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Cross-Blog Babysitting Adventure

You often hear horror stories about babysitting gone wrong. "I lost the baby", "The kid #2ed all over the house", or "You're supposed to feed kids!?!?". I offer this as a counterpoint to all those horror stories.

Last night, I had the honor of watching the IHJ kids* and let me tell you, they were super stars. No crying, they ate all their brussel sprouts, they went to bed right on time with no whining, and Calvin even changed his own diaper*. That left plenty of time for such valuable play lessons as "How to throw a " and "Let's touch the ".

Not only did I have a great time and was super happy to begin to return the many favors the IHJ crew has shown me, but the experience was good mind-brain fodder at a particularly apt time. Yeah, I might even consider a career change* if I thought all kids were as good at being babysat as Jonah and Calvin.

Monday May 11 2009

File under: Anacortes, misc

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on Mon 11th May, 2009 05:50 pm PDT Andrew said:
Ahhh damn! That "sharp thing" picture made me laugh out loud. Comedy gold!
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on Mon 11th May, 2009 06:33 pm PDT Joe said:
good for you wren. ladies love seeing a man that's good with kids ;-)
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on Mon 11th May, 2009 10:00 pm PDT Jule said:
sounds like those kids were good with man
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on Tue 12th May, 2009 06:40 am PDT Dave said:
I concur with Andrew - nice work on 'touching sharp things'. Made me laugh.
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on Tue 12th May, 2009 12:30 pm PDT Jenn said:
I have to point out two things: 1. Wren saved our Mothers Day night out at the Melting Pot when we couldn't get any babysitters and we all had an awesome time and he was so happy about doing it. 2. Calvin is always scared of strangers and cries when we leave him, so I was so amazed and impressed that Wren had a no crying night. Not (as I'm sure you are joking to yourself now) because I doubted Wren, Calvin really is just that clingy. Thanks SO much Wren!
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on Wed 13th May, 2009 05:01 pm PDT Christen said:
Free babysitting? Add that to the "pro" column for summering in Anacortes.
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on Thu 14th May, 2009 06:20 am PDT Sean said:
Uh huh. Blame the #2 all over the house on the kids...
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