I cant help but laugh..

I often find myself wondering if I really should be working with children; some of the things they say.. my mind wanders to another place, ahem and not the most PG of places.

A few examples of the side splitting [for me] stuff I hear on a daily basis:

Babysitting for a favorite family of mine here in Seattle, my little buddy "P" was driving a dump truck with blocks in it all around the floor.  He asked me to pose as a bridge.. as I climb into position on all fours, acting as said bridge, he shouts "Ok.. STAY STILL! He's going to lose his load RIGHT under you!"  The combination of the position I was in, the manner he shouted and the words that came out of his mouth sent me into a serious laughing fit.

Today-
My girls were having a play date with a friend, one of their favorite friends "E"...

Everyone was out back running around, climbing into the tree house, playing in the cardboard box car we created and having a great time.  Enter- Mr. squirrel... today's villain; Mr. Squirrel was high in a tree above the tree house chewing on things to create his nest that we found.  No one wanted him up there because he was being a "noisy eater" and making "crazy sounds"- as I was informed.  I was asked to participate in the scaring away process where we all started hissing at the same time (M's idea).. it worked for a second- Mr. Squirrel went up a few branches higher to get further away from us.  This is when M decided to really go for it- she wanted to scare him out of his wits and get him to shoo away.  Before doing a loud screaming, clapping, stomping dance in the tree house to scare Mr. Squirrel she loudly declared...

"IM GONNA MAKE HIM DROP A NUT!!!"

That, my friends, is one reason I stay in my line of work.  The small moments of joy that come from my very innocent little friends shouting things that trigger laughter from my sick mind.  It's all just too good sometimes, I cannot help but laugh.

dont cry over spilled milk!

'A' spilled water on herself at our picnic lunch right before school.. with no time to change her pants, she says "aww man- but it looks like i peed my pants!" My immediate and more importantly, OUTLOUD response.. "peeing your pants is cool!"  Eeesh.  Apparently my filter disappears with lack of sleep allowing random movie quotes all willy-nilly.  If you could have seen the look on her face. Pure shock and horror. I tried to explain it was from a movie, but she did not believe me....

we will see in the next few days if this whole thing will resurface.  Typically with a misunderstanding as such, the girls will taunt and/or question me... I foresee many diaper, mini potty and 'peepee dance' jokes in my future.

4/8/11

turns out the girls thought my GPS, also known as Mandy, was a real person giving us directions.  Molly claims Mandy got us lost last week because she must have been asleep or listening to her Ipod and just didn't know what was happening..

M: she must have been sleeping when we went over that bridge, and that's why we got lost!  Or maybe she was listening to her Ipod- she didn't know what was even happening

I tried to explain that Mandy was just a voice/ computer... though I really did not want to ruin this image she had going.  Instead of grasping what I was explaining, she took back to her idea and said..

M: I think we should give her another try!
me: M, I think I need to update her- the roads around here have changed.
M: so what does that mean?
me: well, I will need to hook her up to my computer and let some new information be put into the GPS- so if there are any more new routes or roads, we wont get lost again.
M: I reallllllllly much think she was just sleeping.  Lets try her again..
(side note- the girls say "really much" when they want to put emphasis on something- its too cute to correct.)

Another great conversation we had:

While visiting their Mom @ UW- we got into a discussion about Mascots; what they are, who has them, why- and so on.  'A' decided her mascot would HAVE to be "A spider man- but not THE Spiderman".  'M' said hers would be "Man on a motorcycle"- They then decided mine would be a mountain man, I believe because they know I love mountain views so much?  I mean.. I cannot remember ever telling them that rugged-dark and handsome-mountain-men, are totally my type? Hmm, yeah.. I just don't think that is a conversation that would have come up.

I will now leave you with a random picture of one of the 1200 children I watch during the week-

Little 'B'- we are best friends... now :)

Or is this TOBY?! Sarah's little brother from the Labyrinth!

you remind me of the babe- 

what babe? 

The babe with the power.

(nerd alert)

snap this!

Recently got a new phone- the girls wanted to test out the new camera.. so @ lunch today we had a photo shoot..

I kept calling taking pictures "snapshots"- they got a kick out of this for some reason.  So the phrase "SNAP THIS" came into play.

(M) personal favorite- she tried for a couple minutes to make the perfect 'hand signal'.. ah, so innocent.  check this- GANG SIGNS BITCH!

Silly face (A)

They said they "found diamonds" under there.  Crystallized CRAP..  diamond? potAto, potato.

even my ear hairs hurt!

Oh hello.. self.
A new favorite thing to do (for the girls).. talk to "self". they get a huge, huge kick out of it..

