Sunday, March 29, 2009

Babysitting adventure

We had a very busy day on Saturday. We started the day off by taking 2 trailers full of debris from Bob's garage door project down the the town recycling center. It's amazing how much nicer the yard looks without all that extra brick and garbage in it.
After that we had some breakfast and got ready for our BIG adventure of the weekend....babysitting for John & Tracy's 3 kiddies who are 5, 3 and 1 years old!
Our babysitting adventure started at 10am. We were alittle late arriving. I had Bob stop at a gas station so I could get a cup of Tea.
Tracy was her usual prepared Mom (you go girl) and had a very nice note written with all meal, snack and nap instructions on it. She even had lunches prepared - in the fridge with each child's name on it. I really was impressed.
It's been many years since either both Bob & I have watched young young children. Emily is 5, Andrew is 3 and Adam is 1.
When we first arrived - Emily was out with her Aunt Amy enjoying alittle girl time shopping for dresses. We did however have the 3 and 1 year old to keep up busy. Adam is a very comfortable walker and Andrew was very excited to have his Uncle Bob come and play with him. Adam & I were busy playing with play food and a fun ball game. Bob was kept busy with Andrew playing trains and trucks.
Emily was brought back home around 11:30am by her Aunt Amy.
Lunch was fun! Adam ate all of his lunch - every single piece. Peas, bananas, and a turkey sandwich. Emily & Andrew ate most of their sandwiches but no carrots. They were too busy being silly. It's fun to be silly when Mom & Dad are not home!!!
After lunch was cleaned up we took everyone outside to play. It was a beautiful day so we decided not to waste the warm spring air and bright sunshine. Everyone had a great time!

While Adam & Andrew were resting, Emily was looking for something to do. So - I asked Emily if she wanted her hair braided. She said - Yes. I'm pretty sure Emily was used to having her hair braided. Nothing like shocking a child with two french braids! They looked very nice on her!

After some quick quiet time / nap times, we all played on the living room floor. We had a late afternoon snack and decided to try the TV for a diversion. Bob & I were both taking turns running after Adam and trying to keep Emily & Andrew busy. We found the Disney movie channel and Tarzan was a hit! Hopefully John & Tracy didn't mind them watching Tarzan. It was a 'G' rated movie so we thought we were in the clear.


John & Tracy got home around 4 pm. They offered to have us stay for pizza but we both thought we were ready for some quiet time of our own! :-)
Little children are so much fun! We really had a good time but at the end of the day - we both agreed, we were happy our children were older.

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