the wonderful mom and dad i nanny for went out of town for the last 3 days.

what does that mean?

from 2-9 i am mommy/daddy.

not only for just 4 kids but 8.

and want to know something else?

i really enjoyed it.

pick up one from dance then straight to picking up another from little gym.

busy busy busy.

but i think that whats i liked most about it.

my sister said this would be a good dose of birth control..

not like i need it now or anytime soon.

after a while i started feeling really confident about my mommy/daddy skills.

yesterday i let the kids go swimming.

.1 second after i opened the pool they were in.

and .2 second later they were already fighting over whose toy was whose.

hmm..

maybe i wasnt as good at handling the 7+2 neighbor boys as well as i thought.

so after a little more than an hour i yelled ice cream and that definitely caught their attention.

phew. 

so today.

i gave in and let them go swimming again.

but

i called them all in to the kitchen.

i clearly let them know that we had to share all of the toys.

and that if there was any fighting, they would have to get out of the pool.

and

they could only swim for an hour.

i guess that kind of makes me sound like a big meanie head but i promise i used a sweet tone of voice.

my rules worked wonders.

life was good.

and the oldest gal out of the group and i even got to paint our finger nails.

after swimming time i told everyone to get in the shower.

3 in the master bath.

2 in the master shower.

2 in another shower.

put all of the girls hair in a pony tail+braid

a quick dinner

and off to baseball/softball games we went.

mission accomplished.

:)