Today I hung out with my favorite four year old. We "wrestled", watched the Disney sing-a-long video to her heart's content, and listened to David Bowie and The Commodores, her choice. She's a boss. She's quite into potty humor at the moment and really likes to do things that are "tough". Probably because of her older brother. It was a riot to hear the things coming out of her mouth. One of my favorites had to be, out of nowhere, "I'm going to sock you in the butt hole." It took everything inside me to not laugh and tell her that's not a nice thing to say. I miss this job. I'm generally really good with kids. In one way or another I've always been around them and I'm a total child at heart. That makes it easy. She's so big now. When I started she was one and a half and very quiet. Now she's four, going to preschool and making friends, and talks up one hilarious storm. My sister has taken over the gig since I left for San Francisco, and boy do I miss it. I was lucky that my job for two years was playing with playdough, making forts, having dance parties, and coloring.
The rain was amazing today. When it cleared I had just begun my babysitting gig. And although I couldn't go out to experience it, it was glorious looking. The sun was almost blinding. And the huge, white, fluffy, billowing clouds lit up with the sun and sped across the sky because of the wind. By the dairies and orchards in my hometown you get the best sky views, and was that a site! I'm not a fan of rain for days in a row like this, but I forget how gloomy or disgustingly wet it has been when that sky opens up like that.
I wish we got more clouds like that in summer.
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