Debriefing the parents

Per suggestion of a great friend and fellow blogger, I am going to write a response to this article through the eyes of a babysitter :)

-Your kids were great for me (90% of the time this means your kids were as good for me as they are for you, 5% the kids were awful but either I made a deal with the kids to go to bed and I wouldn't tell you how bad they were OR I don't want to look like a bad babysitter so I'm going to tell you they were good even though they didn't listen to me at all, and the other 5% of the time, it means your children were perfect angels but if I told you that, you wouldn't believe me so I'll just tell you they did great.)

-The kids went to bed just fine (fine is such a funny word.  usually this means that I made an honest attempt to get the kids to bed on time but that cute pouty face that wanted to read "just one more book" five or six times, and all the "I need....(a drink, to potty, a hug, a light [on or off], a blanket, a stuffed animal, to be tucked in [again], to know when mommy and daddy will be home, to tell mommy and daddy something so I can't go to sleep until then [therefore, I'm going to keep bring to back in here with requests so I can fight off sleep], oh and how i could forget- i need to brush my teeth [again]).  So really, the kids might have been IN bed when you asked, but they more likely weren't asleep for at least an hour.

-Everything is in order (yes, i'm a cruel babysitter that makes the children clean up after themselves.  Okay, so that's only kind of true.  once I lose track of what time it is because we were too busy watching a movie [yeah, about that no tv thing....they begged, and I gave in.  but we didn't watch it the whole time, I promise], i ask the kids to pick up their mess quickly as i'm also trying to get everyone ready for bed AKA I do most of the cleaning once I get them into bed.  (usually) the dishes are clean, or at least put in the dishwasher.  we ate all the food, so no need to worry about where the leftovers went)

So this is all i've come up with for now.  I might add on to this later if I come up with more.  I do believe I'm going to have a hard time finding a babysitter for my children because I will have very high expectations :)

Please comment on this, especially if I've ever babysat for you :D

Thx 4 readin
~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D