Reunited and it feels so good

We hadn't realized just how much Jonathan's been missing his nanny since we moved. For our more occasional readers, our nanny has agreed to move to St. Joseph to keep taking care of the boys. She arrived last week and Jonathan is over the moon to see her again. We wound up taking her whole family to the cottage for a beach afternoon. Jonathan knows and loves all her siblings and had a terrific time running on the sand and playing in the water. He was so exhausted at dinner he could barely keep his eyes open! Once they left and I was putting him to bed, he was incredibly fussy and irritable. It wasn't until I reassured him that Miss Randi would be back tomorrow that he cheered up.

Tonight we had her over for dinner, since she doesn't know anyone else in town yet. Jonathan was on his best behavior. He generously told her "We can go downstairs and play - if you want" and was most solicitous during dinner. He kept urging her to finish her margarita so she could come downstairs to play with him. And when the ice cream arrived at the table, he charmed her out of a spoonful or two.

When it was time for her to leave, Jonathan spontaneously told her "Thank you for sharing my dinner with me. And thank you for playing with me." Such great manners! He gave her several hugs and only let go when we told him she'd be back in two days. We headed upstairs to go to bed. I figured, since he'd just seen her in person, we could skip the ritual "Goodnight Miss Randi" to the picture that sits on his bookcase. But no - Jonathan hopped out of bed to turn his rocket ship light back on so he could get in that one last goodbye.