Thursday, May 29, 2008

Adventures in Babysitting

These past few days, I was able to watch my cousin Tegan. The first day started off a little slow. Tegan can appear to be quiet and shy when you first meet her. Oh, but do not be fooled, my friend. I think that I have talked to her more in the past three days then I have William his whole life. -converstation wise. She's hilarious! I tried to come up with some fun things that she could do. I really tried to find things that she would like to keep her busy because I wasn't able to sit and play with her all day. I got her a coloring book and a make your own locket kit (or something like that). Today, however, I decided to take her to McDonald's for lunch. I left Lily with my mom and took Tegan and William. (I don't have room in my car for 3 car seats.)We just went through the drive-thru and took the food home to eat. I got Will's food out and put it on a tray for him. I pulled out Tegan's food for her. She didn't like that she had the same number of chicken nuggets as Will did.
"It's just unfair because I'm bigger," she said.

"Well, you wanted a Kid's Meal and the Kid's Meal only has 4 nuggets in it," I countered.

"I didn't know that."

There was a strange noise. (Silence.)

"Hmm.." she began. "I think that next time, I want a Momma's Meal."

I wonder, how many chicken nuggets come in that?

3 comments:

Claire Bailey said...

18 i think. how old is tegan? are she and will the same age?

Neely Family said...

You know how to handle this....

Emett Family said...

That is a great story! Aren't kids reasoning skills hilarious. Keep up the good work. You are a great mom!!!