Our first week is complete

We made it through our first week and to our first days off! Nick worked 6 days and I worked 8 so that our roster works out. To be honest the days really do fly by. I had two days this week with Cassidy at home and then 4 days with her a daycare. Daycare days allow you to get so much more done quicker because she likes to help with every task I have to do which is lovely and so sweet but it does take so much longer. I've spent time taking the girls out to the playground and running errands as well as my first time baking a cake for the family and cupcakes for the staff. Tikka the dog has also accepted me because I'm the one who let's her inside to the fire in the mornings. We don't get much time together becuase in the evenings we're so tired and our housemate is around but in a way it's nice after so long with just the two of us. On Nick's first day off I had to head to Geraldine to get nappies and Candy suggested I take Nick so that we get some time together so that was so lovely of her. Things are really going well with the children and on the second day of collecting Cassidy from nursery she said "there's my Charlotte" which melted my heart. It took me 4 days to become a "my" it took Nick a 20 minute car journey for her to say when I picked her up "where's my Nick?", how is that fair! Eliza is such an easy baby and since I've been there she is now sitting up without propping herself up with her hands and she's started crawling. She's spending more time on the floor so I think that's helping her. The drive back from nursery everyday gives me the most spectacular views of the mountains and each time it looks so different. We've had a couple of trips to the supermarket and even managed to borrow Candy's car to go out for a meal last night which was so awesome to do something just the two of us. The days off are quite boring because you're contained to the house and it's started really raining on my first day off so it's even more restrictive. I've started working on their vegetable patch weeding away while Eliza was on a playmat and Candy and Cassidy are playing in the sand pit and looking around at the situation I'm in I just feel so content and happy to be welcomed into this family. I had the best feedback that Bruce had said to Candy he wished they could keep me forever because of all I do. I feel like I'm becoming part of something which is what I wanted from this and care so much from their children. Nick's found the week hard work and tiring but he's settling into the role and feels he's thriving. The calves are quite mischievous and teaching them to feed isn't always the easiest but he's enjoying the task. He less prefers the afternoons spent milking especially when he came home tonight with what we hope is just mud on his face, even in his ears, but we're pretty sure it's more than mud! Overall it's going well for both of us and I'm looking forward to getting even more involved with the family and seeing more changes and developments within the children.Read more