After I survived that feat (yes, it was my first), I agreed to help chaperone my nephew’s fieldtrip today to an amusement park. Four full hours with exuberant 4 and 5 year olds. I am now more worn-out than I ever have been in life-- more exhausted than working out at the highest possible level. It was a full day of high-pitched voices at incredibly loud decibels, interspersed with screaming, crying, hitting, laughing and did I mention screaming? I understand we were outside, but I could have used a few moments of inside voices. Whew!!! I settled disputes, went on potty patrol AND made sure they washed their hands, fed crustables that were still partly frozen, didn’t lose a single kid…shoot, I was pretty darn impressive! They always say that babysitting is the best form of birth control and I happen to agree. But my real hope is that I start to feel more comfortable around kids so that I am not so petrified of one day having my own. Even though I’m 28, I still am quite sure that I’m in no hurry. I can manage hours at a time now with no real catastrophes, but overnights for a full 18 years are something I can probably put off for a little while longer.
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Criss cross apple sauce!!!
And what makes you think it ends at 18?
the proper dose of childrens benadryl in juice makes good "happy juice" and a sleepy child ;)
you went from babysitting 1 & 3 to being a chaperone to 4's & 5's...wow talk about going from one extreme to other. i am glad to read you survived. enjoy it, have fun with the kiddies, you get to give them back to their parents if they act up.
I hear ya!! Twenty-seven and in NO hurry. It's still fun to give them back after a bit, but I hear once you have them, you suddenly have this patience you didn't have before. I guess we'll see.
haha you forgot to mention that your nephew was the WORST ONE OF ALL!! I know he was happy you went. Crista came over later that night and he told her he went on a fieldtrip with Aunt Bri and you rode on the bus. See, you were even more memorable than the rides and the crustables!!
haha i feel that. Kids are cool tho
You forgot to mention how Nicole set you up for failure by not even giving you a five minute class on bedtime protocol. It's really not hard if you know what to do.
How about a blog entry on your natural shooting ability and your awesome instructor.
Even though no one knows really when the right time is, I say wait at least 7 more years. There's a natural progression of maturity that kicks in. You''re ready to be unselfish. Having to be unselfish was thrust upon me because I had my first early on. While he was a toddler/child I still envied my friends ability to "get up and go". My only get up and go was to Chuckie Cheese. LOL
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