In Which I Ask Claire To Babysit
- This conversation took place online this morning....
- Me: Claire how do you feel about babysitting?
- Claire: I have never babysat for a kid as young as Jovie before. I think the youngest I've done is something like 5 but I'd be willing to learn. If you could prepare me and instruct me. Hahaha
- Me: I'm just kidding, I wouldn't subject you to the possible horror.
- Claire: She's a little terror? haha
- Me: Of course she is. She's 16.5 months and she's my child. She's CRAZY, with all capital letters.
- Claire: cray cray
- Me: I started calling her T.J. this weekend for Tyrannosaurus Jovie. Ryan wants to rename her "Trouble."
- Claire: Or at least make it her middle name, though I like Sophia.
- Me: So do I, but now when she's in trouble, we use "Jovie Sophia."
- Claire: So cute.
- Me: Hmmm...in theory yes, in action no. Yesterday afternoon she: tried to wash her hands in the dog bowl, tried to and successfully stepped on the dog's tail multiple times, turned the oven burner knobs, reorganized the bottom cabinets, got halfway out the doggie door before we realized it, used a play pot from her kitchen as a stool, used her play activity table as a stool, used the dog as a stool, shared cake with the dog, used a plastic golf club shaped like a carrot to access what she wanted on the kitchen counter, used Mommy as a stool, made Mommy read "Dora's Color Adventures" twice, made Daddy read "Dora's Color Adventures" twice, 5 minutes after Mommy read it twice...........
- Me: Now i shall ask you again Claire.........are you sure you want to babysit?
- Claire: Well when you put it that way...
