by Terra Osterling | Dec 3, 2015 | Babysitting Nephews, Inspiration, Nature
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...
by Terra Osterling | Nov 17, 2013 | Babysitting Nephews, Outside my comfort zone, Storytelling
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...
by Terra Osterling | Mar 10, 2013 | Babysitting Nephews, Storytelling
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...
by Terra Osterling | Dec 11, 2011 | Babysitting Nephews, How I got "here", Outside my comfort zone
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...
by Terra Osterling | Feb 20, 2011 | Babysitting Nephews, Experiences, Outside my comfort zone
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...
