Two of my aunty's grandkids (2 & 6) stayed the weekend while their parents (my cousin Mark & wife Helena) went off for a weekend alone. Mark tried to convince us they were looking at local historical sights so I figure they spent most of the weekend getting laid and sleeping. Lucky them.
My aunty has enough to deal with looking after my uncle (who has Alzheimers & cancer) so we pitched in to help.
Steve's a marvel with kids - thank god. They adored him within seconds. They looked at me very suspiciously. Kids can tell instantly I'm not a kid person. Excellent. Just how I like it.
I learnt all about how to bath kids, how to ride a scooter, how to push a kid on a swing, how to stop a fight, how to negotiate with a child wielding a jagged biscuit. Under Steve's supervision I completed a crash course in "Babysitting 101 for Dummies". I think I failed. (I hope I failed!!)
As kids go they were pretty good. Reasonably well trained. So it wasn't complete chaos but it wasn't exactly relaxing either. The kids were ecstatic to see their parents arrive back for Sunday lunch. But not as much as we were!!!
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