A Babysitting Weekend

Claire and Aunty Lulu showing off fashion

This past weekend Ingrid and I had the opportunity to babysit not just one but both of our grandchildren. On Friday night we babysat Claire so that Geoff and Miriam could go to a show, and on Saturday night we babysat Jonty so that Luisa and Mark could participate in a Curling bonspiel with their friends. The really cool part was that Luisa, Mark and Jonathan spent the night with us on Friday so that Luisa could do a couple of things with friends on Friday night and Saturday. This meant that Jonty and Claire had plenty of time to play together - and what an enjoyable time they had.

Claire demonstrating how it's done

It is so gratifying to see how well they get on together. Claire is very exceptional in that, at 17 months, she is prepared to SHARE! This is truly amazing. I don't think she got that from any McCann genes that I can think of. With a very superior air, oozing patience, she watches Jonty playing with something that she wants and is quite prepared to wait until he tires of it. You can almost hear her thinking, "He hasn't got a clue how to really play with that thing." Then she takes over and shows him how it is done. You can see something of this exchange in the photo I have added where Claire is demonstrating how the fold-up action works in her book and Jonty is looking in awe knowing that he can never be as clever as his cousin - doomed, as he is, to be forever 5 months younger.

Claire and Jonty enjoying (?) a splash in the bath.



Jonty demonstrating the Zombie Walk. He only took his first two steps 3 weeks ago.