Time With Nina

I babysat Nina (year and a half) for the second time yesterday. We went on a walk and made kiss sounds at a cow and a horse to make them come to us. The horse was not cooperative, but the cow greeted us with a wet nose. I told her about every flower we saw and every animal noise we heard. Children need to be talked to, they are curious about life and everything in it. Even when they can't talk back to us, they hear and take in everything. I helped her brush her little teeth and I took out her short pony tail because she wanted to brush her hair. So dark and curly! We cleaned up her room and listened to the CD she loves. She had me hold all of her blankets and sat on my lap as I read her stories. She kept getting up and grabbing another book before I could finish the one I was on. I kissed her on the cheek, wished her goodnight, and placed her in her bed.