Month of goodbyes - our nanny is leaving too

Farewells follow one another. In the middle of May our American nanny has left us, too. She's spent just a few months with us still her native presence can be felt on E.' s English improvement.

E. mixed in a lot of Hungarian at the beginning. After a few weeks she did not try to talk to L. in Hungarian; she ran to me instead and asked me if an English word for something didn't come to her mind.

We also prepared a little farewell present for L. as well.

L. helped E.'s creative side to soar; they drew a lot together, we did some flower crafts, they also created their own planet. The tally mark race was one of their own inventions.

We used most of the drawings and other colouring sheets they did together and I printed some pictures I'd taken while they were playing. Out of all these we put together a little memory booklet for L. to take it home with herself.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves:

E. coloured the farewell note for L., too

L. is looking at the cover of the booklet that E. decorated with stickers

The snowdrop craft we made together

The "Lemia" planet they made up 

Secret Garden colouring page

 E. got some small presents from L. Some candies, a pup and two little figurines: a dolphin and a parrot.

Thanks L. for being with us. Take care and good luck wherever life takes you. We'll miss you.

Goodbye, Ms R. - a farewell note

Another heart-rending event has entered our lives. E.'s English speaking nursery teacher is leaving the nursery this May.

Ms R. was great with the kids. She's taught them tons of English rhymes and songs. With her help the kids have made a great number of art and craft projects in English, too. She's been always full of life and had a smile both for the children and the parents. (It was rather strange that Mini Klub nursery did not organise any farewell party for her... actually we were not officially informed about Ms. R.'s leaving. She herself told the parents. But this is another matter.)

We are really sorry that she's leaving (for Ireland - good for her). This is the way we said good-bye to Ms R.

I printed a Farewell note (click on the link to download it) and E. coloured the animals. While colouring we were talking about these funny phrases that can be said instead of good-bye. She herself signed her name at the bottom and added some heart.

When I was in Ireland bought a really good guidebook and I thought Ms. R. would make a good use of it so together with E.'s good-bye note we put it in a gift back.

On her last day E. said good-bye to her in a sweet and shy way:

Bye, bye Ms R. Good luck in Ireland! We'll miss you!

Goodbye, A. - our nanny is leaving

It's been 23 months with her. It's more than I've ever dreamt of. A special bond has been formed among us. But now our native nanny is leaving. It is difficult for all of us.

I'd like to pay tribute to our time together with this post.

We met A. in January 24, 2013 for the first time. E. was only 8 months old. The last 23 months have been full of great moments. Here is a collection of our memories:

Flashcards - E. is 11 months old

We had some lovely trips like to the zoo:

Look, a butterfly

Flamingos - E. is 15 months old 

Our nature hunt with a muffin tray in the park:

on the way to the park

The usual question: "What's this?"

We've done it!

A great birthday party:

Story time - reading together:

Story box - Vet Vicky

Fun presents from A.:

Easter present: Bunny soap, bubble mixture, "headless" marzipan figurine ;)

watermill

Mini 3D animal kit

Solar system poster

A. could make a dog out of a balloon

and a flower

Fishing in a tub - Nőtincs Adventure Park

Our outings in Gödöllő and Nőtincs-Seholsziget:

A walk in the woods

Some educational activities with A.: (Video about the bottle cap calculator)

Making big numbers and basic additions

letter recognition with magnetic letters

Silhouettes and object matching game

And some crafts:

These are just a few of all the fun E. and, I can say, we all have had since A. was around. As for our language journey she was the best person we could meet. I hope we can stay in touch in the future too, as E. and A. has had a strong bond between them and I have to admit that she wasn't just a nanny, but has become a friend.

I wish her all the best wherever life will take her.

Good-bye cake

You will greatly be missed.