It’s my second day today of watching 4 kids - my two (ages 3 years and 8 months) and my sister’s two (ages 4 and 2). It’s definitely more than double trouble. First of all, my 8 month old is pretty mellow, so he’s easy to care for. Second, my sister’s kids aren’t terribly used to me, since they’ve only had one overnight stay before this with me.

They’re with me because my brother-in-law is having surgery today. Matter of fact, he should be in there right now, unless he got rescheduled again. He was originally scheduled earlier this morning. His surgery is to repair a congenital heart defect that was originally fixed when he was a baby, but now needs work again. It should be about a two week hospital stay.

Thank goodness I am not solely responsible for the kids the entire time. My mother will be taking my sister’s kids for most of it, then I’ll be going to her place to help her.

It’s a sacrifice in terms of time I can spend on my business, but that is one of the beauties of working at home; it isn’t too much of a sacrifice for me. I can work evenings if I’m not totally drained from the day, but even if I don’t, I still have income coming in while I help my sister’s family.