What's going on....

Life has gotten busier. Or I have gotten more tired.

It's a good thing, believe me.

When last I blogged I had just taken a nanny position which I am LOVING still. This is how my days go:

9am-arrive at work
9:15am- set out on an adventure with A, toddler in a stroller and G, 6 weeks old in a sling carrier. We usually end up at the waterfront watching the boats and airplanes land.
Noon-arrive back for lunch and time with their Mommy
2pm- 4pm Quiet reading and A goes down for a nap.
During her nap I feed and cuddle little G.
4pm-5:30pm playing inside or across the street at the park.

I spend my days in the sand...I am actually starting to develop a bit of a tan!

What I have learned from a toddler this week:
1. It is okay to read the same book over and over as long as you enjoy it every single time.
2. It is fun to laugh for no other reason than because someone gives you a funny face.
3. Ask for a cookie. Usually if you ask someone will give you one.
4. If you are strapped into a stroller you might not always have control of where you are going but if you ask loud enough to go to the park you will probably end up there.

Happy Monday!

Nanny, day 2.

Okay, so I am aware that I have only been doing this nanny thing for two days BUT I am loving it. I basically get to be a kid again. Okay, so that is not entirely true. I get to be a kid half of the time and a negotiator the other half. My "charges" are two little girls. A is 23 months and G is five weeks old. Little G is pretty chill. You put her in a sling, she cuddles and sleeps for the majority of the day. I am sure once she gets older life will get more hectic but for now she sleeps, poops and eats. Today she was smiling at her Mommy which was really adorable.

Little A rules. She is hilarious. Coolest kid ever. This afternoon after her nap we went into the kitchen to have her afternoon snack. A is just learning to talk and her vocabulary is expanding day by day. Her mom is trying to keep the kids on the same schedule so naps will become easier in the future but for now G sleeps most of the day. Her mom warned me that if A she sees G sleeping she wants to wake her up. Anyhow, I am in the kitchen with A and a cuddly sleepy G. A is having her snack and looks at G and says "'wake?" meaning "is she awake?" and I say "No, G is sleeping". A looks back at me and put a finger up to her lips and says "shhhh!" which is obviously her mimicking what her parents say to her at home when the baby is sleeping. A then says quietly, "Morning G!" and then a little louder...and then a little louder. G is still sleeping.

At this point I really want to see where this is going to go. So A starts to give G kisses on her head. First gently. Her kisses then start to become more and more aggressive. Still nothing. I am not stopping it because I want to see how her little toddler mind works. She asks to give G a hug, so I let her hug us both. G keeps sleeping. It is right around this time that A sees her tactics didn't work and she goes back to her snack. It was pretty hilarious.

Happy Tuesday!