Mr. Caderyn James

This week I had the pleasure of babysitting my friend Jeff and Sarah's son Caderyn. It was fun getting to know this little guy over a longer period of time. I usually only see him for short bits with his mom while we go on walks, short play dates or to get ice cream. But this time it was Caderyn time at morning, lunch and afternoon. Adeline enjoyed having Caderyn around too. They played and played and played. Fought only a little, over cars. Caderyn loves cars and trucks. Where I'm going with this....I loved getting to know him and it makes me think about other people who take care of other people's kids and how much fun it would be to get to know all the different personalities of kiddos. But then I thought about the harsh reality of dealing with that many kids, no thank you.
Yes, having two toddlers was easier at times than just one. But you should have seen me Friday, ha ha. Two was more than enough. Thankfully I did have a little help from JD, dealing with car seats, hauling the two diaper bags, my camera bag, my purse, why did I pack all that stuff??



Pictured above, Caderyn loved making sure things were equal, each has their own car and water cup. Another great part of having another toddler around the house, was watching how Adeline responded. She loved doing what Caderyn did, running like he did and playing with what he played with. The most obvious example of the peer influence, besides the photo, was later in the week when Caderyn had a cup of milk before lunch. Adeline demanded that she too had a cup of milk. {Side note, my child does not like to drink cows milk} But there standing next to Caderyn I watched my little girl suck down the milk.



Tuesday we went to story time at the library. The kids played with the parachute after reading books.

Adeline enjoyed holding onto the parachute versus running under it.
Caderyn's full-time daycare will start next week but I will hopefully get to watch him on Fridays. Getting me practiced up for when we add another one to our family...