Saturday, March 08, 2014

Saturday Snapshots -- Babysitting

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My week got very busy.
I started teaching three new classes in the evening; Tucker's high school musical opened and I've been helping with costumes for a couple of weeks; Suddenly, I had to babysit two days this week because my sister-in-law was struck down with the flu and ended up in the hospital.
My sister-in-law usually watches her three grandkids on Thursday and Friday. So I took a shift watching the three kids both days. Exhausting but exhilarating.
Caroline is 4. She's not allowed to eat wheat, so I introduced her to chocolate-covered raisins. We decided this was a healthy snack. You can see she is delighted.
Regan is 20 months old. She was supposed to be napping but had a dirty diaper and unfortunately decided to explore. She needed a bath before I could put her down for a nap again.
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Grant is 14 months old. He stacked these cans up by himself very meticulously. When I looked up childhood milestones, I saw that babies should be able to stack 2 to 3 blocks at the age of 18 months. He has six cans stacked up here. I guess he'll be an engineer or an architect.
Hope you all had a good week.

10 comments:

Sean @ His And Her Hobbies said...

I can imagine that you would be exhausted looking after 3 kids. I was tired after looking after my niece for a few hours and I had my wife to help. It's fun tired but still exhausting. Hope you have a great week.

Sean

Sandra Nachlinger said...

Adorable children! I babysit my granddaughter one day a week (she's almost three), and I'm worn out by the time she leaves. But I wouldn't give up my time with her for anything in the world. Thanks for sharing your week.

Vicki said...

All 3 are so cute!!

grammajudyb said...

Wow, what busy couple of days you had. One little one exhausts me, I cannot imagine 3 4 and under. Yikes. My youngest grandchild turns 21 this year, so it has been awhile since little ones graced this home.

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

So much fun spending time with little one --cute

Nise' said...

Sorry to hear about your SIL. Cute kids!

Susan Lindquist said...

Lordie! What a week, but what fun with those little sprouts!

Just Me said...

What luck to have an auntie that loves babysitting and is so good with little people. Too cute. Thanks for the pictures.

Paulita said...

Thanks everyone for commenting. In the next couple of days, I'm going to have some time to relax. I'm looking forward to it.

Louise said...

Cute kids, they do look a handful. I love the toddler stacking stage. My son loved the weekly groceries and the tins of cat food we were buying at that stage had the perfect lip for stacking- hours of fun every week.

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