swimming pool!

Just about every day I think, “What did we ever do without Priya???”  She is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met, constantly thinking up news ways to serve our family, help me with my diet, and keep our home in tip-top shape.  Her latest plan: to garden our terrace.

I worried that I’d feel awkward having another person in our house all day, but that hasn’t happened at all.  Since Priya speaks English, I feel like we’re becoming friends, but at the same time, she is so good about giving us space to just be a family when we’re at home together.  I love that she’s used to foreigners, so while there are still employer/employee dynamics (she refuses to call me anything other than “madam”), she is comfortable joking with David and me, and doesn’t mind our “foreign ways.”

The kids love her now (maybe it’s the scooter rides) and she calls them “Jude” and “Am” for short.

This week she surprised us with a swimming pool!  The last family she worked for left it with her when they moved, and she brought it to our terrace.  It has made the kids so, so happy, as you can see.  Now we’re ready for summer!