of trying to AVOID it....it just, well, finds us.
Super Husband and I came to realize we are in very, very bad need of some quality US time. Not just us barely conscious in front of the TV at 9:30pm when the kids are *finally* asleep, but rather some time separate from our roles as mommy and daddy. After more than 3 years of parenthood (and having two babies in 15 months) we are ready!
So? On to the next challenge! How the heck do we do that?
We are pretty self sufficient with the boys. We rarely ask the family for help as they are all busy with their own lives so we started to ask around. I asked at day care. No leads there. Friends came up dry and having only lived in the area a couple of months we haven't got any real connections. So now what?
Well I did what any mother in 2011 would do: Place an ad in kijiji :)
It's astonishing the responses that you get.
Super Husband and I sat down together after the first day to sift through the 30 or so responses we got and make a short list.
Our favourite was from a mom who wanted us to drop our children off at her place (location = Jane & Finch...the ghetto of Toronto) to be entertained by her FIVE children! Why? "cuz my kids like 2 play with yours". Oh my. That one didn't quite make the cut.
We did get some very decent responses and made a short list. From there we Googled the names to see if anything interested came up. Yes, we are sneaky that way. We are talking about our prized posessions (and yes, at their tender ages, Buddy and Little Man are absolutely our posessions thank you very much)!
Anyway, one of our short listed candidates came up with a match on a news article. Someone with that very name was arrested and charged with murder. We laughed about it and decided that it was likely NOT the very same person but we agreed that we would meet her and ensure that she did not match up with the picture from the news article :)
So I emailed her back and she responded right away and was super excited to come meet the boys. She had good availability and couldn't wait to meet them.
Perfect.
She asked if there was anything else she needed to do prior to the interview and I replied that we would like to verify her ID (I want to make sure I KNOW the ID of the person I'm leaving my kids with ahead of time).
Well guess what happened next?
I got a response saying "something has come up. I cannot commit to this at this time".
Huh.
That's odd. Ten minutes ago your were over the moon about the opportunity.
Kinda makes us think she might be a murderer, after all.
Amen to Google!
In the end, we contacted a lady in our neighbourhood that had responded and she is lovely and the kids think she's great. She came over and they loved her instantly. We did a trial outing where we went out for a couple of hours and returned to them playing happily with her and her 11 year old daughter.
So we do have a babysitter! And she's not even featured on America's Most Wanted!
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