Tales of a teenage babysitter

We were all kids. Therefore, no matter how good or bad we were as kids, we know how bad kids can be. Sometimes kids aren't even bad, but they tend to throw a tantrum. I know that all too well. Yesterday along with every wednesday night, I watched two little girls. Jenna is three and Myah is two. They are both really good girls . . . when they want to be. Yesterday, their mom came to pick me up at about a quarter to six. Jenna was in the car with her, and Myah was at home with her dad sleeping. Jenna was perfectly fine in the car, but once she got home, she started throwing a fit and yelling at me telling me that she doesn't like me anymore and that I am never allowed back at her house again. Of course, it all stops once she wants something. Isn't that the way everything is? Well, she told me that she wanted a snack. I told her that she had to eat dinner first. Well, she threw another fit. I was getting fed up with all of this.

After she finally agreed to eat dinner, she wanted to go outside. I told her that we couldn't because Myah was still sleeping. Jenna almost went in the room and woke Myah up. Luckily she didn't. About 10 minutes later, Myah woke up. Myah didn't want to go out. She was crabby after her nap for like 10 minutes. Finally she agreed to go outside. Well, Jenna wanted to go on the trampoline, and Myah wanted to go on the swing, neither one of them wanting to be alone. Myah needed help swinging and Jenna wanted me to go on with her. I couldn't easily do both, but I pushed Myah on the swing for a little bit, then I quickly got on the trampoline. I jumped like three times and got off quick enough to push Myah again. Now I am sure that you can see me running back and forth between a swing and a trampoline. It was pretty funny. Then Jenna wanted to swing. They only had one swing that was dry, so when Myah got off Jenna went on, but then Myah decided that she wanted to go back on, so they were fighting over it. Well, at that time, I decided that it was time to go inside. This was about eight or so. Jenna was just getting off the swing when I look down at my feet. What is this nasty stuff I see on my shoe? You guessed it, dog waste. It was so gross, and I almost started crying. I just bought the shoes last week.

When we got back in the house, I cleaned my shoes. I was not about to go on with my shoes dirty like that. There was no way in the world that I could let my shoes be like that. I took off the kids' shoes which were pretty muddy. They watched a few cartoons, Tom and Jerry, Dexter's Lab, and Scooby-Doo. Jenna then repeats her famoust question, "I want a snack." Now, it was a good time for them to have one. I opened up the cupboard and I let them pick what they want. They have their own snack cupboard, so they pick what they want, and I pick the serving size. They picked like those packs of the new cookie stick things that come in like Chips Ahoy and Oreo. Anyways, they come in packs of two, so I split it. They each got one. They were happy. Well, Myah didn't like something I said so she started the Jenna tantrum. I don't like you anymore. I bet you can take a wild guess where she got that from and get it right. Well, I wanted nothing more than to go home, but I didn't get to leave until after 11. It wasn't that bad overall. It was actually kind of fun, except for the whole shoe issue. I can't believe that happened.

Today, I went shopping for more graduation cards and party supplies. I didn't end up getting much. There wasn't really much there for supplies now. I think we probably should have gone earlier. Everything is already pretty much gone. I saw some stuff there that I wanted, but I didn't need, so I didn't buy anything that I didn't need.

I guess that is probably enough. I will probably post once or twice again before Monday, so enjoy!!!