by Terra Osterling | May 26, 2013 | Babysitting Nephews, Outside my comfort zone
Today, a new frontier. I’ve done all day babysitting, evenings, after-school bus duty for a season, special days out… but this is uncharted territory. Nephews K. & D. are coming to stay overnight. My sister and her husband are off to a wedding, and a...
by Terra Osterling | Apr 14, 2013 | Adirondacks, Babysitting Nephews
My nephews love the woods. Past hiking trips last summer and fall were highly successful outings – and, being outdoors kills time that I would otherwise spend tuning out SpongeBob or getting trounced at the Wii game of the day. Also, I hope the boys are developing...
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 23, 2012 | Babysitting Nephews, Storytelling
On Thursday night I took care of my nephews while my sister luxuriated at the hair salon and my brother-in-law did his version of holiday self-prep with pitchers and wings. The boys were very well-behaved, as usual, allowing for your typical wailing, kitchen-floor...
by Terra Osterling | Oct 14, 2012 | Babysitting Nephews, Experiences, Outside my comfort zone, Storytelling
“Good Morning,” whispers my brother-in-law from the dark kitchen. “Morning? This is still night!” I whisper back. It was 6:30 on Columbus Day morning and I had already driven across the county to be here in time for him and my sister to leave for work. I had agreed to...
