Adventures in babysitting

 As I only have six days left with the kids I wanted to go through and talk about some of or favorite activities we did. First was the Museum at Prariefire. This offered them to first design a dinosaur when they walk in and it projects onto a screen in the front room. Next, when we went upstairs the room was filled with insects and small furry animals. We could not pet them but it was still fun to look. Next was the library. They loved picking out books but also doing the activities offered at the library. After the library we went to Scheels one day and the kids enjoy going on the Farris wheel especially alone. Next was a pool we found. We were all worn out that day. We jumped off diving boards, went down slides, and swam for two hours. Another was riding bikes to Price Chopper. It was a good way to get them active and show them directions. The kids loved staying at home as well. We spent hours playing board games and card games. This was good because it taught them good sportsmanship

 This week the kids and I started off with going to a few parks. They did not love the first one so we went to a second one we had already went to. They played for ten minutes before it got too hot. We went home and decided to have a relaxing day and hangout inside since the high was suppose to be ninety-six degrees. We ate lunch and watched tv. On Tuesday the kids wanted to hangout at my house. We went over and the girl begged to do my makeup. I let her and it was a good bonding experience because I got to teach her new things about makeup. She did a pretty good job then she let me do hers. She loved it and I was glad. While we did this my sister entertained her brother. My sister is very good with boys. They played Nintendo and had a blast. We all loaded up then and headed to Price Chopper for some Mac and Cheese. The kids watched tv while my sister and I bonded. We ended with playing clue and I won. Turns out we had a card missing on the floor so that messed up the whole game. Today

     This week was bad. The kids were down right rude. I was not having it. While reading the little boy told me his legs were tired so I asked him to come sit down so we could read. He opened the first page and read two words then said he was tired so I told him he could nap after we read. He threw a huge fit and was screaming and crying. So I thought maybe he does need a nap to I let him lay down while I did the dishes. He came down ten minutes later and asked to read and promised not to fight. We read four pages before the temper tantrum of the century started. He was wining, screaming, crying and I could not get him to stop. This went on for forty minutes. I told him instead we could do his work better. That helped and he did that with no fight. I told his mom about the meltdown and she had a conversation with him that night. I found out he was bringing me books that were way too hard for him to read. The mom also said it might be best to make him read before he is allowed ipad or

       This week it was getting harder to find things to do with the kids that they enjoyed. I texted their mom to ask for ideas because I was unsure of what I was allowed to do with them. She responded and was very open to anything. The next day we decided to bake. We went to the store and got red velvet cake mix and cream cheese frosting. When we got home the kids were excited to help. They took turns adding ingredient's to the bowl. They also offered to mix it together. After it was mixed I started filling the liners with mix and put them in the oven. We had some down time so they played on their ipads. Then it was time to decorate. We mixed color into the frosting and began. When I was finished I helped the little boy with his cupcakes. I frosted while he added sprinkles to each. The older one was a professional. She had her own frosting decorator. She then sprinkled everything. After we all finished we cleaned up. I felt this was a great way to keep them entertained with a fun