Okay, so I have been watching two little boys since yesterday. Their parents are out of town for a last "hoorah" until the birth of their fourth child sometime in May. When I agreed to do this, I had no idea what I was getting myself into (as is usually the case when I agree to do something)! We have been having a blast, but these are two very busy little boys! Experience as a nanny and well seasoned babysitter has taught me that constant entertainment is the the key to successful childcare.
Yesterday, our adventure began roughly five minutes after booting Mom and Dad out the door! We headed to the mall in hopes of seeking out the kiddie play area. We huffed and we puffed and we tore through the mall like three wild banchees. Upon arrival at the play station, we were disappointed to see a signed posted which read "play area closed". Nuts! We then tore back through the mall (I think we were ponies this time) to head to a different mall. Long story short, we managed to achieve the same results, "play area closed". Well, this was discouraging! Okay, the third time's the charm, right? We rip-roared across town to mall #3... You do not even want to go there... "Play area closed". The boys and I are convinced that there is a conspiracy in the state of Michigan to detain us from enjoying any mall kiddie play area. How rude! Praise the Lord for MacDonald's! God's gift to preschoolers! I can honestly say that I have never spent more than one hour inside a MacDonald's in my entire life......until yesterday. Let the good times roll. We jumped! We ran! We chased! We climbed! We slid! We giggled! And we wet our pants. Well, not ALL of us. Just one of us. Thankfully, the one who was wearing the diaper....he will remain nameless so as not to cause embarassment.
After an exhausting visit to Micky D's, we headed to the gym at church, per the request of Braeden. He wanted to play in the "dim" (a.k.a. "gym"). It is amazing what one can do with ping pong balls... We golfed! Who knew? We then played a rousing game of hide-'n'-seek (some of us could not keep quiet while hiding due to giggling fits), then we hurled basketballs at the net in hopes of make a basket. This simply was not to be. Oh well. Points for effort! :-)
We then reached the point in our day where we are so tired that we are sprawled out on the gym floor... We head home for naptime. Only one of us is of napping age. Therefore, myself and Braeden played a few rounds of Candyland. I found that we are both grossly competitive. I did not win. Let's not go there... Braeden, evidently, has learned (from someone....probably a parent....probably the male one...his mother is way too nice to do anything like that) that it is hilarous to gloat when you win! That was painful!
Two hours later, it's back in the mini-van for a night on the town. Okay, not exactly. We headed to "Soccer Tots" over at Total Soccer. That was actually a lot of fun! Ethen and I got a kick out of watching Braeden and his peers play "Foxes and Farmers" and notorious other soccer games.
We then headed to the nearest "Redbox" to rent "Bolt" per the movie buff's (Braeden) request. It was not long before both boys were sacked out and down for the count.
Eleven hours later, we are up and at 'em. Braeden has been looking forward to breakfast since yesterday. CHOCOLATE DONUTS!!!!!! Who wouldn't look forward to that! Ethen goes for the raisins.... I don't get it. Braeden is able to sway Ethen away from the dark side and encourages him to dunk his donuts into his water. Yum. Enticing. Still don't get it...
I'm sure we can squeeze in a few more adventure before this afternoon's return of the parental units!
Over and out!
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