Showing posts with label Babysitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Babysitter. Show all posts

Sunday, December 22, 2013

A Night Out

Carrie and I hired Meghan to babysit tonight. Our plan was to go to IKEA, but we ended up going out for dinner and custard with Genevieve and Chris. They also supplied some decorations for my evil plan (more on that later!).

Before we left, we showed Meghan Shane's favorite game on his learning software: Astronaut Alphabet/Numbers Blaster.

When we came home, we found this:


Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

This is the kind of thing I wish I thought of/had the energy for more. As a parent, I always want to do more and more for my son.

Sometimes the best thing to do is let someone else take over for a little bit. New perspective, new ideas, new fun and learning.

When they say "It takes a village to raise a child," it's partly to keep the parents from going nuts. The rest of it is for the child's sake.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Babysitter

It's taken two and a half years, but someone has passed the Carrie-Test.

We've found a babysitter.

Meghan is a 17-year old in our neighborhood. Carrie invited her over for a trial run last Sunday. My wife and Megan talked while Shane played with them (I went out to mow).

Carrie wants Shane to get more used to Meghan before she is willing to leave him with her. My wife just called to let me know she's scheduled another 'mother's helper' visit for tonight! I've got to scramble and get cash so I can pay up!

I'm glad my wife called to warn me. Shane and I are planning on going to a 'FitFest' after he wakes up from his nap. There's going to be a moonbounce! We can hit up Harris Teeter on the way back and buy something small so I can grab some cash from the credit card. I'm bad about carrying lots of change and plastic, but not much greenery.

Speaking of greenery: It looks like I'll be mowing again tonight!