SEPTEMBER 19, 1980
Many Experiences Sitters
Should Be Cautious Of
There are no exact or precise rules to babysitting. However, there are times you wish there were. So instead you make up a few of your own. Sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't.
I started babysitting about three years ago, for a lady I worked with at my church. We taught the little kiddies how to cut and paste. It was exceptionally hard for the cutting. Why? Because they began to cut everything in sight: your fresh new fingernails, cookies, glue bottles, and sometimes they will attempt to cut another kids' hand. I know from a matter of experience this isn't a pretty sight. All you can think of is that church will be over in five minutes. Suddenly the Sunday school superintendent comes in and says, "The sermon is a little longer today." Seems to me they're always too long.
That same lady asked me to babysit for her kids about six months later on Valentine's Day. I was broke so I said "yes." There was only one disadvantage. Come to think of it, it was more than that. The first one and the most frustrating was my beau didn't understand. He said, "You should spend Valentine's Day with someone you love, not some little brats." He hung up immediately following that incident.
The third reason is food. This one is always competitive between sisters especially since there is only one piece of pie left. The oldest sees it first, but the youngest one gets it. She has the priority of being short and its on the bottom shelf anyway. You then promise the oldest ice cream.
The last incident is going to bed. The worst, the absolute worst, and do you know why? Because it's human nature or maybe it's because the girls found out that Shaun and Mickey are both going to be on Hollywood Squares that night. You convinced them they can't stay up that late; however, there's always a catch. They wanted a bedtime story. A story with you guessed it Shaun and Mickey. Have you ever tried this? It's really quite hard to tell a story about these complete opposites. The clock then strikes 12 and luckily the pumpkin has arrived and unfortunately there's no prince in it.