Saturday, January 17, 2009

The awesomeness that is babysitting night

We are in a babysitting co-op. This means that once a month we have one hugely crazy night of babysitting so that we can have three date nights free of charge (yes we are also cheap). Last night was our turn to tend the children. We have 12 kids in the co-op with only 2 of them being girls. Let me tell you, you haven't lived until you watch 12 kids at once (let me know if you want to try it). The first few times we babysat, we would reach the end of the night and think "We are never doing this again." Now, things run like clockwork with only the occasional brawl and wetting of the pants (by the kids not us). Last night was actually pretty mellow, and John and I actually got to sit on the couch for 30 full minutes and catch up on The Office while the kids played in the basement. Now we get to enjoy the next three Fridays out and secretly smile when we think of all the kids at someone else's house - probably getting into something.




3 comments:

Unknown said...

That sounds like chaos with rewards! Your co-op sounds different than any of the co-ops I've hear of and it sounds great (hopefully the babysitting families don't get a mysterious illness hours before they are supposed to watch the kids- LOL, I'm joking of course). I bet your kids like having a weekly party- since that's just about what it is for them. So it's win-win!

swampbaby said...

You are a brave soul.

Maddy said...

You are so brave. We've been asked to do a co-op a few times, but we always decided that we'd rather pay someone.