Natasha has been with our family for over 2 years caring for our two energetic boys who are 3 1/2 and 6. She has a kind, friendly nature, endless amounts of patience and the boys love her very much. She is extremely reliable and trustworthy and always flexible, accommodating to our needs. She has 2 lovely girls who we don't see much anymore as they're in secondary school, but are a real testament to her as a mother and she has shown the same with our boys.

Natasha does so much with the boys including homework, school projects, phonics learning at home and all sorts of fun craft and baking ideas that I would never have thought of. As well as the school runs, she's covers doctor and hospital appointments (ENT), haircuts and swimming lessons. The boys love being outdoors and she takes them somewhere every day; parks, forests, conker picking in Non-Such, Bourne Hall etc. They go to lots of different soft plays, garden centers and in the holidays days out like Hampton Court and fruit picking, Halloween and Christmas events. They have a great time.

Our youngest starts school in Sept so as much as I'd love to, I won't be able to offer enough hours to keep Natasha. I've had a personally difficult family year and really don't know what I would have done without her. Any family would be lucky to have her.

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