A Day with Epifanio

 I babysat Epifanio today, and we had a heck of a day. First, since he was brought to me so early, we went to a new place for bagels. I parked us inn the wrong place for it, so we had to walk across the whole Riverwoods. Epifanio didn't mind, and even insisted on pics while we traveled. 

When we were waiting for our food to be ready, he was being such a card. 

Then when we picked up Gecko from school, he fell asleep in the car on the way back. I placed him on my bed to sleep, and he just moved around until he was absolutely insanely on the bed. 

That Seems Safe

 I babysat the fellas again today, and Darth helped me put up some Christmas stuff. 

Epifanio just wanted to watch Cars. 

Darth helped with the decor, and then asked to jump off the ladder (of course I said yes I'm not a monster)

And we ordered some pizza for dinner, to celebrate. 

Morning with Epifanio

 Babysat the baby today of course, and we had a great time. 

He was given to me without a jacket, in this chilly weather. He wanted to go on a walk, so I just put him in a hoodie of mine, and off we went. 

He was just so happy to be watching Cars 2 and living life. 

Time for Fun

 I babysat the fellas today, and Epifanio was all full of energy. We had a great time trying to get it all out. 

Epifanio Friday

 On the Fridays that I don't work, I usually watch Epifanio in the AM whilst his mom is busy. Today was just such a day. He arrived nice and early and we had a fun morning. 

We went on a walk in the rain, and he always gets sick of being in the stroller by the end - he always wants to be the one pushing it around. 

He just gets so happy, look at this freaking face, what a cutie.

Babysitting Shenanigans

 We babysat the fellas today, and Epifanio started out having a hard time of it. 

He was upset that his mom had left, so he dealt with that by facing the dishwasher and not talking to anyone haha. 

Then we took them to a park, it was nice enough to be out and about, so that was nice. Then we did a little bit of Lego work to be revealed later! 

Babysitting Epifanio

 I babysat Epifanio today, and we had a grand old time. It's nice to babysit just one of the fellas at once, they are so chill when they're alone! He helped me make some Chex Mix...by just eating Oreos. 

Then he helped Husband play his game ... by just pushing the 'over' button and making his character scoot across screen haha. 

Then we got lunch, and of course I let that baby have some of my Baja Blast, caffeine be damned. 

Babysitting the Ladies

 Tonight we were asked to babysit our nieces, so we took the opportunity to hang out with the tiny ladies. They were wearing an outfit that I had bought them, so hype to see them in these cute cute onesies. 

Maggie isn't having any of the pics, as you can see her getting mad haha. They were being punks all night! They started fine, then one of them (usually held by Husband) would cry. He would switch me for my happy baby, and then once I would get her calmed down, the one he had taken from me would start to cry. We just kept this up all evening, sheesh! I was glad when it was our time to hand them back to the parents and let them deal with that haha. Right as they were getting home from their evening, we were changing their diapers. My SIL thought it was fun, and snapped some pics. 

These little ladies are so dang cute! Can't wait for them to be real people soon. (you know...when they can walk and talk on their own)

Babysitting Shenanigans Pt 2

 I babysat the fellas again today, their mom had various appointments, so we were ready for fun. When they got here, Epifanio was of course devastated to be left by his mom, but he always bounces back so fast. We decided a walk was in order (now that it had stopped raining) and we walked to the nearest park. We first ran to the double swing, it's our favorite ride. 

We played there for a while, until poor Epfianio had soaked his pants through. Something that I hadn't considered is that even though it has stopped raining, there's still water all over every plastic slide in the joint. And Epifanio rode those until they were dry and his pants were wet haha. He did this routine over and over again:

We got home and I pantsed the tiny boy and dried his pants in the dryer as we watched his favorite movie, Frozen. We had a fabulous morning together. 

Babysitting Fun

 I watched the fellas tonight whilst their parents needed a getaway and we had a great time. After dinner, we were just chilling and nobody could agree on what to watch. So I set the fellas up with their movie in my room and then Epifanio wanted to watch Frozen of course, so I just set him up on my iPad. 

