Little Rascals

Anybody remember this show? 

I thought about 

"the gang"

many times 

whilst I was baby-sitting

another gang....

I spent 6 days and 6 nights

with 4 youngsters

while their parents

are off vacationing in

Costa Rica.

      Chaos - Trouble - Sicky and Whiney

4 kids, 3 colds,

poopy pants,

screaming and yelling,

running and jumping,

hitting and pushing....

{I've never been so

happy to be home!}    

 

Are all kids so difficult to please

at the dinner table these days?

If it wasn't a hotdog

or a slice of processed cheese

these kids would not touch it...

It had to be the right color,

the right texture, the right label....

Every meal time 

4 little food critics

would gather around the table

and beat me up 

with their dirty looks

and complaints!

Gross!!  Ickkkkk!!  EEEooooooouuuu!!

It was grueling and mentally exhausting

for me....

I was not raised like that at all!!!

If you didn't like what was on your plate

you didn't express it -

you just sat there and ate it 

and then thanked the person who cooked it for you!

On the last night...

much to their shock 

and amazement,

 I just let them 

fix their own dinner...

 

tomato soup

spaghettios

ham sandwiches

and cheese tortillas

NOT my idea of a wholesome meal,

but it was worth seeing some smiling faces

at the table!

We survived a 4 hour power outage

and 

We did have some fun play times together...

playing Wii, making Valentines,

watching movies, you name it... 

and they actually think the snack bar

I put together for them 

is REALLY COOL!!

By the end of my visit

I actually had the little three-year-old

pooping normal.

the poor thing spends most of 

his days whining and trying to poop!!

I was shoving water and peaches 

at him constantly

(I don't believe in laxatives for kids either!)

not when there's fruits and vegetables!

 

anyway when a little kid's

poop is your big triumph for the week....

  

 

 Maybe it's time to step back

and re-evaluate my life's purpose??

   

Happy Friday!

Hugs and Peace and Quiet,

Lisa