Helper!

Last night our new helper moved in. I am anticipating great things from this mutually beneficial exchange.

We provide her with free rent in a room in our house, and in exchange she provides us with a certain number of hours per week of housework and childcare.

She is an Au Pair from France who was living with a family here in Whitehorse, and their situation changed and it didn't work for them to have her with them anymore. She was looking for a place to stay, and we were looking for help, and voila!

She is a fairly quiet personality, but seems to enjoy being around the kids and also likes our dog, Luna :)

She washed the dishes last night, which was so awesome.

Eowyn welcomed her by throwing up her yesterday afternoon while I was lying down for a bit with Amadeus. Eowyn hasn't thrown up in ages. The helper dealt with it really well, so that's a good sign.

So, hopefully all works out and we get help and she feels comfortable living with us. She will eat dinner with us and pay $150 per month for food.

I feel my life taking an upward turn, in spite of winter....!!!!