You'd think I'd be worn out and fed up with taking care of a 5 year old, 2.75 year old, and a 1.5 year old for a good half of the day every day- and so would I! But I'm not. Maybe it's because I got the training down with watching them twice a week for the last month or 2, or maybe it's because they're family and so I feel more comfortable with them and taking care of them how I see fit. Maybe it's because there are 3 and there's no time to think about being tired. Maybe it's because my mom does half the work along with me. Yeah that might have something to do with it...
I even have found myself looking forward to them being here. Especially Livvy I guess. I was talking to my brother about how I tend to pay the most attention to her and he said "Well yeah, you're both... silly girls." Haha. I guess she must be my little almost-3-years-old soul mate. She is pretty silly, maybe even regardless of her age. I have a special place in my heart for her for some reason, and I'm glad I can be her silly aunt and partner in crime.
So, we had them on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday; Wednesday we were joined for a few hours by another kid (an almost-5 year old) that I babysat, and EVERY day we have Alexis who is our neighbor/whose family lives in our guest house, and she's 4. Today since I babysat Alexis and her baby brother all day and my mom had other obligations, we didn't watch my niece and nephews. But tomorrow (or today now)- game on. It's an interesting challenge trying to work through their moodiness or naughty behavior or ouchies, and figure out how to understand them, help them, or teach them. I can't believe that I was one of those complicated little things once! Clearly I'm still learning, but people aren't having to TRAIN me so hard anymore. Those have got to be some CRAZY years- childhood. Constant transforming and learning and molding.
All this and still, I remember wanting to say the other day: "'Nothing like being a mom, to make you want to go out and get a job (instead)." Haha.
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