Things We Learned This Week....

I spent the last week watching Rick's kids while he was in Anchorage at a conference.  Although the week was stressful on multiple levels, we learned a lot...including why I'm not ready for parenthood.  Here goes a top-ten list (in third-person, because the girls did some learning to.  HaHa):

1. Don't eat Cheetos and play the Wii - Sandra hates Cheeto cheese because it gets everywhere.
2. Bouncing on the couch when you sit down will drive Sandra crazy.
3. Sandra's house is not big enough and not child-proof - especially the coffee table.
4. Sandra will make you eat your dinner, even if you don't like it.  You will put it in the fridge and keep eating it until it's gone, or you will not get dessert.
5. It irritates Sandra when she has to continuously tell you to "Take a bite.  Take a bite."  Don't try to mush your food either, because you'll still have to eat it.
6. When it's bedtime, you get to pick one movie - then it's Sandra's choice because at that point, you're just refusing to sleep and it's making her cranky.
7. No video games, tv, etc. until homework is done.  Period.
8. Sandra must know things...like how to spell their middle names, apparently.
9. Elbows, knees, and fists in the middle of the night reminded me of why I don't like sharing my bed with small children.  It made for a long week of very little sleep.
10. Doling out punishment sucks when their not your kids.

Yep.  Not ready to be a parent...at least not a parent of partially-grown kids.