The project my daughters did with me!

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Here's something I'm rather proud of. . . I have raised two successful babysitters. When they were starting out babysitting, I was as nervous as they were! What if something happens? Will they have to cook? What if the kids are hard to handle? I went over instructions with them right until they walked out the door. I canceled my plans and stayed home in case they called for help. When they got home, I'd want all the details and then go over what to do for next time. They got better and better with each job and my nerves calmed down when I realized they were great babysitters who knew how to keep kids safe AND have fun with them at the same time. Hearing from friends and neighbors what awesome babysitters my daughters are made me so proud!   But now they are getting older and getting different jobs, and spending more weekend nights with friends rather than babysitting, they're ready to pass the torch on to younger babysitters. We had the idea to put together a guide/kit ...
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it must have been love

Well, Friday the 13th was fun, but our February the 14th was miserable. Not only was it the worst Valentine's Day in our recorded history, hubby claims it was possibly the worst weekend of his life. I came down with a horrible flu bug at about midnight on Friday night that kept us up till 3:00 in the morning and then laid me out flat the rest of the weekend. Poor Mike had to help me in and out of bed and worse. . . (skip ahead past gruesome details). . . at one point he had to hold my drinking glass for me because I was having severe muscle spasms in my back and shoulders. And as if a sick wifey wasn't bad enough, that threw Lucy off and she seemed upset all weekend and bored of being cooped up and had the worst diaper rash I've ever seen AND a continuously runny nose. So you can imagine, Mike could've been featured on the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs for all he had to clean up and put up with over the weekend. That's love.

This pic is a little tribute:

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Annie said…
ewww, that sounds horrible! love that pic. it makes me giggle inside. i hope no one else got the nasty bug!
4:34 PM
April said…
what? I seriously thought his clothes would be organized by color... I'm seriously disappointed.
5:30 PM
Anonymous said…
I'm sorry! I hope you are feeling better!! That pic of the close is exactly like me and Brady.. too funny!
9:03 PM
Leah Claire said…
Oh I hope you're feeling better Jul. So it wasn't the ideal V-day, but I think it is surely proof of what true love is. :) Good job Mike!
8:41 AM
Lindsey Montague said…
Yeah, all my childless siblings were out doing couple-y things all day while I was cleaning and cooking. We don't usually do stuff on V-day, but with kids now who don't "get" the fake holiday, there really is no point to do anything that day.

(that was very bah-humbug!)
2:13 PM
The Imperfect Pie said…
I'm so sorry you got sick! I had no idea when I called you on Sat. Being sick is miserable--thank goodness for patient husbands! I love the pic of your closet.

Janelle
4:21 PM
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