This has been a crazy, crazy week.  After working with anywhere from one to six children at any given time (ages 4months to 6years old).. 60hrs this week.. alone.. I think its safe to say I enjoy my job- but this week my bank account loved it more.  It was one of those weeks where going the extra mile, didn't cut it- the girls were a little sick, definitely tired.. maybe growth spurting, who knows.  All i know is double trouble is but just one way to describe them.  Luckily, they are stinkin' cute & make me laugh so hard I almost pee my pants.

Today, one of the fun 'distraction' things we did was "Would you rather" game...  here are a few examples of things my little friends asked-

"would you rather.. sit in the rain, with underwear on your head.. or drive with slimy frogs filled up in your car.. to the MOUNTAINS!?" (meaning far away)

"Would you rather- live in a house of dog poo, or EAT dog poo one time?"

"would you rather eat marshmallows in ketchup, or sweet potatoes in chocolate"

Pretty solid, right?  There were many, many of these type questions- but these are the only ones I could remember.  Pretty fun.

Other great things from today-
One of M's knock knock jokes (I had never heard- maybe you have?)

M- Knock knock
             A -who's there?
m- Will
              a -Will who?
m- Will!
             a -Will who?
m- Will!!
             a -WILLLL WHO??
m- Willlll you pleeasee stop shouting, geez!


OH- something I have never been asked- -  "do you like being naked?" was a topic of conversation at lunch today.  I said, hmm- in private, yes sometimes.  They said "we like to be naked.  Try doing the booty dance naked!  It is so funny- it makes it more fun!"  You know I have to do that next time I get out of the shower now.... you will, too.  Don't lie.

I wish I could remember all the great, funny, amazing things from today- God knows after this week.. I NEED to remember the good times.  If I think of anything else, I will post it (mostly for SELF, ha..)
Anyway- Happy Friday!

A few pictures to close out the post:

from left to right- "leader girl with pom-poms, an Indian that says nothing, Captain Jack Sparrow ARG! and Monster guy on a bike!"= the chant created to go along w. the marching, of course!

our "Parade" one day- [[phewf, only four kids this day..HA]]

 

I wish I got a 'before' picture.  This picture is after clean up..

You know the stories when you turn your back for one second, then suddenly find your child either running around the house with a full roll of unrolled toilet paper... or covered head to toe in flour?  This was similar, but smelly & not-so-great for the pride.  Both girls came to me, heads hung low, saying "Haley.. I think we stink at this" after having snuck off, one at a time, to take a whack at painting their own nails.  Pink and peach finger prints, smudge marks and wet dot drips coovveerrredd each hand.  It did smell- though, they did not 'stink' at it.  I was pretty impressed w. how well they could paint their weak hand.. shoot, I am in my 20's and have a hard time painting my right hand Still! 

Ah, yes.  Good times.

stop... scooter time!

The girls were given the gift of scooter!!!  Their cousin came to visit last week and he brought with him some very special scooters; unlike the 'razor' scooter, these you have to swivel your hips back and forth to move forward or back.  They are very cool! And a great leg/butt workout (yes, I tried one.  Are you surprised? No worries- I checked the weight limit first..)

Here are a few videos of them riding their scooters INSIDE.  Mom & Dad do not mind them doing this- in fact, they love it.  It is pretty awesome from a kid perspective... heck, its cool from mine too!  Riding scooters... INSIIIIDE?! as Addie would say "Weeee-haww!!"

They really like chasing me around in circles on their scooters- of course..  They even named this 'game' we play- where I pretend to panic in the middle of the hallway and not know which way to run.  I end up diving off into a random doorway or room nearby- they think it is hysterical. They've named it the 'Which way- woo-woo'

Enough chatter- here are the videos.  Enjoy!!


Morning:  A day in the life of A&M

showing off their skills! 

"Which way woo-woo"

You know youre a nanny when #12844936

Having worked with kids for a while now, I have had the pleasure of sharing my finest moments with friends and family; finding food in my hair, hand prints on my favorite jeans, pulling a diaper out of my purse at a bar- etcetera.. etcetera.. etcetera..

Newest addition to "you know you're a nanny when..."

I had a half day of work.. so I planned out everything so I could have some QT at the gym- shower and all.  I was able to take my time, really get in a good workout and even take a shower!  Best thing- no one was trying to bust in to use to the bathroom!  well... minus the fact I was in the locker room and there were other women around- there were not any short friends barging into my shower stall.  Yay!

My brief moment of not having my life consumed by children was taken away by this...
[see photo]

A nice MINI pair of yoga pants.  Looks like in my planning (while folding laundry, making lunch, being "rubber glove monster", gathering/ helping with homework, packing for karate, breaking up fights...) I somehow swapped out my yoga stretch pants for A or M's pants.

Nice try, Hales... niiiiice try.