Babysitter

John and I had an official babysitter come over tonight for the first time since the kids came home. I had a Christmas party and he had a meeting, so Uncle Jared came over. I left at 7, and John got home at 8:30, so it wasn't a big deal, but still, it was a monumental step.

Almost called off the whole thing when earlier in the day after explaining the evening plans, Liana asked if Uncle Jared was going to be their new Papa. Um, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. John sat them down and did some extra explaining after that one, and then they were just fine. John drew a pictoral timeline of their day, and showed them how short of a time Uncle Jared would be here. After that, they were all set for him to come and play.

Uncle seemed to handle it pretty well and never complained or let on that there had been any problem while we were gone. (Thankfully we didn't have any sugar flowing through everyones' veins on top of the excitement...)