Fun times as a nanny

I haven’t posted recently much of anything to do with my life as a nanny so here is a photo overview and a few videos of some fun times!

 

Homemade Ice cream fun

It is Spring break week here in Northern Virginia and I have the chance to do lots of fun things with the children I nanny since they aren’t in school and I am caring for them both all day.  Monday I brought Lydia and Nathaniel to our apartment to make homemade ice cream.  We had an absolute blast!  The result was a small batch of vanilla ice cream that we dyed green for St Patrick’s Day and a big batch of yummy strawberry ice cream.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Lunch Conversations with Nathaniel

As I set out to assemble Nathaniel’s daily ham and cheese sandwich with mustard, Nathaniel obediently went potty, washed his hands, put on his pj’s, and picked out a book.  I called him into the kitchen to sit down and eat, here’s how the conversation with this three year old progressed. 

“Bethany, can I ask you something?”

“Sure, what is it Nathaniel?

“Does God have a neck?”

“Well, not really because He’s invisible.  But Jesus had a neck.”

“Just like me?!?!”

“Yep, just like ALL people have necks.”

“But God should have a neck.  Belle has neck and she’s a dog!”

I so enjoy conversations like these!  =) Hope you all have a great day!

An Update

I wanted to update with some new pictures.  Work has been great and Nathaniel and Lydia are sweethearts for sure.  Belle has even found a new friend in the family’s German Shepherd- Gretchen AKA- Doodle.  Enjoy! (sorry for low quality on some. They were taken with my phone)

Nathaniel and I had a picnic lunch in the basement.  His bike came too!

Lydia is a true princess indeed!

Here’s Gretchen

Belle and Gretchen chillin in the great fall weather!

My new job

On Tuesday September 4th I officialy began my new job as nanny to Lydia age 5 and Nathaniel age 3.  My primary responsibility is Nathaniel because Lydia is in school all day.  It seems that over the years my nanny jobs has focused on this 2-3 year old boy age.  I love this age!  They are so explorative, creative, and imaginative. 

Well I just had to pass the two latest Nathaniel quotes along because they were to funny to keep to myself.

Nathaniel: “Bethany, why are strawberries red?”

Me: “Well Nathaniel, that’s the color God made them.”

Nathaniel: “Why did He make them red?”

Me: “Well, I guess he liked that color for strawberries.”

Nathaniel: “hmmm, I would have made them yellow.”

While driving on the highway with the windows rolled down. . .

Nathaniel: “Bethany, why is the word high in highway?”

Me: “uhmmm, well. . .really long complicated answer of why I thought the word high was in highway.”

Nathaniel: “oh. . . . Well are there lowways?” 

There are just some questions you can’t answer with, “Because God made it that way.”  I think I have to work on answering the why questions!