Babysitting in the Numbers

sums up the night

 4 kids

1 dog

6 movie choices

1 wrestling match to decide which movie when I wasn't in the room

2 boys covered in chalk pain

4 hungry kids

1 pizza

1 bowl of Apple Jacks

4 bananas

2 apples

3 juicebags

7 gumballs

4 bowls of chocolate pudding

3 kids helping with the dishes

1 twin always crying

4 inches of water on the bathroom floor after a bath

1 bottle of soap squeezed in the bath to create

4,000 bubbles all over the place

15 minutes of bath time

2 types of detangler used

0 tears when brushing hair

2 pairs of pajamas

2 good older brothers hanging out downstairs

1 twin making 

1 dog go crazy with a ball

1 twin sobbing because the ball had to be put away for bed time

1 twin laughing at her sister crying for

20 minutes straight

1 happy twin climbing on the edge of the bunk bed

1 then not so happy twin split her lip

2 twins now crying

1 bleeding all over

1 realizing the emergency and wisely deciding her tears were for no good reason

3 blood stains

1 red wash cloth with an ice cube

1 judgement call if the split lip needed stiches

2 soothed girls ready for bed after 

30 minutes past their bedtime

3 stories told

2 water bottles brought up

6 hugs

1 light switch turned off

2 boys downstairs watching Tanked

1 friend of the lady sitting with them

2 rooms to quickly clean

30 dollars

2.5 quick hours

1 exhausted babysitter

xo

Hannah