And then I wanted a group picture, but of course, he wasn't interested in looking away from the iPad. 

Such dang cuties. 

Day with the Fellas

 I babysat a few of the fellas today, and it was a grand old time. As soon as they showed up, at noon, they had to eat right away, it's lunch time, after all. After our lunch, we went on a walk. It was a bit chilly outside, so I wrapped them into a blanket. 

We returned home and watched a movie, finishing one that we had started last week. We had fun mostly jumping on the couch instead of watching, and then we wanted to snuggle. 

A little later, we had to take some time for his feelings, after being told that he had to take his hands out of his diaper. 

We just needed to take some time to recover from such an emotional blow. Luckily everyone got along and nobody had any issues, so it was a relatively quiet afternoon! 

Popcorn Time

 Today I had to babysit the fellas whilst their mom had an appointment. I did what I normally do which was, pull out a snack whilst we hang out, it always makes Epifanio smile. 

Then he decided to try and feed me, and it went just about as well as you would think. 

Good job all of us.

Babysitting Time!

 Today I babysat the fellas all day, and we had a great time. Near the beginning of the day, Epifanio got scared whilst holding a small radio, and then he was embarrassed and needed to take the time to collect his thoughts. 

Later he perked up when we started to use him to stage Baby Yoda pics. 

We tried to make it look like the force is being used to hold him up like this haha. 

Then we had to pick up Darth from school, and Epifanio fell asleep on the way back. Luckily he stayed asleep when we got back, but in the most uncomfortable looking position. 

Later, after watching a movie and having a snack, we decided to use my bed to do some tricks. It started out well, but then turned out bad. 

So, yep, he bonked his head into the dresser and cut it open, just a smidge. Nothing he hasn't done before, and not even as bad as previous times. But then we stopped jumping on the bed, and just chilled and watched a movie until the parents came to get them. Not a bad day, but man, I was exhausted at the end! 

Babysitting Cuties

 Since my sister was in the hospital delivering a baby, when I got home from work today, I babysat the fellas so that her husband could go see her. They were animals! But Epifanio was so cute as always. 

He was just so cute! I love that he's figuring out how cameras work. 

He's too cute! 

Time to Party

 I babysat the fellas again tonight, and we watched a few minutes of an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, and Epifanio hecking loved it. 

I loved how he kept looking over at me to make sure I was also having a good time. 

This was all I got after asking for a smile. 

This was during dinner, we have the hardest time with keeping Darth at the table to eat, he wanders around like a damn cat. 

Babysitting some fellas

 Tonight I babysat the fellas, since it's their folks anniversary. When they arrived, Darth and Gecko were so hype that they were dressed alike for the day. 

We started with a great meal (Darth chose Taco Bell, so you know I'm into it) and then we went on a walk to the park. Epifanio enjoyed some quesadilla. 

At the park, we put Epifanio and Gecko on the swings and they had a great time. 

Then it was a bit too cold, so we came home for some hot cocoa and we watched some Halloween short movies on Disney+. All in all, I would say it was a success. 

Easiest Number of Kids to Babysit is One

 Today I got to babysit Epifanio whilst the fellas were in school. We started off by popping some popcorn, which he was a little afraid of. Epifanio seems to be afraid of all kitchen machinery. 

Then we just spent some time eating the popcorn, taking photos, and playing with toys, his favorite thing to do. 

We had such a fun time, he thinks taking photos is the best. 

Group Babysitting

Today I had a full house of fellas, all of varying ages. When they were dropped off, Epifanio was not into anything. Cried cried cried as soon as his mom left. The only time he stopped crying was when Husband wrapped him in this blanket in the backyard.

 Then we took everyone on a walk, it went pretty well.

Finally, Epifanio was happy enough to be alone and not have everyone around him. Of course, Darth had to crash the video, as he always does.

Babysitting

I babysat Epifanio today just by his lonesome while the fellas were in school. We had a great time.

 I made sure he stayed hydrated.

 He really enjoyed watching My Little Pony (wide-eyed with his hand near his junk area is his go-to pose)

Getting his diaper changed is literally his favorite thing in the world. He just loves being a nudist baby.