Andrews Family

I have started watching our little neighbor, Cecilia , a couple days a week while her parents are working (from 8:30 to 3:30). She is about 18 months older than Olivia (that makes her 2.5 yrs) and it has been fun to see them play together. Cecilia is the youngest (her brother, Nikolas is 6) so she thinks it’s fun to be the big girl and, of course, Olivia is more than happy to let Cecilia bring her things and entertain her. I thought it would be a good time in our life to try watching someone else’s child to see if that’s something I’d like to do if I ever need or want a part-time job. It’s been fun to get a check at the end of the week and educational to have a toddler in the house! This is our fourth week and we’re getting the hang of it pretty well by now. She still cries when her dad leaves her in the morning, but we can usually get her interested in something pretty quickly - usually helping me pick out Olivia’s clothes for the day. She likes it when they wear the same color (usually pink). This morning she was playing "kitchen" while Olivia was taking her morning nap and was sweetly stirring her pot and serving Red whatever she had made! I tried to catch her on our video camera but she got shy when she saw the camera. She enjoys playing with Red as much as Olivia, I think. We’ll have to get a picture of the girls up so you can see how cute they are together.