Nephews K. & D. are growing bigger every day. Spending a day with them now, at ages 8 ½ and 10 ½, is more like having play buddies than babysitting. Outdoor activities are usually good choices when it comes to boys who never seem to stop moving, and this past Columbus Day the weather was …
Kids say the darndest things
Adventures in Babysitting: Wordplay, Tom Brady, and How I Learned to Love Sloppy Joes
I love my nephews K & D. I really do. This is a mantra I say to myself sometimes when I’m standing in the middle of my sister’s kitchen, seemingly surrounded by four times as many kids as are actually there, and wondering…What did I get myself into? K & D are growing boys. Meaning, …
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Adventures in Babysitting: Winter Break
There I was again, driving to my sister’s house hours before dawn. It’s President’s Day and I have Aunt duty with nephews K. & D. My brother-in-law and I do the whispered baton-pass in the dark kitchen – he heading out to work, I heading straight to their living room recliner. After fumbling with their …
Adventures in Babysitting: Holiday Edition
Another Saturday night spent with nephews K. & D., another case of “best laid plans” going awry. This post is supposed to be the one where I get the boys to explain Christmas to me for the enjoyment of you fine readers, however, that was not to be the case…more on that later. The planning …
Adventures in Babysitting
On Friday night, my husband and I spent the evening babysitting my nephews so that my sister and her husband could enjoy a much needed night out (read as: going somewhere where they can have a few drinks and the shouting is at hockey players instead of kids). D. and K. are ages 4 and …