Cleaning

When ever you babysit and the kids are sleeping or watching TV, you should clean the house! Clean up the toys you played with, wash the dishes, etc. Anything you used should be put back where you found it! Cleaning doesn't mean snooping! You can clean the living room but don't dig in there cabinets! When I babysit, I pretend the parents have cameras everywhere in the house! They see everything you do, everything you say, and every move you make! You can look in the kitchen to see where the dishes go but unless you have permission, don't ever go into the parents room! Unless the childs blanket or special doll is in there, you have no right to be in there! One last thought, would you want your babysitter snooping threw your stuff??

Sydney

New, Fresh Start!!

So this blog is pretty much junk. But you know what, it's time for change! I will now start my new series on tips for babysitters! I babysit to much to post all my stories and still be able to breath so this way I will have a consistent post and it will be useful to somebody (hopefully)! I hope if your a new babysitter or an experienced babysitter that wants to see other tips, I can help ya out! If you ever want me to post about one thing specific feel free to comment it down! Enjoy!!

Givin up

I'm sure you've all givin up on this blog sense I've been posting way more on my other blog and kinda forgot about this one...

I honestly haven't been babysitting a whole lot lately to be quiet honest! On Thursday, March 3rd, I got a call from my dad holding bad news. You see on my side bar the Praying for Mona button? Well... Mona had been suffering from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a type of cancer. She had bet it once already. She was clear. After going back to the Doc for a check up, the found a lump which turned out to be the same cancer again. It's was very depressing but she was strong and said she's kick cancers, well just say, butt! She was so strong threw it all! They came down to Mayo Clinic in Rochester many times for treatment. After weeks, they transported her back to North Dakota so she could be at home with her five-year-old son, Zane. It was a stressful time. In December my step mom Shelia got a call from Skyler (my uncle, Mona's husband) around noon saying she needed to drive back to North Dakota right now because Mona wasn't excepted to life past 2:30 that day. My aunt Sheryl just happened to be in the cities for work that week so they drove back to North Dakota. My dad stayed back so that he could be with me and give Shelia some time with family. They dropped everything and they some clothes in a bag then started driving on there 7 hour trip. As you can imagine after just getting a call saying your sister-in-law was going to die in two hours or so they were both very depressed and angry. They got back and she was still alive, a miracle within its self. My stepmom comes from a family of eight kids and they were all there plus close friends and my dads sister who lives in Minot came for support. Well she lived for a whole nother 3 months. Like I stated above I got a txt from my dad saying "call me when u get home". Um.. Okay? We had just got done eating out with some of Bill's (my stepdad) family and were on our way home. As we were standing outside saying our goodbyes I had seen my dad had sent my mom a txt, I couldn't read it, I just saw Pat Harper on the top of her IPhone. Well, I'm not a complete retard. I KNEW something was wrong. My dad txted my mom and my mom didn't say anything about it (usually she tells me what just hap pend), my dad just txt me saying to call him... That could only mean one thing. My grandma had passed away in January so I knew it wasn't anything about her and Mona was the only other sick person on my dad/stepmom side. As we were sitting in the car, I didn't make eye contact with my mom after reading the txt. It was peer silence in the car. I hesitated, then I spoke. "Mona died didn't she." I said to my mom. She didn't reply. "MONA DIED DIDN'T SHE!" I yelled at my mom. She slowed down the car and put her hand on my leg. "Call your dad" I called him and he asked me about my dad and school/homework. We talked for about 10 minutes just about our days and random stuff, laughing. Then we sat in silence for a few seconds. "Well Syd... Mona died this evening." I didn't say a word, just cried. "There still working on the funeral plans but you are still going to school tomorrow (friday).

I can barely see the screen so I'm going to skip to my point. I was gone from Wednesday the 9th thru Sunday the 13th. It was a pretty stressful time so I took the next week off. I couldn't handle myself. So I 're-opened' this week (also my spring break) and had the privilege to babysit Wednesday for E, B, C and As. It was so fun! So far I have NOTHING in my calender as far as babysitting! It kinda makes me sad... So if you need a babysitter CALL (or txt or facebook or comment on here or email) ME! I want to get my business rollin' again! Like I tell everybody, you can't ask enough!

