Guess what I did today? I babysat! And it went…well, let me tell you the story.
Molly called me first thing this morning and said “guess who’s in town?” I guessed Dacey Bryn and SantaKinz, and then she stopped me and said, “No! My Aunt Maria and my cousin Holly!” And I said, “Great!” And she said, “Want to help me babysit Millie and Holly this afternoon?”
And I said, “Sure!”
I figured it would give me some practice with babies. You know, for when my sibling is born.
I arrived at Molly’s house at around 1:30. Holly had just gone down for a nap, so I thought we were in for a pretty easy afternoon. Molly’s mom and aunt were going to go out shopping for two hours, so it wasn’t as if we were going to be babysitting for a long time. Molly’s mom said that they’d probably be back before we heard a peep from Holly.
And that might’ve been the case. If it hadn’t been for…Millie.
Molly and I had just locked the door behind her mom and aunt, when Millie came running down the hall yelling “LET’S GET READY TO PLAAAAAY!”
Molly caught her and said, “Millie, you’ve got to be quiet. Holly is trying to sleep. Go into your room and find a quiet game to play.”
I guess Millie doesn’t really understand the concept of ‘quiet’, because as soon as Molly let her go, she dashed back to her room and came marching back wearing a whistle. She blew it as hard as she could and yelled “Ten HUT! March!” and marched down the hall.
And that’s when we heard the cry.
Holly.
And that’s also when Millie tripped over her own two hooves and fell face forward onto the floor…
oh no…… now Millie is going to cry!