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!
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