Another day at the office

As I previously mentioned, I spend my mild-mannered days as a nanny for a local family with three boys. Dictionary.com defines nanny as "a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household." I'm not so sure I have any special training; except how to hold on for dear life when the five and seven year old are fighting and the ten month old needs a diaper change and the two dogs are barking and I just stepped on the cat while realizing that I forgot to feed the fish. And the phone is ringing. And it's probably their wonderfully sweet and caring mother calling to check on her handsome men. Oh, you want to talk to the boys? Crap, how can I put one on the phone when they have each other in shirtless screeching headlocks and the baby is spreading you-know-what all over the carpet and the dogs must see some sort of invisible, indoor mailman because what else could cause so much continuous, ear-splitting barking? And where did the cat go?


Did I paint you a nice picture there?


But honestly, the job is wonderful and I get to spend my days being creative, maternal, thinking out of the box, and honing my grilled cheese making skills (the other day the five year old looked up at me serenely and said, 'I used to want a grilled cheese for lunch but then I remember you stink at them so I guess I'll just have soup.' Ouch). And it's wonderful training for my new nephew, who will be arriving this spring. 

And who hasn't dreamed of getting to pay the bills for pretending to be a velociraptor nine hours a day?

I'll get to the point - the other day, aforementioned sweet and caring mother let me bring my camera into work to shoot some pictures of her fellas in their natural habitat. The following are the results. Let's see if you fall in love with them as much as I have!

Note: Not pictured is the oldest brother, because when all three of them are home, there is simply no time to pick up a camera.

And here is the baby with a miraculous wonder toy called the Twilight Turtle, from a line of environmentally aware toys that the family loves. I will definitely be getting this for my nephew.

 

 

There's something so magical about watching babies discover mirrors. Little man and I play with his nearly every day I'm there. He's so interested in his reflection, especially now that he's learning to stand and walk.

What can I say - I have a pretty cool day job.