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Apr. 15th, 2012 11:51 pmJason and Ethan are both here, safe and sound. That leaves Puneet, Ivy, and Sirius. (It feels so odd, writing that last one down!) Have we located Sirius and Ivy yet, Arthur?
Ethan has thus far proved to be a completely normal and happy baby, and his parents were not only blissfully unaware of the associations we traditionally have with Leap Year children, but hadn't noticed a thing out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, I've been sure to put him in Jacinda's nursery, as she's the nursery worker with a wand, so she can closely supervise him.
We've got a full house and no mistake. We've already expanded our nursery space into two more rooms, and I think that if we have the same number of babies next year, we will have to get at least one or maybe even two more people to help with the under fours group. Our two new nursery workers have proved to be excellent additions to our little community at Moddey -- although they are both a bit quiet at our group meetings, which I hope will improve with time, they get along well with Jacinda and are both very hard workers. Candace has recovered significantly from her ordeal, although we must all continuously remind her to not work quite as hard, and that her stay at Moddey is not contingent on her speedy recovery. I was initially worried about her ability to work with the babies after losing her own, but from what I've seen of her, she's been good with the children and seems to be content. Her aunt Florence is quite a rock and a good woman, and I'm so glad Candace has her for emotional support.
We've also been talking about long-term plans, and how many more people we can expect to sustain with our current space. We've been keeping on top of crop production, and goats and chicken and fishing along with supplements from smuggling have helped, of course, but we have to continue expanding all of those sources of food continuously every season, which requires increased efforts. Enough of the adults and older children have wands to make the burden a bit easier, of course, but Arabella's coming up with some projections for the next five years about the acreage we would need (as well as how much space and food the goats and chickens would require) to keep our increasing numbers comfortably fed.
Our young people who have their wands have been proving progressively more and more helpful -- although I am loathe to cut into their (much-needed) magical education with work, they have all been able to apply the magic they have learned to help around the castle, and have also been incredibly good about pairing up with the younger children to provide them with some much-needed attention, supervision, and help with lessons. We've also made a decision as a group to include those who are of age join in on our group meetings and have full rights for voting on decisions -- even though they are still learning, we thought it'd be important to respect their role as adults within Moddey Dhoo. It's all due to Fred and George, really, so thank you, both of you.
The castle will need some serious renovation or construction of a new wing sometime soon to anticipate increased numbers of new children, in addition to the aging and growing children we already have requiring more space. And supervision. And adults to supervise them. We may need some help this summer with construction projects if any of you can be spared.
On another note; Fred and George -- I must make sure that you are aware that our Neville is taking occlumency lessons from Severus. If we are to limit any additional connections your group of friends will make between Molly and the Order, it might be best to not let him know that you are also planning on taking lessons, as that would lead to questions about how you would have known to go to Mr Milland. Also, unless Severus has chosen to tell him, Neville remains ignorant of Severus's identity -- only that we wished him to take occlumency from Mr Milland.
Ethan has thus far proved to be a completely normal and happy baby, and his parents were not only blissfully unaware of the associations we traditionally have with Leap Year children, but hadn't noticed a thing out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, I've been sure to put him in Jacinda's nursery, as she's the nursery worker with a wand, so she can closely supervise him.
We've got a full house and no mistake. We've already expanded our nursery space into two more rooms, and I think that if we have the same number of babies next year, we will have to get at least one or maybe even two more people to help with the under fours group. Our two new nursery workers have proved to be excellent additions to our little community at Moddey -- although they are both a bit quiet at our group meetings, which I hope will improve with time, they get along well with Jacinda and are both very hard workers. Candace has recovered significantly from her ordeal, although we must all continuously remind her to not work quite as hard, and that her stay at Moddey is not contingent on her speedy recovery. I was initially worried about her ability to work with the babies after losing her own, but from what I've seen of her, she's been good with the children and seems to be content. Her aunt Florence is quite a rock and a good woman, and I'm so glad Candace has her for emotional support.
We've also been talking about long-term plans, and how many more people we can expect to sustain with our current space. We've been keeping on top of crop production, and goats and chicken and fishing along with supplements from smuggling have helped, of course, but we have to continue expanding all of those sources of food continuously every season, which requires increased efforts. Enough of the adults and older children have wands to make the burden a bit easier, of course, but Arabella's coming up with some projections for the next five years about the acreage we would need (as well as how much space and food the goats and chickens would require) to keep our increasing numbers comfortably fed.
Our young people who have their wands have been proving progressively more and more helpful -- although I am loathe to cut into their (much-needed) magical education with work, they have all been able to apply the magic they have learned to help around the castle, and have also been incredibly good about pairing up with the younger children to provide them with some much-needed attention, supervision, and help with lessons. We've also made a decision as a group to include those who are of age join in on our group meetings and have full rights for voting on decisions -- even though they are still learning, we thought it'd be important to respect their role as adults within Moddey Dhoo. It's all due to Fred and George, really, so thank you, both of you.
The castle will need some serious renovation or construction of a new wing sometime soon to anticipate increased numbers of new children, in addition to the aging and growing children we already have requiring more space. And supervision. And adults to supervise them. We may need some help this summer with construction projects if any of you can be spared.
On another note; Fred and George -- I must make sure that you are aware that our Neville is taking occlumency lessons from Severus. If we are to limit any additional connections your group of friends will make between Molly and the Order, it might be best to not let him know that you are also planning on taking lessons, as that would lead to questions about how you would have known to go to Mr Milland. Also, unless Severus has chosen to tell him, Neville remains ignorant of Severus's identity -- only that we wished him to take occlumency from Mr Milland.
