One More Chance

That's often the phrase I use with the kids here. Today I actually felt like a real nanny cuz I made one of the boys sit in time-out for 5 minutes. He was not happy. But he got over it after 10 or 15 minutes and he loves me again :) Today was just one of those days where all the kids are tired and cranky and overly dramatic and take things extremely personally. And when I say "the kids" I really only mean one of them haha. I think they just didn't get enough sleep last night cuz they were up so late and got up earlier than I expected them to. There was quite a bit of crying today along with hitting and screaming and "well she/he did this to me" and "but that's cuz you did that to me!" and so on and so forth. I had to raise my voice more than a few times. But Matt and Becca are always very surprised at how well I do (cuz they ask for updates and I tell them everything) which is really encouraging.

DAdadaDAAAA!! It's SUPER NANNY!!!

But even in spite of the arguing and the crying and hitting and everyone trying to make me take a side, I still love the little boogers. God only knows why :) We actually spent most of the day NOT watching TV today. It was weird! But super nice. We played Disney monopoly, Apples to Apples, Sardines, and we went to the pool! It was fantastic!! And after my second day with Becca, I am very confident in how to handle her. She's such a delight, and i'm so thankful that she's been in a good mood lately. I'm still trying to get a picture of her smiling, but she always either moves away or grabs my phone...and I don't want her breaking it, so I try to be discreet. One of these days I'll get a picture of her! I'm determined. Maybe while she's napping...that'd be creepy haha. 


Even though there are times when I regret coming here, I'm enjoying my time and making the best of it. The kids make me happy, and it's a fun last job that I can have before having to find something for longer than 3 months. So, it's pretty good :)


And that's life through the eyes of a banana munchkin.