the beginning...

this picture and post are so bittersweet. it's the end of one of the best school years [ever] and the beginning of summer.

this past year i met this lovely lady <- Rebecca Rector. awesome. great. fun. fabulous. and all of those words that describe her also describe the year that i've had. so as it came to a close i was (much) less than excited for this summer of babysitting than i had anticipated i would be. with 7am wake up times and diaper changes ahead of me i am tending to look at the negatives that i see in the very near future.

but what i sometimes (slash often) neglect to consider are the things that i have not planned for...not the routines that i have set up for myself, but the things that will happen as i voyage out to explore the world of watching children. the smiles and laughs and awkward moments that i know and love with my friends i will undoubtedly also see with my babies this summer. so i hope that you will join me on my adventure into a world that is very familiar to my own, yet i know [almost] nothing about...