Since school started, I've been nannying the neighbor kids just part-time, but we've still had adventures in between homework sessions. I'm learning a lot about them and gaining wisdom about how to work with kids this age; it's quite a switch from high school, yet awesome in its own way. I'm glad this is not just a job but a relationship - they've gotten to know some of my family and friends, and vice versa. See the following photos for evidence.
At one of our favorite parks
Enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with one of my former Logos students, Harah, and her roommate Ji Hye
At a local event for preteen girls on healthy body image
On a class trip to the farm (no, Jimmy's boa did not go AWOL during the trip)
At my church's Christmas concert
Guess who was an angel in her school's Christmas program?
Out for an unseasonably warm Christmas walk (they loved my aunt and uncle's dog, Pepper!)
Making Christmas cookies...
... And hot chocolate for their dad's birthday
(all 3 kids and their dad have birthdays in the month following Christmas)
Someone was sleepy after a nap in the car (not me, I promise!)
Another successful sewing lesson with my mom, yielding 2 scrunchies: one for her, one for a friend.
This girl's birthday pool party had to be postponed due to Pennsylvania's Snowpocalypse, but at least the weather lent itself to her first-ever sledding experience! It was also my first real snow experience in six years. In her words, her 9th birthday was "epic."
Her sister liked sledding too, but preferred eating snow.
All 3 had a great time!
I'm thankful to be in these kids' lives and looking forward to continuing in 2016. I've already seen them grow a lot, and it's been a pleasure!
