First few days of babysitting.....

Over the weekend I attended a birthday party with the family and all of the other ISE families. There is a village called Borne that has a play place for the children. So the posse of children and dads ran thought the play house while the mothers chatted and entertained themselves. After the birthday party the Duffy family headed to lunch at a small cafe, and then did a little shopping in the cute store that were located in the down town area. Then Brittney had her first British sleepover with her friend Emily. They slept in the living room and 'stayed up all night long" which meant they fell asleep shortly after 10 PM.

Sunday morning we went to church at Peterborough Community Church which proved to be amazing. The church is very large and contemporary. The children go back into a separate service where they have a mini church with praise and worship as well as a message. I was quite impressed with the setup. The message in 'big' church began with praise and worship (mostly Hillsong music) and then the associate pastor preached on building a community. The message was intriguing and held my attention. He spoke of acceptance and building others up in order to gain trust and have a relationship that flourishes. I learned a lot about myself just from listening to the message.

Kevin and Cathy then went golfing with some friends while i stayed with the kids. (pictures below)

Monday was a normal day full of running to and from school, grocery shopping, chatting, cooking, and hanging out with the family.

Tuesday was babysitting day, as well as Today. (pictures below) But Cathy and I also took a nice walk today with the dogs. Nothing like 'girl talk' and beautiful weather. Makes me realize just how amazing the people are in my life, and makes me never want to go home :o)

Babysitting (day 1) while Mom's and Dad's went golfing.

Kayla, Kylie, and Brittney jumping on the trampoline in the Duffy's back yard....Duke likes to jump on the trampoline as well....

Duke and Kylie dancing together out back

Sophie looking out my window and being the cutie that she is....

Sophie on her swing where she played for 2 hours straight while talking to herself...

Seriously....pictures like these make me love Children all the more.

Babysitting (day 2) while the Mom's had a Ladies Day and watched movies....I got all the kids who were not in school.

Sophie, Drake, and Eden watching the Wiggles. This was the day i had 6 kids all to myself while the moms had a ladies day! LOVED IT

Drake racing his truck with Blake....

Blake....not sure if he is winning or not, but he sure is a cutie

Sophie and I making silly faces...

This wee one could totally be my sister....and while I'm in England I am know and Whitney Duffy, the big one

Sophie and Eden playing in the back yard on the slides

Gwen playing in the Kitchen, and not quite sure if she wants me to be babysitting or not. She woke up from her nap and realized that I was NOT mommy who put her to sleep....woops

Babysitting (day 3) while Andy and Holli headed out with some friends for a Grownup day.

Me and Gwen after playing outside while trying to wake up from her nap....such a happy wee one.

Gwen and her little construction hat....

Staring me down while i was lying on the floor

Gwen has the cutest outfits as well as the cutest shoes, but for some reason she wanted to wear my shoes today....

Gwen...probably the most adorable wee one I know. She belongs to another family who is living in England and I have had the pleasure of babysitting her and her big brother Drake this week...Thanks Holli!!!!!

Sophie Ann taking a nap after a long day of playing with Drake and Gwen...