Mimi and Papa

You have two sets of grandparents and Mimi and Papa are your mother's parents. I will be 63 when you are born and Papa will be 68. I know...that sounds pretty old! But I like to think we are very young at heart! The good news is that Papa is retired and has time to spend with you when you visit. I am a traveling nanny that goes all over the world helping people with their children when they travel and sometimes when mommies have new babies, I come and help them learn how to care for their new baby. I do love what I do and have many great adventures.

The first time I traveled with a family I went to St Croix in the Virgin Islands with a baby who was just 10 weeks old! I traveled with that family every year for 5 years and got to go to France twice, Italy, Morocco, Bora Bora, Tahiti, Mo'orea, and my favorite Tahaa,

I have also traveled to Santorini which is a small Greek Island in the Mediterranean that you reach by riding mules up the cliff or you take the sky lift to the top. I wrote the sky lift and also walked down the mule path. It is a very beautiful island and everything is white stone buildings. The food is interesting and I tried as much as I could and liked it all! I always say you can't be a travel nanny if you are a picky eater!

Recently, A family from Australia found my website and I am now traveling to Australia once a year with this family of 2 children. They are super nice and my clients do become my friends after a trip or two. Normally, we fly from Perth to Sydney and spend the night as it is a 3.5 hour flight. We walk around Sydney and find our favorite places to eat. One place is a little small outdoor stand that serve "meat pies". It is the oldest outdoor eating stand in Sydney. Meat pies are pies with meat, potatoes, carrots and gravy inside with mashed potatoes on top! They are so delicious! Then we fly to Honolulu, Hawaii and spend two and half days. It is a 10 flight so the children really need some time to rest up. We always have breakfast at this Denny's as their is a waitress there, Rosie, who loves this family and always remembers their names and what they like to order every year! Then we fly to San Francisco, Calif for two days to rest up again as we have already made it through 3 time changes. Finally, we fly to Boston, Mass where I say good bye and the family goes to visit the grandparents in Maine for a month. In a month I meet them again in Boston and we start back! Coming back we often go to other places like Ireland or Austria. It's always a bit different.

Maybe this time when I do your book I will put some of my travel pictures in it. It is my hope you read this when you are about 16 and a little curious about who your grandparents were and this will make you feel like you know us all over again.

This year, I had papa meet me in Sydney when I finished the Australian family. We climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge which at first seems a bit scary as it is so high above the city at the top. Our guide Bernie, was the best and told us delightful stories about the history of the bridge. If you ever get to go there, climb it and think of us...