Babysitting blues............

I didn't think I would do it again. I pretty much gave up on babysitting full time. I loved it while I did it but Mr noise box was enough for me when it came down to it. Now that I have decided to not put him in school this year I thought about it again, but had nothing in mind. Well one of Alexandra's friends (Tristen's mum) came back to Michigan and is going back to college. She has two children now. Brittany and Jeff were looking for a sitter and the price was prohibitive. She wanted to finish her degree and so I offered to help them. So Tristen has a play mate twice a week. Ryland was one of the kids I watched before but was small then. Now she is 3 and her brother is about 9 months. Tristen and Ryland get along quite well so far.
Here they are taking a break on the Ipad

I went outside because it was quiet...........the garden was a mess. They had been digging in the garden, in the black dirt. I found them watching the garbage man. Tristen likes to watch him, and this day especially because I had put a load of stuff out and Tristen thought he needed directing.


They were both black as the ace of spades. Ryland was especially grubby because she had a white shirt on.

They ignored my comments and got in the sand box, it was by then too hot over in the garden. Just as well as most of it was on the path.

I went to clean up over by the garden and then watered the plants. You cant see the path for the dirt, it all looks like a part of the garden.

Then I tried to clean up the deck, not sure exactly what they were playing, but there was definite dirt transportation going on.

So once I started to water plants they came out of the sand box. Ryland was giggling and trying to get into the water spray. I looked at that grubby little face and hosed her down so much screaming and giggling, she loved it. I managed to get most of the dirt off her and then put her into some of Tristen,s clothes. He was quite indignant and didn't want her taking home his tee shirt. He was not so happy to get wet, very unusual for him, but he was a bit touchy that day. It was so hot by then I decided it was lunch time. So they dried off and got changed.
Here they are, looking so innocent and a little cleaner.


Bodi is saying "rescue me, I did nothing"


All this time Brodi was sleeping. He missed it all. Just as well because I would not have been able to get all that done if he were up. Brodi is not so happy with the arrangement just yet. He is going through anxiety leaving his mummy. The next time went better though. I bought a baby walker for him and he was better in that playing. Easier to feed him too. I am watching my gr grandson Cooper at least once a week too so it was a good decision to buy that. Cooper loves it too. So anyway........I am back to babysitting again. I am not sure how this happens but we do what we must, right? Don't get confused with Brodi and Bodi haha.

Little boy in the sand box...............

Well today did not go as planned. I had really hoped to work in the garden. I have a lot of planting to do, but it rained this morning. No matter we went to get me a couple of new Shepherd's hooks. I have the bird feeders up near the deck now so I can take pictures of the birds. Anyway after that Gerry made the sand box. He had gone to get the materials in the morning but as it had been raining we did nothing till later. Well it cleared up long enough to get that done at least and I got my bird feeders hung up. There is Tristen with his new sand box, a seat big enough for two. I wonder how long the sand will stay where it belongs ? Already he has been taking in his house to "cook". He does so love it when we pretend to eat his offerings. I asked for a cup of tea and he brought out a cup of sand, face proudly beaming. He loved helping "Dah" by holding the nails and giving him them as needed. Here he is busy cooking up a meal for us......He does need some boys to play with. That's OK I guess we will cultivate his softer side, he certainly needs that. Just look at that beaming face.