Cindy's Silly Life

Since I am not working and we can use the extra money, I am not baby-sitting for my sister.  Monday- Friday 9am to 3pm I watch my 3 year old nephew Aidan, boy is he a handful. 

It has been fun spending time with him, I am tired of watching Elf and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I think we watched Elf 4 times this week and Charlie 6 times, something like that.  Even though he really doesn't sit down and watch TV, he plays and bugs me the whole time...lol. 

Most of the time we are playing with his blocks or his cars. Today he spent most of the time sitting right by my feet next to the sliding glass door that was open playing with his cars and yelling at Denver.  He loves Denver, and he loves to torture Denver, but they are really good together, today that were playing school together...lol.  Don't ask!

Since I am the youngest out of 6 of us including my step-sis and bro, I have been around kids since I was 11 years old.  Started babysitting at 13 so I am used to kids.  But I do have to admit it has been 5 years since I dealt with a toddler, and the terrible 3's.  Ughhhh he drives me up the wall. 

When he really wants something or wants to do something and it isn't a good thing for him to do and I tell him no he continuosly says please please please.  I am learning to ignore him, and that seems to be working he eventually stops. 

He is at a stage that he doesn't want to learn how to do anything, he wants us to do EVERYTHING for him.  He won't try to put his own clothes on, when he goes potty he KNOWS how to pull his pants up and down but STILL asks me to do it.  Oh and he is such a man, always asking me to get his milk and bring it to him, but I won't I make him drink it in the kitchen.  Because I had a blue juice stain on my carpet, and I wasn't too thrilled. 

I took him for a walk around my complex, talking to him the whole time trying to get him interested in the animals he sees.  We talk about cars, trees, he is always asking me what things are.  We watch Animal Planet and Discovery Kids and sometimes even Discovery is something good is on.  

He is a smart kid and doesn't forget a thing, he may drive me crazy and will probably turn my hair gray at a young age.  But, I love him he is my lil buddy and I am so happy I am able to spend a lot of time with him. 

Hope you enjoyed my babling about Aidan....

Cindy

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• #1 Comment from texasinheart 
  9/1/06 2:51 PM | Permalink

  I always enjoy hearing from you Cindy! :-) He's a cutie!
  Hugs,
  Holly