Lots of Love From the Kids

Today was a bittersweet day. More bitter than sweet though. It was my last day working as a nanny here in Virginia. I'm not sure if I ever wrote about this job or not, but it was a perfect nanny job. There were 2 girls, ages 3 and about 16 months. Both extremely sweet and very well behaved. The baby was the easiest thing since I can ever remember babysitting. Seriously. Always happy. Very lovable. And the 3 year old is one of the smartest girls around. In fact, just today, we were listening to a Disney soundtrack, and "Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious" came one - I have NO idea how to spell that by the way. Anyways, I broke it up for her ONE time, and she had the word memorized and was reciting it all day. It was great. She memorizes books. It's unbelievable. Anyways, when I walked in to the house today, this is what I was welcomed with(please note that these pictures are from my measly 2 megapixel camera on my phone):


They had leis hung all over the house and made this poster for me. On the back it has a whole list of their favorite memories with me. It was the sweetest thing. The 3 year old also had a grass skirt and did the hula for me. Anyways, here are some fun pictures of the 2 of them. I unfortunately became very attached to these kids and am quite sad to be leaving them.




Also while I've been here I have been in charge of doing activity days for the 8-11 year old girls in our church ward. I have had much more fun than what I was expecting with doing this and getting to know the girls. Well, tonight, one of them wrote me a letter because she knew it'd be my last time with them. It said(I'm typing EXACTLY what she wrote...mistakes and all):

Front
To: Sister Chirstian! get a surf board and surf so you can teach us!
From: Cassidy!
(she wrote her address here)

Inside
Dear Sister Christian,
We will all miss you when your in Hawaii because your husband is in the milatry. You should bring a bathing suit so you can swimming. We all can hear from you if you send us a postcard. Also send a picture. We all give you hugs and kisses.

From a activity girl: Cassidy
To: You dearly

P.S. This is from everyone in church.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

(picture of 2 people on a boat with palm trees, sand, and water)

P.S.S. Say thanks to the milatry for fighting or dieing to save are lifes.

I thought that last line was the sweetest thing I've ever read. I think it is so great that a girl as young as 9 can appreciate what the military does for us.

Here are some fun pictures of a photo shoot we did showcasing their modest clothes: