Babysitter

Sometimes I really enjoy babysitting.

I babysat these two little girls last night while their parents went to see "Wicked."
It was kind-of perfect.
We talked about "Wicked" on the way to the house, because I had just seen it, so it wasn't one of those awkward rides where neither of you can think of anything to say.

These kids are some of the cutest kids in the world. Sophia (Phia) is 4, and Isabel (Eesa) is 2.

Every time I go, these kids have a new TV/Video obsession. Last time, it was the movie "Mirror Mirror."  (No complaints there, I loved that movie.)

This time they were obsessed with the Nickelodeon TV show "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
Oh my gosh you guys. Now I know why my cousins would wake up every Saturday morning to watch it. Because it's AWESOME.

I remember seeing bits and pieces of it as a kid. An episode at the Bames, an episode at the Gym, but I've never really thought about it. Once I saw TOTAL cliff-hanger at the gym. This was probably about 6 years ago.
Last night, I saw the episode after that one. After 6 years, I get some kind of closure.
And.... I think I'm hooked.
I WILL be checking these out of the library.

They had bought the seasons on DVD because they had already watched it on Netflix. 4 TIMES.
Phia was able to run the whole huge confusing TV system way better than I could.

Ya, they have obsessions with TV stuff.... but they LOVE to go outside.
Phia likes to show off on the swing in their little backyard, and little Eesa wanted me to push her. Then Phia would ask me if I wanted to play a game, and she made one up on the spot.
We were Pirates, and we collected two bucketfuls of "pirate treasure" (rocks) to take to the treehouse, which we then had to throw out the window (back to the landscaping area) to stop other pirates from coming in and taking it.
Phia made up a song on the spot about loving her family. She threw in a verse about good babysitters.

Phia likes to talk about EVERYTHING. She recently lost her first tooth, and the Tooth-fairy gave her "a square green paper penny." (dollar.) But she was mad because she "wanted a guitar."
I told her that she was getting the Tooth-fairy confused with Santa Claus.

Eesa likes to talk too... but I have a harder time deciphering what she means.

There was an old digital camera on the dining room counter, and Phia said it was hers. We took pictures of each other making funny faces (apparently, the only proper way to make a funny face is to put your fingers in your mouth and pull at the sides), and we took pictures together.
It was SO cute.

Phia wrote a "letter" to my mom on part of a paper towel. Translated, it basically "said" that our parents should double date.

And when it was almost 10:00pm, after Eesa had crashed and I'd taken her upstairs, it was just Phia and I cuddled up watching Avatar.

Smiling, she turned to look up at me and said, "Sometimes kids love their babysitters."
"And sometimes we love you, too."