My husband and I are DINKS - Double Income No Kids. And we like it that way because we love our freedom - financial freedom, travel freedom, everything freedom.
But things are changing, temporarily.
My two nieces, age seven and 15 months, will be staying with us the last week of the year. My older sister, the mother of the girls, and my mother were on the phone one night, when my sister asked my mother if the girls could stay in Memphis the last week of the year because she and her husband have to return to work and the girls' school and daycare are closed that week.
Since I took a buyout from my job at the paper (my last day is Dec. 10) I jumped at the opportunity to take care of my nieces, who I see about four times a year since they live in Ohio. My mother voiced immediate concern over the girls staying with my husband and me for a week.
"It's not just a weekend," she warned, probably remembering how I complained about how Kaylee, the youngest, ran me wild when I saw her Labor Day weekend. She's at that age where everything is a toy that she MUST touch.
While we don't want kids, we do love them, and I cannot wait to take care of the Kendall and Kaylee. I'm looking forward to spending more than just the weekend with them. We're going to have true quality time. We will spend our days at the library, Barnes and Nobel and exploring New York City. Kendall is already talking about visiting the Statue of Liberty and is excited to ride the subway.
Kaylee will be too young to remember her first week in Jersey, but hopefully, Kendall will remember this week for life.
Good or bad, I know I will.
3 comments:
I hope you have a good time with them. I get my nephew, who's 13 now, every summer and we all love it. My husband and I are DINKS, but we trying to change that!
good luck with that!! don't let the cute faces fool you!
I took my niece to the movies.. She is 3 years old.. We had a great time.. I also spent time with my nephew.. I love them--but right now, I do like being a member of the DINKS club.
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