Sitting on Babies

So it's late-ish on a Saturday night. I'm hanging out at a lovely home in my old neighborhood, babysitting. The kids are all asleep and, because I cannot figure out the TV situation, I am sitting a very quiet, basically dark living room. Thankfully I have figured out how to turn on a lamp. I swear I'm a college graduate; it's just hard to figure out simple things in new environments. Specifically homes of friends with really nice things.

I only really watched the kids for about two hours. I had fun, even though I did get hit in the eye with a rubber bracelet. An accident of course but it still stings and it happened over an hour ago. It took me back to playing with my brother when I was a kid. I took a rubber band to the eye once. They're really good kids and, lucky for me, didn't take long to warm up to me. I hope they remember me because I actually wouldn't mind just hanging out with them on a regular basis. These boys are a little gross and kind of rough, but they're also really sweet and extraordinarily smart. I'd really like to do some kind of fun craft with them. I'd want to bring something really fun and creative to the table...but I'm not sure what that would be for a boy. I know what my nieces like to do, but they're girls and considerably younger (I think).

Now that I'm older and babysitting doesn't happen as often, sometimes I feel a little out of my element. I guess in a way it's easy to be goofy, like I was when I was a kid. But I'm also a little self conscious and unsure about little boys. I only hang out with my nieces. They're mostly girly with the occassional tom boy activity.

I guess bottom line kids are just kids. They're really not too difficult.