All good things must come to end...

Since January I have babysat for a wonderful family! The parents are work from home parents, and they have a little daughter, Claudia, whom is 5 days older than my little Madelyn. It has been a great job, and fun experience. Claudia's mom, Candace, and I have become great friends through this working relationship. It really worked out great for both of us! Candace had in-home childcare, so she could spend time with her daughter on and off throughout the day, and nurse her when need be. For me, I got to be an at home mom to my kids (just not in my home), get paid to watch Claudia, and have playtime for my kids with another child. Claudia, Madelyn and Caleb have become great friends. It is so precious to see the kids interact with one another! I am going to miss being over at their home, and having our kids have weekly play times together. Due to the baby coming, and not knowing how the dynamics of having 3 little ones home, we are taking a break from what we currently do. Candace and her family are heading out tomorrow for their 2 week family Christmas traveling. So, we decided that it is a good time to end the babysitting until we can see how things go once our baby is here. I will be driving them to the airport tomorrow for a farewell, and to help them out. Candace is so sweet, she doesn't want to replace me or find other childcare. So, she is talking me into babysitting Claudia at our house 2 or 3 days a week for about 4 hours in the morning, once I feel up to it. I know it would be great to help them out, keep the friendship between the kids strong, but we will just have to see how it all goes. I know I just didn't want to bundle up my kids, especially a newborn, and take them out in the MN chill of winter. We shall see how it goes. I will miss them greatly, and I know my kids are going to miss their little friend Claudia, but we will FOR SURE keep up the relationships. I will have to take some pictures tomorrow so I can show you the pictures of the kids together.