The Revolving Door of Babysitting

Hello all! I have been neglecting this sweet little site, mostly because of having lots of babysitting jobs (which I'm super grateful for) and trying to cram a ton of school into each day. I think it was a couple Wednesdays ago, but its crazy enough to share.

Here is how the day went...
1.Get up around 7:30 and run around the house, crazily picking up swallable objects and stuffing them in high places.
2. Eat
3. Have babysitting job number one arrive...Taddy Wainwright

Taddy

4. Have tons of fun with afore mentioned Taddy and chase him around while he carries plastic food.

5. Tickle Taddy and laugh at his expressions

6. Eat lunch with Taddy

7. Play some more

8.Say good-bye and convince him not to cry

9. Find out that a friend with a preemie Downs Syndrome baby has to go to the doctor on short notice

10. Get recruited to babysit

11. Wrangle bike into the van

12. Arrive to babysit Ani and Brinn

Ani

Brinn

13. Have fun in the sun...and teach a 5 yr old to skip rope

14. Make "soup" with leaves and flowers and rocks and moss, then mix it together in a basket

15. Give everyone hugs and bike home

16. Get stared at by Jr. High guys

17. Laugh at Jr. High guys after passing them....quietly of course

18. Arrive at home just in time to see four kids getting dropped off to be babysat.. Gavin, Greta, Gabriel, and Gideon

19. Give everyone hugs and comfort a crying Gideon

20. Take everyone out to play in the tree house

21. Try to finagle everyone in...steps aren't high enough

22. Play with Lego and calm sibling rivalry

23. Carry everyone out of the tree house

24. Crack open the bubbles

25. Watch both a 9yr Gavin and a 1yr old Gideon chase the bubbles

26. Clean up Gideon after he decided bubbles didn't taste good

27. Go inside to get ready for a walk to the park

Gabriel

Greta

Gideon

Gavin

28. Have tons of fun at the park

29. Convince kids to run as fast as possible across the field to the sidewalk

30. End up running too

31. Wonder why kids have so much energy

32. Walk home

33. Keep kids occupied so Mom can get supper on the table

34. Figure out everyone's allergies and who can eat what...twice

35. Pray together and EAT!

36. Wind down to Winnie the Pooh

37. Wind things up again by building a fort

38. Greet parents coming in

39. Say good-bye to everyone

40. Flop on the couch

41. SCHOOL?!?!?

There you have it...the revolving door of babysitting. :)