When we first told the girls that we were moving to China they were way excited and couldn't wait to tell their friends and teachers.  We brought it up to them before all contracts were finalized so we told them they couldn't tell anyone until we had finalized all negotiating.  Once we allowed them to start telling people they were so excited because it usually caused a pretty good response when they would tell someone.  We told the girls what it was going to be like and how we would really need their help to make this work.  They fully committed to helping Kati with all the house duties and watching the boys.  We will see how that works out.