Lots of Cleaning and Crying (Noah)

After dropping Evan off at school I had Riley come over. She lives in our neighborhood and babysits. She is only 12, but had great recommendations/referrals. I started babysitting when I was that age. I wanted to find another babysitter as a backup when Blanca is not available.

Anyway, I had her come for the first time today. I planned on being home the whole time and having her help me with Noah. When Riley first got here Noah was very clingy. He cried for about the first 15 minutes. I sat on the floor with them and slowly backed away. I did a lot of cleaning around the house. Noah was fine until the end when he saw me vacuuming. He wanted me to hold him and got very upset. It seemed to work out well except for the first and last part. I plan on having her come again next Thursday to help me.

When I picked up Evan the kids were on the floor for story time. I put Noah on the floor and Evan came over him and hugged him.

At home, I tried to give the boys haircuts. Both were very cranky and didn’t want to sit still. I managed to trim their hair a little.

Evan and Noah went down for naps around 2:30 and they both slept well.

Morry got home around 6:00.

For dinner we had hamburgers and corn on the cob.

I put some hot wheels/matchbox cars in a container and put it in the bathroom. I’m going to fill it with a few more toys. We told Evan he can pick out a car each time he pees/poops on the potty. He sat on the potty tonight for a long time, but didn’t do anything. He was upset when we told him it was time to get off and get ready for bed.

We just put Evan and Noah to be and it seems quiet.