Adventures in babysitting

I got to babysit tonight. 
For two of the sweetest girls I know.  Jeff and Becky (my campus minister and his wife) went out and had an evening for just the two of them and I stayed with their girls.
It was an adventure.
I realized a few things throughout the night.

1. I truly want nothing more than to be a mother one day.  I fixed dinner for the girls.  I gave them their baths.  I helped the oldest with her homework.  We played games.  We made a fort out of the kitchen table chairs, blankets, and chip clips.  We watched parts of several movies.  We had a good ole time. 

2.  I feel for single parents out there, raising kids on their own, for whatever reason.  While I was making dinner (granted, it was by no means anything fancy at all) I was ecstatic that I was doing this for the girls and it just made me happy, for one.  But then I realized, "Oh, I need to make myself something after I get them fed."  and then during dinner they both (at different times) needed something which meant I had to get up and fetch it for them.  Please don't misunderstand me, I am not complaining about it at all.  I am not a parent, but I felt somewhat like one tonight, and I was delighted to get up and get these girls what they needed/wanted and put my needs aside until they were good to go.  I cannot imagine being a single parent, ever.  Zach came for a few hours, thank the Lord!  I had been there for about 2 hours when he got there.  He stayed for a few hours and it was a wonderful few hours. Not that the whole night wasn't fun, but I think you catch what I'm trying to say here.

The funny part of my night, was when the 4 year old said this to me,
"It makes me happy when you say you have to go home because that means I don't have to play with you anymore."  She was mad that I told her she had been rather sassy all night (which she had been) and we had to lay down and watch the movie and calm down (it was bedtime!) and Zach had just left.  Then she proceeded to lay on the floor on her "bed" that I made up for her and "cry" and give me "I'm mad at you looks" until she fell asleep 15 minutes later. 

I love kids.