To Be A Kid

While we are babysitting I think about all the ways life changes as you grow. When you are a kid you can say whatever you want and people think it is cute or funny. When you grow up it just us not as cute. Here are some things that I heard tonight from the young kids we watched tonight:

"I know you guys love each other."
"Be careful with me, my mom loves me."
"I'm not a rhinocerous."
"I cut off your fat tummy."
"I'm fast too."
"I like myself."
"Diana's angry!"

Let me just say that this kid we watched is one of the cutest kids I have ever seen (removing my own two kids, who are the cutest kids I have ever seen).

Babysitting

Diana and I are watching some friends kids tonight (Chloe is out babysitting). The five-year-old told me the song he made up:

"I am the ice cream man
Running over fat kids
In my big white van
They want ice cream
I will just give them
Some broken bones"

He made this up on his own - I swear! He is in the living room while I am in the kitchen singing it over and over again. Diana loves it and is wiping the tears of laughter off her cheeks.

Babysitting

Last night my sister-in-law from Iowa (soon to be Nebraska) let us watch her kids for a while when she went and did some shopping. We had a good time with them. I of course did most of the work. Just kidding. I saw one of my buddies taking his baby for a walk and I went out and talked to him for a long time and left Diana to do all the work. She even had to change a diaper! I am such a jerk.

It was a fun time. The kids like hanging out with their Iowa cousins and have a good time with them. They will be going home to Iowa soon so we really enjoyed being able to spend time with them.