Friday night, I babysat an adorable four year old girl named Sydney. You really can't help but love her; she's like a grown up in a little body sometimes. After her parents left, she told me all the things that we could do together, and when she was done, she insisted that I choose instead of her. She also told me that if I needed anything just to ask her. :D At times in the evening, especially while watching Jack and the Beanstalk, I was about to talk to her like I would my friends. For example, one of the characters was played by the same actor who played Vizzini from Princess Bride, and he made a reference to iocane powder. I wanted to say something about it, but then I remembered that Sydney was four and she probably hadn't watched that movie. It was easy to forget how much she hasn't learned of the world.
One of the cooler moments of the night was when we were "learning." We sat with wipe boards and dry erase markers and we drew letters, numbers, and shapes. Sydney started adding, and she was doing a great job with it, so I asked her if she knew how to subtract. She said she didn't know what that was. So I had her put up ten fingers, and I asked her how many fingers she would have left if she put down two. She counted each one, and said eight! It was awesome.
But back to the topic at hand. Although Sydney was a little adult, she was still a kid. And easily tricked. Her parents ran a little late, and about an hour and a half before they got home (when I was trying to get her to lay down and go to sleep) she got really anxious and sad that they weren't there. So I showed her my watch and told her when they'd be home. Well, it started to approach that time and I hadn't heard from them, so I stopped my watch at five til. Every time Sydney would ask, it said the same time, but she kept saying that they would be home soon. It kept her in a state of perpetual happiness, which worked out great for me. I know it sounds bad, but sometimes it's fun to trick little kids. :D
I'm a good babysitter, I swear. :D
Sydney's pretty picture :)
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you
Nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to
Just try to never grow up.
~Taylor Swift
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