Have a great rest of the month guys!

Moo, Baa, Quack

Partied in babysitting terms: Run around the house crazily.


Tonight I babysat Cal. She is so unbelievably smart! She has this book called Olivia's Opposites so I read it to her then she wanted to reread it. So I flipped to the first page and she said all of the opposites all by herself! It amazes me how fast little kids learn! We had a very fun night! We ate dinner (a very nummy meal that had noddles, cooked carrots, cooked broccoli, and chicken). Cal told me everything that was on my plate! Shicken, broce and crths! After dinner we danced and 'partied'. I had a very fun night and she was sad to go to sleep (so Ill take that as she had a lot of fun). Once K and N got home they gave me European candy from there trip to Europe! Then K brought me home and we got to talk about toys and Target (my fav store if you haven't read already). Overall I had a fantastic night with Cal and a fun drive home talking about toys and babysitting!

(this is my candy!! Im so excited to try it!)

Fashionably Busy

Okay so I'm pretty sure everyone has givin' up on this blog because you all know I'm always babysitting, yet there is never any new post! My excuse: hmm... To much babysitting to blog? No actually I had a plan to blog this weekend and catch up (I still read 24/7 just don't write). Guess what happened? I got booked! Friday I babysat for the Selness's!!! It was so much fun! Saturday I babysat for a new family, the Faul's! They have a little girl and little boy who are ADORABLE! Then today I went to church, then hung out with one of my friends Olivia (Liv, Livy)! After hanging out I babysat for the Selness's small group! I am now typing a small paragraph about that! Tomorrow is school. Blaaah... I rather babysit and not sleep for a whole day then go to school. Oh well, kinda off topic! I have babysat for the Cartmil's as well (those kids are just to cute).

So far I am loving every minute of babysitting! Sure there's kids who don't want to go to bed or make a thousand excuses to have another pudding, but that's okay. I think it is way more fun playing then sitting in a brown office in a suit all day! But then again, that's just me. Because of all my wonderful babysitting families I have got to buy myself a pair of UGGS! I saved and saved my money and had enough (plus some) to buy some fancy shoes! They are wonderful.

Tonight when I was babysitting for the Selness's small group I told C that I was running away because nobody liked me (totally joking). She started tearing up and said "No Sydney! I like you. If you run away I'm going to run away too!" How cute is that. I of course told her I was joking and would never do that. She also told me I needed to move into her house by tomorrow night. It's cute little 'kid' sayings like that, that when I'm having a bad day, bring me up. Well better head of to bed (got to get up for that school thing tomorrow).

Have a fantastic week!

B.I.B

I am now back in buisness! Feel free to txt, email, call or facebook me! Have a good day!

SALES!!!!

Have I told you that I'm in love with Target! Not joking. I do not joke about Target! Well I was looking in there ad today and they are having some great deals on baby/kid stuff! $19.99 for a big pack of diapers! $14 for a birth-toddler bath (plus a 8-pk of bath toys for $8)! $20 5-pk of Avent bottles! Buy 10 get one free Gerber Foods (my fav's are mixed fruit and apples)! 4 for $7 Gerber finger foods or juice treats! $7 Munckin DELUXE drying rack! $23 Arm & Hammer diaper pail (by munchkin). $119 Fischer-Price cradle 'n swing (ps the reg price is $149). I thought this one was super cool- $159 Summer Infant BestView handheld video monitor!!! $199 Delta 4-in-1 convertible crib! $10.99 Eddie Bauer padded car seat protector! $119.99 Pack 'n play! Macaroni and Cheese (which is very easy for the babysitter to make:) )10 for $10! Mine as well stock up... Plus sleep/play wear anywhere from $3-$12! Well, theres my sales pitch! After reading that I dont know how you could not LOVE target! Plus, Hello Kitty and other character band-aids only 1.69! Got to love a good band-aid...

Hope I helped you save some moola!