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I am sorry that you had to work over 40 hours last week. Last time I checked you were doing nothing else. Honestly, I can't remember the last summer (besides this one of course) when I wasn't working at least 50 hours a week babysitting, even when I was taking summer classes. Sorry about your luck.
Babysat this weekend for the little shits. I left with a really unsettling feeling. I have been watching Max, Kay, and Jacob pretty much since Jacob was born. For the first few years of Jacob's life I was more his mother than anyone else. His first word was "Ma Ma" then "Katie". Since I've been gone, 3 years the kids have gone from typical toddlers and typical boys to outrageous, awfully behaved kids. The words "please" and "thank you" are totally out of their vocabulary. Kay will just randomly hit or kick someone if hes bored. Max loves to say "shut up". Jacob loves to say "you're stupid", "you're an idiot" "I hate you" etc. The kids have no work ethic. If you ask them to do anything that they dont want to do they just totally ignore you. Then if you ask again they will most likely starting crying and throw themselves on the ground. On Friday I told them that we needed to go outside and play and all 4 of them immediately started crying. How many kids do you knwo that start crying when you tell them they have to go outside and play? I know 4.
Kim hasn't been there for them really much of their lives. It's not because shes working too much and trying to provide for her family. Nope, thats for sure not it. It's because shes too busy having a social life. She's too busy golfing, "volunteering", doing favors for people, shopping, and doing whatever else she does. Oh yeah, and she does have to work about 3 hours a week. She hires "babysitters" for her children while she is gone during hte evening (which of course is the only time that she would really have ot spend with her kids since they are in school all day). These babysitters are very nice girls, I was one of them at one point. These girls however, are involved in other things in their lives. Most of them are working for Kim about 20 hours a week for Kim, some have other jobs as well, and of course going to school 8 hours a day. Plus high school activiites. In the summer time, Kim expects these people to work about 12-14 hours a day, 5 days a week, and then 5 or 6 another 2 days a week. Oh and for all of this you will get paid an average of $8 an hour if youre lucky. You however, get the same amount of money if you play with the kids and take them to do special activiites or if you let them sit on their asses and watch tv all day. Something to consider, for sure. It would be alright with me if Kim was really working her butt off to provide for these children and if it was required for her to be gone all this time. However, it is not. Neither her or Keith really need to work. They could easily sit on their butts and doing nothing all day except play wtih their kids and still live in a half million dollar house.
Because these kids have been raised by babysitters that are too scared to discipline them, they have turned into shitlins. I don't blame the babysitters at all. You can't. THey are 18 years old. One of them is now pregnant and just graduated from high school 6 weeks ago. They don't get paid enough to watch the kids, do the laundry, unload the dishwasher, be a referee, chaufeur, and house cleaner 100 hours a week. It's just simply not enough.
It really hurts me to see how nutso these kids have gotten. On Saturday I took them for a "surprise". The surprise was going to the private airport next to Bishop and getting to watch the planes come in and out. We watched them fuel the planes up, we watched planes land and take off. Then the best surprise of it all was that Burpee flew in with his dad while we were sitting there. Burpees dad let the kids climb into the plane, put the headsets on, move the wings, play with the pedals, see how everything works. I thought it was pretty cool and the kids seemed to be having a good time. So we get back into the car after our 2 hour adventure and I say "So was the surprise a good one" and they say, "No it wasn't We didnt get to go anywhere. It was dumb". I wanted to kill them. What the fuck. How can it not be a good surprise. Sorry that you are so spoiled that you can't appreciate something fun when it hits you in the face. Pretty sure not many 5 or 7 year olds get to do those things. We also made cement stepping stones which htey seemed to have a good time with. After kIm and Keith got home we showed the stones to them and Kim is just like oh yeah you've made these before these didnt turn out very well. Well ya know what, fuck you. I did more with your kids than you do.
Oh yeah, and.....Kim is telling me on Friday some things about the weekend and such. So she tells me that we have to go to this birthday party with all 4 of the kids on Sunday at 2. THe lady gave her directions to her house, but Kim didn't really understand the directions, so I'm going to have to call this lady that I don't know and get directions. Ughh...no dont think so. The kids have never met this girl, Kim isn't really sure of the girl whos party it is, and she thinks she is turning 2 but not really sure. THey have a present for her in the dining room. So Mike and I really don't want to go ot this party and neither do the kids really. We go anyways though and I guess it was an alright party. THe kids knew 2 other kids so it was alright. But there were only 7 kids at the entire thing and 4 of them were the Whitmores. Couldn't exactly leave wihtout making a big deal.
