Wednesday of this week I was able to babysit the only niece and nephew Rick and I have on my side of the family. Their regular baby sitter and her daughter were sick so my sister in law asked if I could help out. I am fortunate enough that I was able to leave work and help her out. We had a great time playing all afternoon. Baby Katie is such a good baby. She was actually turning 6 months that day. She can be left on her blanket and she will entertain herself for quite some time. It was great while we ate dinner. She just laid there giggling, blowing raspberries, looking at the Christmas tree and clapping her feet together, which I must say she is a pro!
Jimmy was so good. He sat and watched Rudolph and Cars with me. He was even good when I told him to look at the ornaments with his eyes, not his hands. (he is almost 4 so you can understand the urgent need to touch everything.)
For all the fun that we had, in the end it was nice when Grandma picked them up and took them home. We were once again able to have our quiet house, which I guess I have just grown way too accustomed to these days. (I always forget that if I video tape sideways, the movie comes out sideways...I just need to remember to pull out the real video camera)
