Great Families = Great Job

Being a full time babysitter is exactly what I need. I love it. It makes me stay organized, let's be hang out with some great kids, it's a lesson in adulthood, and it allows me to meet some awesome people that I look up to! 

The summer was slow paced but the fall sped up fast! Most weekends are booked all the way to Christmas. 

This weekend I had a bit of a scare. I had over booked myself without ever realizing it until one family said something to spark my attention. I hate those kind of moments but it happens, I have almost 25 families that have me on their call list for sitters, and I am one person. There are only so many hours in the day and days in the week. 

Luckily I have some great friends that back me up and I was able to get one of them to take one job while I took the other. (those kind of moments make me want to open my own babysitting service). The families were so understanding and I appreciate every bit of it! 

Also, this weekend I had a first time experience (not many of those comes anymore). I had a job with a family that I don't see very often. The mother of the two kids has been involved in childcare for years and her kids are great at adapting to new faces. This time there were two more kids tossed into the mix because of a family wedding. Four kids under 3 does not scare me. In fact, it excites me. But this was an entirely different experience. As soon as the parents said good-byes tears flowed and screams wailed. At one point I had all four kids screaming and crying. It was overwhelming and I thought "I have several more hours left, what now?" But I straightened my super sitter cape, and tackled the job one child at at time. After a very crazy hour two kids were in bed and two were gearing up for bed. After two hours I was sitting on the sofa drinking a pop relishing in the silence. All four were in bed, asleep, and happy. It was a proud super sitter moment. 

This last semester at school I started taking Early Childhood Education courses. It has led me to change my major to the education field. My hope is to get a Bachelors type 04 certificate. It will qualify me to educate chidden birth-thrird grade. I am so excited to be going down this path! In fact I am so excited I have decided to spend one more year at the community college and then hopefully transfer to a four year program. There are still so many big decisions that have to be made, but I believe this has made a happier person with less worries and anxiety in my life. These courses that I have started to take have made me a better childcare provider and I am so thankful that I am able to watch each and every one of these kids grow up healthy! 

It's a month of thanks and words can not express how blessed I am to know all these families and to be able to grow up and be apart of their lives! 

Thank you! 

Wrapping it Up

Well, we are approaching the beginning of August this week. It is crazy how fast this summer has gone. 


The summer has been slow paced! It has been a refreshing break for super sitter, but I am more then ready to get back into the swing of things! 


The calendar is filling up quickly and I am so excited to be running like a mad woman again! School starts up in two weeks so my fall schedule begins. So far, I will be with seven families weekly! Plus super sitter is going to be teaching Sunday School at church this fall semester. It is an entirely different experience and I am so excited to meet new kids & have a great time with those I know! 


Here is to the last couple of weeks of Summer 2012 and to starting school again :) 

Summer Fun

The last month has been full of fun experiences for the kids and I. 


With my Thursday Buddies we have tackled Woodstock Water Works, the Library, & making cupcakes.  


With my Older Kid Buddies I feel as if I have made a break through. There is less disrespect and more understanding from both parties. 


For all the kids in between all the water fun, giggles, and hot sweaty smiles has made this summer one for the books! 


It was so much fun for me to go and help at Vacation Bible School last week and get to see a majority of my kiddos all there. Every morning I saw them, they greeted me with the most exciting smile and hug as if they hadn't seen me in years! 


There has been less jobs this summer because of my schedule, but jobs are already lined up for this fall and I am more then ready to get back into the swing of things. 

Big Lessons!

On Thursday, May 31st the super sitter family grew a little with Harper Lynn ~ 7lbs, 10oz, 19inches. THEN on Monday, June 4th the SS family welcomed Elizabeth Gail ~ 8lbs, 2oz, 21inches. 

I am so excited to meet both! 

Exciting news like births makes me reflect on my journey as a super sitter. I am so incredibly blessed to have been able to meet each and everyone of these families. And on top of that I am so fortunate to have come to know and cared for each and every child in these families. Everyone of them has a different quirk, personality, attitude, and smile. They all have given me memories that I will truly hold on to for years and years to come. 

A few weeks ago I was helping with my mom's class. The class was taking a field trip to the local kindergarten. A family that I regularly see and care for was also on the trip. As we toured the classrooms I held the youngest child. She is at that age where she wants to be out of the stroller and running around. There were moments when she would shriek wanting to get loose of my grip but I held on firmly. My mom's co-teacher came up and cracked a joke "um, is this birth control enough for you?". It was hysterical, because to really think about it - the last 2 years have been one big birth control pill! 

From meltdowns, to kids who don't like what you cooked for dinner, to 40 step bed time routines, to the 40 minutes it takes to load up the kids to go to the park, to garbage in my recently spotless car, to screaming in public, to cleaning up pee, to changing clothes every hour, to warm milk, to spilled drinks, to doing their hair, to entertaining them, and everything in between. There are times that I feel as if I am running 100 miles an hour and in reality it's only been 10 minutes. Granted, I love what I do. I believe in my heart that God led me down this path because it is my calling in life. This is where I am suppose to be right now. But there a times when I collapse in exhaustion and praise God that at the end of the day I hand them all back & go home to a quiet, clean, room. Every girl dreams that they will be a mom someday & not just "a" mom, but "mom of the year". Making healthy snacks, ensuring their kid is well educated above average, never forget anything, never late to anything, nothing every spills, they are potty trained with a simple snap of the fingers, and no tears are ever shed. Not to sound like an old mom, but I have been around enough families long enough to know that is not EVER the case. In the words of some wise smart ass out there, "Shit Happens" Nothing is perfect or ever goes as planned because kids ...are kids. 

To say that I would love to have kids of my own right now would be the biggest crock of crap. I love kids, I want several of them someday. The key word being someday!  The funny thing about that last statement is that is something I recently learned. When my niece SkyeLeigh Rae came along almost three years ago I was confident enough to say "I could do that". I was one of those girls who sat around watching MTV's hit show "16 & Pregnant" laughing at those girls telling the screen "I could do better then you!" 

The families that I have come to know and love have taught me that - no I couldn't do that. My patience is not big enough, my understanding is not mature enough, my finances are far from ready, and to sound selfish - I am not ready to give up my life. To say I have respect for these parents would be an understatement. I love my super sitter time, and there are even days I wish I had more of it. And to sound a bit conceited- I think I spend way more time with kids and known more then the average girl my age does, but to humble myself I am far from all knowing or all expereienced. I don't know the half of it! 

My super sitter days have given me countless laugh, smiles, memories, and lessons. But one of the biggest lessons I have learned is the importance of keeping my legs crossed :)