I Kind of Love These Kids

So... last weekend I went up to babysit Sariah and Kempton. It was fun. We watched the movie UP on saturday morning... LOVED IT! Sad. But good. Then I wanted to get outside and do something, and get a little excercize sooo.... we went for a walk. To the park. And here we go on our journey...In front of Riah's school, about half way to the park. Bubba had to take his trucks with him. Right now... he is pointing at a car coming. egat. And of course, I'm like.. hurry... smile... THEN RUN! JK

I was like... hey... let's skip. Sariah LOVES to skip. LOVES IT. Bubba thinks he is skipping, but really... he is horse trotting. And... he breathes in and out really loud. Like he is totally out of breath. LOL. It was the cutest thing ever. Here is Sariah kicking our trash.


These are fun. I love Sariah's hair and the fact that I have proof that she can touch her nose with her tongue. JK



Bubba was more of a... I want just pretend like I"m a swinging. He has sure mastered the cuteness factor.

They LOVED the slides. You know... here's the thing... last weekend (the weekend prior to this) I was playing on the trampoline with Nicoles kids. Here is the conclusion of that event. I am old. I can no longer do the things on the tramp I used to be able to do. When I try to do the things I used to be able to do I look and feel REALLY old! And you know when your toddler sized child first tries to do a summersalt and they can barely do it and you still clap and act so excited. Well... I"m pretty sure that some of my "tricks" on the tramp were of that quality and the kids clap and were so excited and I thought... Man... I have no started to decline in my ability to do things. I am officially on a toddler level here. It was depressing. And... it was like all the little kids just wanted me there because I could bounce them PRETTY MUCH to the sky and i was so out of breath that I would attempt to take a break and they are sitting around me staring at me like we are in a car and they are saying "Are we there yet?" but were like "Are you done yet?" When I would have them bounce me... it was even more depressing, so I would get back up. I. AM. OLD. Sooo... when I was playing on the playground with Sariah and Kempton, I redeemed myself. I did everything. I even had them race me. I. Felt. Young! HECK YES I can run up a slide...like 10 times in a row. LOL

These kids LOVE each other. They loved going down together.

Sariah helping Bubba down the slide.... He was a tad bit scared at first. She was like big sister of the year this day!!!!

Okay... so back to the "I am young and can play on the playground like a kid again" discussion. There is a good chance I MAY have taught/helped them climb up the slide. Okay... it happened and I take full responsibility for my actions, but they loved it and I loved it and it was totally selfish because I had to prove to myself I could also be a monkey and not a freakin' toddler on the playground. YES... I am every parents nightmare. I am the aunt that teaches the kids the stuff Mom's and Dad's don't teach them. I have come to accept it. It wasn't all bad influence stuff... I slid down the slide with them, they would be giggling so loud as I was yelling... "HERE I COME..." and they'd try to hurry and jump off the bottom of the slide before i got there. CUTE!

These are just fun....

After Bubba went down the slide he goes "THAT WAS FANTASTIC!!!" I laughed so hard. I coudln't believe he said it was "fantastic". LOL.

After we had been there about an hour and a half playing we decided to go home and make some sugar cookies.

When Bubba walked across this drain he walked so carefully and slow. He was VERY cautious. Cute.

Here we go.. running home. We ran almost all the way home. And of course Bubba did his heavy breathing. I think he thinks you are supposed to breath heavy and be totally out of breath when you run. LOL. Maybe he has run one too many times with his Dad. Ha ha ... just joking Rustin!

Making sugar cookies. For the record... Sariah LOVES the frosting. She wishese she could just eat a frosting cookie. We all helped... we did it in two shifts and I didn't take picutes during the second batch and Bubba was asleep. It was all that running. I wore him plain out. But he did help frost cookies.

Here's our finished product. Then we watched the Wizard of Oz. Which I hate, but they love so I didn't care. It wasn't as awful as i thought it was as a kid. I will admit that.

It was a GREAT day!

I kind of love these kids.