... and she made me laugh! Today I took the triplets on a walk to the grocery store in their stroller, this is a frequent outing and the people working at the local stores are used to seeing us and some even remember their names and match them to the correct babies. SO, I am picking up yogurt and a woman comes up and said, "I just have to see the babies, what are their names?" I say, "This is E, S, and G." The lady responds, "Are they related?" I say, "Yes, they are triplets." She then asks,… Continue

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/062908dnspocowclarke.4374c53.html Check it out! Definitely an inspirational story for nannies.... males in the profession especially!

I'm not a nanny at the moment, but here are a couple of cool websites for kids and nannies! 1. www.pandora.com What's great about this website is that it creates a radio station based on an artist or musical style. I listen to this almost every day. It's nice to have on the computer while you are surfing. It's also great to find music that's similar to what you like. I used this in my last job to find music for my charge. I taught him to love the Beatles, The Mamas and the Papas, the Beach Boy… Continue

My 12 year old girl charge was telling me that she was changing her team religion to Boston. After I absorbed what she was saying ... I asked her did she mean she was changing her allegiance to a Boston team? Yep ... that's what she meant. Changing her allegience to Boston! Kids say the darndest things :)

Today I took three kids, ages 7 (cousin to my charges), 12 and 14 (my charges) to Baltimore! Its an hour drive from DC and we had plans to spend the day. I didn't even get three blocks and I had to turn around to go back to the house to use the bathroom, yes ME - not one of the kids - ME! So finally we are on the road, and I get to test out my new GPS. And what does IT do - puts me smack dab in the middle of morning rush hour traffic! UGH. So I detour as soon as I can and go the way I know there… Continue