Lily and Maddie

The summer adventures of Lily, Maddie, and I

Lily and Maddie are the girls I am nannying (is that a word?) this summer. They are an absolute blast, and I am missing them today. I had a doc appt. this mng and Maddie one this afternoon, so I couldn't keep them. Lily is 8 and going into 3rd grade and Maddie is 11 and going into 6th grade, so they are pretty much up for anything and it's great. Yesterday Maddie had soccer camp, and afterwards we were going to go see a movie. Well there was only one issue, Maddie didn't want to take a shower after soccer camp, and said she didn't need one. (She's not a girly girl-wears soccer shorts and ponytails all the time.) After 10 mins. of asking her to shower and Lily telling her that yes she was stinky even when she does shower, just beacuse she is Maddie, we settled on washing off with dirt on her knees and arms with a washcloth. Then we were off to the movies...to see Kung Fu Panda...it was so cute! However, rather silly to talk about him being fat all the time...you would think with him working out that much to be a Kung Fu master, he'd loose some weight, but no.... Maddie and Lily ate an entire Med. bag of popcorn and a box of Buncha Crunch...they are bottomless pits I tell you! Then after a week of getting along I knew a big blow up was due to happen...between the two of them that is. So everyone is all happy after the movie, and we get home where Maddie decides she wants to just watch tv in her room, and Lily decides she wants to annoy her sister...anyone surprised? I wasn't being an older sister myself...Maddie yells at Lily to leave, Lily claims she is leaving, but Maddie keeps yelling that she will come right back in because Lily is literally only about an inch out of her room...I asked Lily to not go into Maddie's room if she doesn't want company, and Lily screams "I'm not in her room!" *while slamming the door to her own room* At this moment, I had a massive flashback/flashforward moment. Flashback-Always asking Caitlin to leave me alone b/c she always wanted to be doing something or next to me or by me, anything, and then I would eventually get frustrated enough and yell, followed by her storming off crying and *slamming her door*. Flashforward-These two beautiful blonde hair blue eyed girls arguing could easily be my children, and I can hear the many conversations that come with having a sister/or daughters in my own house in just a few years...maybe a good time to pray for boys???? Forget about boys or girls-children in general never hit so close to home in previous flashforward thoughts in life as this one did...does that mean I am getting old? Or that the amount of time from now until having kids is a shorter amount of time than when I was one? Now, now no one is saying that is tomorrow, but in the next few years, it's just that confrontation btw Maddie and Lily made me feel very momlike. (I think it was b/c Lily was yelling at me and slamming doors.) Ahhh the things to look forward too in life...luckily they are all cute, soft, and smell goodie before they start screaming at you and slamming doors.
I hope you enjoyed this installment of Lily and Maddie...I am sure there will be more to come this summer.