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Oliver and Zoe and the Easter Bunny!
A Visit to Meet the Easter Bunny Brings Different Reactions from Oliver and Zoe
So Ms. Yin and Mr. Yang, known respectively as our grandchildren Zoe and Oliver both went to see the Easter bunny. As usual, they both had very different reactions. The calm and cool Miss Zoe maintained her calm and cool demeanor and Oliver was just a little upset, mostly at those big furry hands! Of course Oliver’s reaction could have been anticipated considering how much he loved Santa!
Sometimes it’s not Easy Being Oliver!
This Week in Babysitting – March 15-21!
Another Fun Week with Zoe and Oliver
Babysitting this week included three days with Zoe and one with Oliver.For two of the days with Zoe, my wife was with me, for the third day my son Nick was there, like you need two people with Zoe! Now for Oliver, and extra set of hands, or two, or three, would be welcomed!
Zoe Provides a Recovery Day!
Oliver provides the Workout and Zoe the Recovery – Yin and Yang Once More!
If babysitting Oliver is the workout, then babysitting Zoe is the recovery day!! About the only part of my body that got a good workout yesterday were my fingers. They were chewed on by Miss Zoe most of the day! They were preferred over the teething rings! When I got there Zoe was asleep, Melissa said she would probably wake up about 9:30 and she would be ready to eat again at sometime between 10:30 and 11:00, sounded good to me! So I set up the laptop and got to work and occasionally checked on her. The checking became more regular as she was still asleep when 9:30 came around, She was still asleep at 10:00 and at 10:30 now I was worrying, but she was still moving around, so logically I knew she was ok. At about 10:50 or so I was texting with my wife she asked when Zoe was supposed to eat, I said about five minutes ago,- LOL! Anyway we both thought that her stomach would have her waking soon! Our thoughts were borne out when she awoke a few minutes later, and Kathy wished good luck.
An Active Day with Oliver!!
Oliver makes babysitting a workout!!
So my last two days have been spent with my two favorite little people! Tuesday was spent with grandson Oliver and today with granddaughter Zoe. Since I am writing about them tonight may give you an idea which day was more tiring!! I must say though that my tiredness on Tuesday was increased by the traffic on 295 which caused Andrew to arrive home about a half hour late.
ADD and Blogging – Not Perfect Together!!
So my ADD and I have delayed writing anything today for about as long as I can. I was supposed to babysit Oliver today, but the icy road conditions this morning necessitated a change of plans, so I will be babysitting him tomorrow and Zoe on Wednesday, both for full days! Which is why today I exercised this morning and tonight!! So how did I delay writing today? Well this morning I decided to go through some piles of papers and magazines and then vacuum the room where I spend most of my time. Couple that with finishing up some laundry from yesterday and reading some in Hard Rain and before I knew, it was lunchtime! My afternoon and evening were spent finishing Hard Rain, a trip to Target and dinner, after which I still hadn’t written anything!!
Oliver and Zoe – Our Yin and Yang
A Fun Day with Yang Grandson Oliver
I am a strong believer in the duality of both nature and the human spirit, The yin and the yang, light and dark, male and female, Narcissus and Goldmund,, the active and the passive, Can you see where I’m going with this?? If you check, the post prior to this one is about our passive grandchild Zoe.Yesterday was spent babysitting our more active grandchild Oliver. Included in the description of yin and yang at Wikipedia is:the following…..
Another Quiet Afternoon with the often Amazing Zoe!
Yesterday, i spent the afternoon with the very quiet, now five month-old Zoe. That quiet part may change though over the next few months as she becomes more mobile. Somehow though, I still think she will be somewhat calmer than Mr. Oliver. Kinda’ like difference between Oliver;s father Andrew and Andrew’s sister Elizabeth, Guess which one loved to stand at the top of a wooden sliding board, when he still wasn’t walking and shake it back and forth!!
