tending...

The past two weeks we have been tending 6 kids. Brayden who is 3, Sam who is 5, Olivia who is..7, Baylee who is...8, Whitney who is...13, and Ashlin who is 15. Yes, this is a lot of kids. We went from 0 to 6. I wouldnt recommend doing this. Too much stickyness, toys, poop, diapers, clothes, go-gurt wrappers, and candy wrappers everywhere. We have decided we are never going to have 6 kids. Maybe one. No..we will probably have more than that but its hard to want to right now.
Brayden is the funniest one. He has slight autism and loves candy like every other kid-but on a whole nother level. Hes like a dog-he finds candy and knows we will take it from him so he hurries and finds a hiding place for it. This could be outside in the bushes, in a closet, in the trash (this one is pretty smart, who would go looking in a trash can for candy?). Since kevin sprained his ankle last week, Brayden realised that this meant kevin couldnt take the candy away from him if he stayed a safe distance and just taunted him with the candy in his mouth. He got away with it for a while until kev got so frustrated he hobbled around and chased him. I couldnt believe how often I found him with candy in his mouth. We realised this is why he is so skinny. He eats candy, goes crazy, and runs around burning all his calories he just ate.