Nanny Adventures

Last Thursday, I went to Sam’s Club and the store, to get some stuff. Kidlet #1 asked me to get apples, bananas & pears. I said OK. Kidlet #3 and I have been eating grapes and cherries for the past two weeks.
I pick up a bag of apples and container of Grapes & cherries at [...]

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Stop and give me 50!  We are going through some “potty” mouth talk in the house with all the kidlets.  It is driving me crazy. Since 2 out of 3 of them are on Spring Break this week, I decided to get creative.  Every time I hear a “cuss word” out of there mouth they [...]

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Toodles Tisha has survived so far through the weekend.  LaSarah Nicole and Megan Kelsey passed onto to the big wide open fishbowl in the sky yesterday apparently.  LaSarah and Megan had a nice proper burial in the porcelian bowl.  Kidlet #1 and #2 are sadden by the loss. Kidlet #3 is very happy that Toodles [...]

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My kidlets came home about 15 minutes ago saying “I have a fish”  I was like what.   Kidlet 1 & 3 won goldfish at the fair earlier tonight.  Kidlet #2 adopted a fish from another person who was already abandoning their “child”    They each were carrying a bag with blue colored water with a lively goldfish [...]

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Kidlet #1 has been gone for 2 days now.   Kidlet #2 and #3 have been here doing various things.  It has been really interesting seeing the dynamics of the Kidlet #2 and #3 together.  I think over the next two weeks they will have a special bonding period that normally doesn’t happen. 
Dinner has been drama [...]

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of not having Kidlet #1 at home will be strange.  He is going away for two weeks on a service project abroad.  When he gets home it is off to look at various colleges for a week, home for 3 days then off for a week at the beach with family.  
He is the fill in [...]

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It is official we are getting a new cleaning company to come to the house in one week to do a thorough deep cleaning of the house.  The dust bunnies and their spider friends will all go to “cleaner heaven”  This is going to be awesome.  The place will sparkle and be dust free!
The biggest [...]

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So Kidlet 1 & 2 are out of school. Kidlet #3 has 2 more weeks of school.  This will be an interesting week as they are home and one in school.   I wonder if there will be fighting ensuing
Kidlet #2 and I will most likely get our haircut on Monday or Tuesday. I [...]

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 As I have mentioned earlier, with my job I get to watch lots of fun things with the kids.  Well Kidlet #3 is obsessed with shows life CSI: Miami, Criminal Minds, Notorious, and other crime solving type ones.  Interestingly though he doesn’t watch Law & Order.  Anyways I digress, last summer, he was watching some [...]

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I consider myself a “tough love” type nanny.  I believe in giving kids the inch to grow/learn on.  If they take more than the inch, well then they are in for a big surprise or two.  I am pretty realistic as well.   Life has become pretty sugar coated for kids over the past 13 years [...]

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