The [boring] life of a SAHM

So...I kind of have a "job" now.

It all started a few days ago when my cousin Lindsey asked me to watch the little girl she usually babysits b/c she wasn't able to. I said I would...DH was so excited, he kept saying "I hope she likes you so much that she switches to you! We could use the extra money!" That got my mind going...maybe I should start watching a kid or two from my house during the daytime. So I talked to Lindsey about it and asked her how I can get started, she told me to put an ad on craigslist. I thought about it and had planned on doing so.

So, the day before I was supposed to watch the little girl (Sydnie) her mom wanted to meet me so she came over to our house that evening. Turns out we used to work together!! We worked at a daycare together 2.5 years ago when she was pregnant with Sydnie!

So she drops Syd off the next morning. Lindsey texts me and says she is thinking about handing Syd off to me since I was wanting to start. I told her that would be great but to clear it with her mom first obviously. So Lindsey said she would next week b/c that is when she starts watching 2 other kids.

Well, Julie (the mom) comes by at 4 to pick up Syd and asks if I had heard anything from Lindsey and if she was gonna be able to watch Sydnie tomorrow. I told her I had no idea so she asked if she could count on me if Lindsey said she couldn't, I said sure. Then she told me she wished I was the one watching Syd full time. I told her me & lindseys convo and she said OMG that would be soooo awesome if you did it. I would much prefer that! Especially since she is getting 2 more kids next week (including her own child she would have been watching 4 children at once.) and she said her friend used to use Lindsey alot but had a lot of problems with her b/c of how flaky she is. (I can toooootally relate to that!)

So it looks like I have a job now! Crazy how it just happened like that! I watch Sydnie 5 days a week from 7:30-3:30. $90 a week. That will help us out soooo much. My income alone can cover our rent! :D

Oh and get this-she works at the Elementary school in the 3 year old class. Braxton will be going there NEXT YEAR! :((( I can't believe it! So she will be Braxtons teacher next year! How neat! (and how funny would it be if I'm still watching Syd then...she would be watching DS while I watch her DD.) LOL

I'm pretty psyched! I was feeling kinda bad for staying home and not making us any money but now I can do both. :) Braxton & Sydnie get along pretty well. She's 2. He's not liking this "sharing" thing at all, I hope he gets used to it. Any time she plays with something of his he lets out this piercing scream and starts crying and tries to grab it out of her hand. I'm trying to teach him to share but boy, its not easy!