Enough for now. And pretty much to recap, providing a loving home to your children where you are available and wanting to take part of your childs life will create well behaved, loving children.
Babysat this weekend for the little shits. I left with a really unsettling feeling. I have been watching Max, Kay, and Jacob pretty much since Jacob was born. For the first few years of Jacob's life I was more his mother than anyone else. His first word was "Ma Ma" then "Katie". Since I've been gone, 3 years the kids have gone from typical toddlers and typical boys to outrageous, awfully behaved kids. The words "please" and "thank you" are totally out of their vocabulary. Kay will just randomly hit or kick someone if hes bored. Max loves to say "shut up". Jacob loves to say "you're stupid", "you're an idiot" "I hate you" etc. The kids have no work ethic. If you ask them to do anything that they dont want to do they just totally ignore you. Then if you ask again they will most likely starting crying and throw themselves on the ground. On Friday I told them that we needed to go outside and play and all 4 of them immediately started crying. How many kids do you knwo that start crying when you tell them they have to go outside and play? I know 4.
Kim hasn't been there for them really much of their lives. It's not because shes working too much and trying to provide for her family. Nope, thats for sure not it. It's because shes too busy having a social life. She's too busy golfing, "volunteering", doing favors for people, shopping, and doing whatever else she does. Oh yeah, and she does have to work about 3 hours a week. She hires "babysitters" for her children while she is gone during hte evening (which of course is the only time that she would really have ot spend with her kids since they are in school all day). These babysitters are very nice girls, I was one of them at one point. These girls however, are involved in other things in their lives. Most of them are working for Kim about 20 hours a week for Kim, some have other jobs as well, and of course going to school 8 hours a day. Plus high school activiites. In the summer time, Kim expects these people to work about 12-14 hours a day, 5 days a week, and then 5 or 6 another 2 days a week. Oh and for all of this you will get paid an average of $8 an hour if youre lucky. You however, get the same amount of money if you play with the kids and take them to do special activiites or if you let them sit on their asses and watch tv all day. Something to consider, for sure. It would be alright with me if Kim was really working her butt off to provide for these children and if it was required for her to be gone all this time. However, it is not. Neither her or Keith really need to work. They could easily sit on their butts and doing nothing all day except play wtih their kids and still live in a half million dollar house.
Because these kids have been raised by babysitters that are too scared to discipline them, they have turned into shitlins. I don't blame the babysitters at all. You can't. THey are 18 years old. One of them is now pregnant and just graduated from high school 6 weeks ago. They don't get paid enough to watch the kids, do the laundry, unload the dishwasher, be a referee, chaufeur, and house cleaner 100 hours a week. It's just simply not enough.
It really hurts me to see how nutso these kids have gotten. On Saturday I took them for a "surprise". The surprise was going to the private airport next to Bishop and getting to watch the planes come in and out. We watched them fuel the planes up, we watched planes land and take off. Then the best surprise of it all was that Burpee flew in with his dad while we were sitting there. Burpees dad let the kids climb into the plane, put the headsets on, move the wings, play with the pedals, see how everything works. I thought it was pretty cool and the kids seemed to be having a good time. So we get back into the car after our 2 hour adventure and I say "So was the surprise a good one" and they say, "No it wasn't We didnt get to go anywhere. It was dumb". I wanted to kill them. What the fuck. How can it not be a good surprise. Sorry that you are so spoiled that you can't appreciate something fun when it hits you in the face. Pretty sure not many 5 or 7 year olds get to do those things. We also made cement stepping stones which htey seemed to have a good time with. After kIm and Keith got home we showed the stones to them and Kim is just like oh yeah you've made these before these didnt turn out very well. Well ya know what, fuck you. I did more with your kids than you do.
Oh yeah, and.....Kim is telling me on Friday some things about the weekend and such. So she tells me that we have to go to this birthday party with all 4 of the kids on Sunday at 2. THe lady gave her directions to her house, but Kim didn't really understand the directions, so I'm going to have to call this lady that I don't know and get directions. Ughh...no dont think so. The kids have never met this girl, Kim isn't really sure of the girl whos party it is, and she thinks she is turning 2 but not really sure. THey have a present for her in the dining room. So Mike and I really don't want to go ot this party and neither do the kids really. We go anyways though and I guess it was an alright party. THe kids knew 2 other kids so it was alright. But there were only 7 kids at the entire thing and 4 of them were the Whitmores. Couldn't exactly leave wihtout making a big deal.
Enough for now. And pretty much to recap, providing a loving home to your children where you are available and wanting to take part of your childs life will create well behaved, loving children.