25 hours of other people's kids...
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The family I nanny for once in a while, went out for thier anniversery this weekend. I spent Sunday at 9 am to Monday at 10am watching the 3 kids....
I am wiped out!
They have a 2 year old, a 5 year old and an 8 year old, all full of energy! We spent a busy Sunday, playing games and such. The 2 year old who ussually takes a 3 hour nap took only an hour long one. So She was a little cranky.
It was interesting bringing 3 kids to target and grocery shopping, a very good practice of balance and time managment!
Then Jaysen and I brought them to an all you can eat buffet for dinner..... Wow, it is so much easier to feed kids at home!
By the time I got all three to bed,(after 8 books, and 3 chapters of another book) I was ready to collapse.
Of course I woke up at 4 am, because I have to pee 100 times a day!
Then at 4:45 am, I hear in a soft crying voice...... "Joooo Lyyyynnndddaaa".........
The eight year old missed her mom and dad..... so I made the mistake of letting her crawl into bed, thinking she would fall back asleep.... oh no, this is the girl who never stops talking...
So for the next hour, I heard stories about her old house, her best friends when she was four, when she lost her first tooth and on and on..
Finally at 6 am I was losing my mind with sleep deprivation. I told her she could turn on the tv and watch cartoons in the room I was sleeping in. Luckily she fell back asleep, but it seemed like the 7 am alarm was only a minute after I fell asleep...
Getting 3 kids ready for school and daycare is quite the challange. I am impressed with all you parents out there!
At least it is good practice!
I am wiped out!
They have a 2 year old, a 5 year old and an 8 year old, all full of energy! We spent a busy Sunday, playing games and such. The 2 year old who ussually takes a 3 hour nap took only an hour long one. So She was a little cranky.
It was interesting bringing 3 kids to target and grocery shopping, a very good practice of balance and time managment!
Then Jaysen and I brought them to an all you can eat buffet for dinner..... Wow, it is so much easier to feed kids at home!
By the time I got all three to bed,(after 8 books, and 3 chapters of another book) I was ready to collapse.
Of course I woke up at 4 am, because I have to pee 100 times a day!
Then at 4:45 am, I hear in a soft crying voice...... "Joooo Lyyyynnndddaaa".........
The eight year old missed her mom and dad..... so I made the mistake of letting her crawl into bed, thinking she would fall back asleep.... oh no, this is the girl who never stops talking...
So for the next hour, I heard stories about her old house, her best friends when she was four, when she lost her first tooth and on and on..
Finally at 6 am I was losing my mind with sleep deprivation. I told her she could turn on the tv and watch cartoons in the room I was sleeping in. Luckily she fell back asleep, but it seemed like the 7 am alarm was only a minute after I fell asleep...
Getting 3 kids ready for school and daycare is quite the challange. I am impressed with all you parents out there!
At least it is good practice!
