Once I started my senior year, I found myself in another one of Mr. Hammer's classes and offered to babysit his children whenever he needed a night off.  It just so happened that he and his wife took me up on the offer, and I got the chance to watch the kids every now and then when the two of them had an adult bible study at their house.

 

Since then I've cared for the children during the summer of 2002 and now this summer, which has been the most event filled.  Tierney has just completed kindergarten, Donavan is completing his potty training and is heading off for preschool, and little Liam, at the age of two, is quickly catching up!

 

This summer we've enjoyed quite a few evenings filled with coloring pictures, folding and flying paper airplanes, making crafts such as sock puppets, bracelets,and necklaces; enjoying a dinner of hotdogs, cottage cheese, and other kid favorites, then heading to the park via bikes, the occassional stroller or wagon; and finishing up our evenings with baths, pj's, movies, snacks, and sometimes, actually going to bed "before mommy and daddy come home."

 

Tonight was a bit different however.  The children were already fed, Liam had not had a nap, I brought musical instruments for entertainment, and my younger sister who's heading into high school this fall.  When we were at the park, Donavan had an accident (wetting his pants) so we had to head back home a little early, then when we got back, the phone rang.  Tierney answered it and after completing her call, she retorted, "You need to tell mommy that someone called about the DuFlex for Daddy's leg."  I had no idea what that was supposed to mean, but I wrote down the message.  After all three children were cleaned up, in pj's and ready to start a movie, the lady called back telling me to have Mrs. Hammer "call her at the duplex."  I started cracking up laughing because now Tierney's little message now made sense.  It just goes to show how true to life the telephone game really is!