My week as the old lady in the shoe.

I have been babysitting for a long time. Ever since I was 9 years old, I have loved to babysit, especially babies.

Well this week has been a doozie!

I regularly babysit my friend's daughter 3 days out of the week. This actually works really well. She is the same age as my son, so they play well together, the hug each other and they even take naps at the same time. ( which means I get a break so I can spend time with my daughter who is preschool age).

I also have been watching another one of my friend's daughter 2-3 hours a day. She is about 6 months younger than my son. This week has been different though. I have been watching her every day all day due to a family emergency of sorts. This little girl is super cute, but....she is an only child and is not used to having other kids around. She has a tendency to....ummmm... wail...whenever another child is even near her or when she wants something. I think in time she will get used to this, until then I will have to invest in earplugs.

On top of all this, I said I would babysit 2 of another friend's kids while she was out of town and her husband is at work. They are good kids and play well with mine, so that helps.

So in total I had 7 kids this week. Not too bad you say? Well how about you throw in an earache in 2 of the 7 kids, pneumonia in one, viruses in 5, and diarrhea in 2. Not only that but I had a sick husband home all week hoping to recover from his cold( not gonna happen!). He ended up helping me with the crowd.

All I want to know is....how did the old lady in the shoe live to be so old?