I was going to write last night when Rachel and I got back from babysitting my nephews, but we were both tired and just wanted to go to bed, so I'll write about it now! :-)
We spent the weekend at my brother's house babysitting my 3-year-old and my 1-year-old nephews and it was crazy.
Kash is constantly moving, and while he is very cute, he is a lot to handle. If you pick him up, you can't expect to put him down any time soon, because the second you put him on his bum, he'll cry. However, if you are carrying him, you have to be moving, or he'll kick and throw his arms and try to break free. He needs to make up his mind!
Conner, on the other hand, is very random with his actions. He is also moving around a lot, always begging for you to play with him, which is alright, until he insists on punching you and throwing things at you, then it's time for a time-out. When he is good though, Conner is a lot of fun. Conner loves watching movies and in the two days we were there we watched Star Wars IV-VI, Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro, and Planet 51. I also got in my fair share of Batman movies and cartoons, because he absolutely loves anything to do with Batman. He runs around in Batman pajamas with a cape on too!
Rachel...
Is not one of my nephews! She is my girlfriend, whom I've already talked about a few times. I am extremely thankful I had her with for the two days we were there this weekend, because she is so great with the kids. We also devised a plan on Saturday morning at 6:45, when we first woke up, for one of us to take a nap while Kash slept in the morning, and the other could take a nap while Kash slept in the afternoon, and it worked like a charm! We both felt great for the rest of the day, and we both had tons of fun. I must also admit that Rachel is definitely a better babysitter than myself. She plays with the kids, cuddles with them when they cry, she's great at changing diapers, and she is the best at laying down the law! I expect her to be a great mom someday!
On that note, I'll make sure to point out that that "someday" will not be someday soon. This weekend was definitely eye-opening. While we weren't planning on having children anytime soon, since we're both in college, it really just helps us reaffirm that we don't want them at all. Rachel liked Kash whenever he woke up from naps, because he'd be really cuddly, but otherwise, we wanted nothing to do with having children. So, Kash and Conner, thank you for being our free birth control!
I'd also like to take this paragraph to thank my parents.
Mom, Dad, thank you for coming up a day early to babysit so Rachel and I could go home today. It was nice. Thanks!
I'd just like to share one last quote on this part of the post from Conner, it goes like this.
Me: "Conner, you smell like maple syrup."
Conner: "Who is Maple Syrup?"
Oh joy! :-)
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Now, today, we had a power outage in St. Cloud. It sucks, and Excel Energy said they'd have the power back up by 1:15 p.m. It is now 2:21 p.m. and we are sitting in Caribou, because they have power and the Internet here, all the way across town!
We aren't really sure why the power went out, but it may have something to do with the wind. It's super windy here right now, and eventually it should start snowing. There was supposed to be a huge blizzard hitting us today, but it missed us so far, and it's gone south. I'm banking on no morning classes tomorrow, since my professor is from Blaine, and the Twin Cities metro area is supposed to get hit really hard, and apparently already has been hit quite a bit.
That's all I've got for today! I think I'll watch a movie on my Netflix. I had kind of planned on sitting around and playing video games all day, but I guess not!
Thanks for reading! Leave comments as always!*
*If you want something to comment about, here's a list of topics.
1. Good movies that are on Netflix to watch during a snow day.
2. Stories of your times babysitting.
3. Stories of power outages that you've been through.
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