Tub Time

Alright, I figured I should give all y'all a little background info on the family that I am working for as a nanny, since most of my posts will likely be about crazy things that go on with them and myself. Like I said before I am in Louisiana. I am working with one little girl who just turned 5, her name is Eryn. She is a cute little kid, very smart, and always on the go like most kids her age are. Her parents names are Michael and Gail . I am also helping take care of Gail's mother Ruby. Gail and Michael are in their mid 60's and 5 years ago decided to adopt this little girl. In my honest opinion I'm not quite sure what they were thinking and I kinda wonder if they feel the same way. Haha. They are great people though and love her dearly. The biggest problem they have come up against is that they both have very demanding careers. Gail developed a program on promoting teen abstinence for the state of Louisiana and as a result is often out of the country. She is currently in Poland teaching a seminar. Michael is Vice President of a large company and travels as well. So basically they either have to take Eryn with them or leave her with someone. She usually travels with them, or at least with Gail however sometimes it just isn't an option. Because of this life style Eryn has been treated like an adult in many ways and hasn't really learned how to be a kid. She doesn't know a lot of things that 5 years old children know so we are working on kinda reprogramming her way of thinking. I am hoping I can do some good and already have some wacky stories about my time with her, which at this point is only 8 days. HAHA. I wanted to share our latest experience with you all. It occurred last night, which was April 27. I was trying to get Eryn washed up and ready for bed ( bedtime is very new for her. She has been allowed to stay up till 2 am or later). We were having bath time in her parents bath tub which just so happens to be very nice is complete with jets. After washing her hair and what not I usually let her play for a few min and then we get out. While she was playing I went to put her shampoo away and when I came back she immediately turned on the jets. Now, this doesn't seem like it would be to bad of an idea, however the level of water in the tub was low enough that the jets were not completely submerged...the result.... water spraying EVERYWHERE. I was completely soaked from head to foot. I was scrambling trying to find which button she used to turn the jets on with. I was a bit confused by this since I have never had the luxury of a jetted tub. After finally getting the jets turned off I looked like I had pretty much just jumped in the tub with the kid. There was water and bubbles dripping off pretty much every surface possible. Needless to say, Eryn and I both learned valuable lessons last night. Eryn learned not to turn on the jets and I learned that we are going to be having bath time in just a regular ol tub from now on. I laugh about it now however I didn't find it quite as amusing last night. Well, I gotta go get Eryn from Pre -School now. Stay tuned y'all for some more crazy stories.

So, I finally broke down and decided to create a blog. If you know me at all, you all know I have been against the whole blog/myspace/facebook craze... so what made me break down and finally create a blog of my own you may ask??? Well, I recently accepted a job as a traveling nanny for a family who lives in Covington, Louisiana. Covington is a small town about 20 minutes outside of New Orleans. Even though I am currently staying in Louisiana I will most likely be traveling all over the world and decided a blog may be a good way for my friends and family to keep track of me while I galavant all over the place. Haha. I will most likely share some crazy stories and keep you informed of my thoughts ( just in case you wanna hear them). I hope you all enjoy it... oh and.... Hold on to your Butts!