Time Management Aug13th/14th

All of

our collected energy goes into looking after Oona and Kiefer. We are trying to establish a routine.

I usually take Oona for a workout at the track and sandpit in the morning while Sonja and Kiefer sleep. Then after lunch we try to have an outing, though today we missed on that completely, and I can't exactly say why. Then Alex comes home and and takes over. He plays, reads Oona stories and bathes her. This evening she said, "Hello daddy, how was your day."

When Alex asked how her day was, she said, "Mary's baby hurt her lip and Mary was crying."

Mary is the Philippina baby sitter who is here in London looking for work while her child is back in the Philippines. Mary took Oona to the Ball Room today for a couple of hours. When she got back with Oona, Mary started to cry and told us that her 5 yr old daughter in the Philippines fell and split her lip. Oona listened and said to Mary, "Mary, thank you for a nice day".  Just like that!

 I don't understand the women  that come from south America and the Philippines and work here as nannies and leave their own children behind. Can their governments not subsidize them or do something?

Oona is difficult to get to bed. She likes to fiddles on the computer and when you ask her what she is doing she says, "I working". Sonja says she messes up all the files. Alex unplugged the key board to night.

Last night we went to Sonja's pregnancy yoga class. The tradition is that moms from the class who have had babies come back and tell their stories to the other moms who have not yet delivered. Sonja told her delivery story, and another woman told her's. The other woman had a home birth where the midwife could not get to her on time. The husband delivered the baby. Both of their stories were so interesting. They had a captive audience. Lolly, the  teacher made a point to the other mothers to be that everyone of them would have a different and unique story. 

We are planning to go to Kent. If you do not hear form me, I am in Kent and do not have a computer in my bedroom.

~I~