I Said It!!

I said it!!

I am a nanny right now. It is not a permanent thing, but I am just helping out my fam until the end of the school year. I am also looking for jobs, but I am in no hurry. My sister and her husband both work 40hr+ weeks. My mom normally watches the kids, but as she is getting older, I feel much more comfortable driving the kids around than having her do it. I wake up at 6am every morning to get the kiddies ready for school. I make lunches & dinner. I have even read a few bedtime stories. I am very domesticated, to say the least. My nephews are 8, 6, and 3. Isaac is the oldest and Joshua is the youngest. Nathan is the middle child. They all have energetic personalities that will leave you in stitches before too long. My mom spoils them as any good grandmother should and I have turned into quite the disciplinarian. Together we play a nice good cop/bad cop.

Today I did the unthinkable. Most days I try to be a cool uncle by taking the kids to the park, playing soccer, etc… just the stuff I wanted to do as a kid. (Truth is I am not that cool). My brother-in-law works nights and sleeps in the day. As the kids came home from school they were all wound up. Before they made there way upstairs I told them to keep it down. Isaac began his normal routine of questions about why it was necessary to stay downstairs. At the end of questioning I cracked like Jack Nicholson in “A Few Good Men”….I said it….

”BECAUSE I SAID SO ISAAC!!”

The single quote I despised as a youth has now unfortunately become apart of my repertoire. His face showed the same irritation I had as a child as I knew their was no getting pass that end all statement. I must admit, it silenced him and I was realeaved to be off of the witness stand, but the overall hypocritical feelings were beginning to set in. I decided to explain the situation to him. Right on cue, he shrugged his shoulders and went on playing with his toys.

Never say never!!