The Babysitter

I must share a story of a recent babysitting experience that was had by my brother-in-law. For those of you who don't know him, let me first start off by explaining Matt for you all. I think I can best sum it up in the above picture. (Matt is the one on the right.) He's a very um, charismatic, individual. He is also an individual who is very anal...his house is immaculate. He has a great sense of decoration and loves to keep everything in order. He's also a single, 30-something man. Without kids. No plans for kids. Loves them, but loves his clean, scream-free place even more.

Above all, though, he's got a great sense of humor, hence the above photo. So I thought it would be great if Uncle Matt could watch the kids for us, while Andy went in for a teacher workday. No big deal, right? I mean, what's the harm?...Drew's a piece of cake. He just sleeps the majority of the time. When he's not sleeping, he's content to watch his crazy sister or YO Gabba Gabba. And Emma loves Uncle Matt, so there'd be no problem, right?

WRONG. Of course Drew decides to be fussy for Uncle Matt. Or so Matt explains. And of course the batteries went dead in the swing. (The swing is typically the "savior" when Drew is unhappy. ) He could swing for hours upon hours in that thing. Anyway, Matt explains that at one point in time, Drew won't stop crying. And then Emma starts crying because all focus is shifted to Drew. Of course, right?!? While this episode happens, Nana (Matt's mom; my MIL) decides to give a call to check in on how things are going. From what I understand (God, I wish I could have been a fly on the wall), Matt is all in a tisy and has no time to talk. So he hangs up on his mom. And I just KNOW Karen was laughing hystically when she heard the deadtone on the other end!

I know I was when I heard that story.

Meanwhile, at work, I get on facebook to check up on Finish Line's page (because I'm at work and that is the sole purpose for getting access to FB at work) and I notice that Matt has updated his status to "ordering a movie on Pay-Per-View." Little did I know, that he was just messing with me, knowing that I would see that. Ha. Ha.

Ohhhhhh, I'm still kinda chuckling to myself. I think it's FANTASTIC that Matt got to experience "parenthood" with 2 under 3. I've got him booked for another day come December!