I’ve wanted to continue my story of breakfast “with” the Trackers from last Wednesday on the LHP cruise. Admittedly I was waiting to see their videos from those days on the cruise. But, we all know they’re not in a rush to get those out, so I guess I’ll finish my story.
So we’re sitting at a table next to them on our Castaway day. I’m watching out the window as characters disembark the ship and I’m pointing them out to my MIL whose back is to the window. Anytime I name a character that has come off the ship, I hear Tim say “look, J$, there’s Donald!” etc (he hadn’t been watching for them). During all of this Jen was eating/feeding Oliver. At some point the nanny showed up and sat at the table with Mike (that was across the aisle from the rest of them). She tells Jen she had been to Guest Services; something about them charging T&J’s card instead of hers.
Eventually Tim gets up to leave with Mike, I’m sure to get off the boat and film. To Tim’s credit, he kisses Jen, and then kisses both of his boys on the head before he leaves. At that point, the nanny is interacting with J$, encouraging him to eat, etc. J$ gets his Switch out and Jen tells him he can’t have it right then because they’re getting ready to leave. Then the nanny suggests something like “can’t he just have it while we’re walking and then he has to put it up?” So Jen relents and let’s him keep it. I just thought that was an interesting interaction- the nanny’s suggestion overruled Jen’s rules.
My MIL’s other comment (besides that Mike was too flirty with Jen, in her opinion) was that the nanny had too much make up and not dressed appropriately for someone who has 2 kids to keep up with. I will say that it was definitely apparent how much J$ adores his nanny and she seemed to really “get” him. As a teacher, I was always careful not to overstep with correcting a student if their parent was around so they understood that their parents were ultimately in charge. But I definitely got the vibe that what nanny says goes, even when Jen is there. That tracks…