Now, I realize that a lot of members (if not a majority) are younger than 18, and still some are younger than like 14 even, but how do you do with kids? (Like, little kids. Or you can talk about older ones, too, if you really want to.) Do you handle them well, or does it always end in tears, loud noises, and a bloody stump where a hand once was?

This may come as a surprise to some, but I am actually considered fairly good with children by people who know me. I used to babysit most Sundays at my church, during and in between masses (although most of the time I sat there and drew, drank coffee, and made everyone listen to my music-which probably 75% of the time wasn't really appropriate, ha.) I've developed a few skills from that experience, however. Also, my roommate-until just a few weeks ago-ran a day care in our house, and there was at least one screaming baby here every morning by like 7. So that probably helped me develop a bit of a tolerance, too (though it may have already been there.)

I talk to kids like I talk to everyone else (without the swearing, that is.) I tease them just like I tease everyone else, and talk to them in strange voices (probably more frequently, because they enjoy the silliness.) One thing I'm not really good at is sustaining the play. I'll get bored and start ignoring them, or sit down and be like, "Okay, I'm done." And they'll be all like, "No, yer not done!" And I'll be like "Yes I am." Especially if they want to ride on my back or jump on me or something else that's physically demanding. I'm not very good at faking enthusiasm a lot of time, especially if I'm already tired, so I can't really do the whole "Oh WOW, what you just did was AMAZING!!" thing for little kids.

The older they get... the worse off I probably am with them. Although High Schoolers are almost like adults, so I can generally get along with them. It's the Middle Schoolers that generally annoy me a lot (no offense to those of you who are still in Middle School.)

How about some awesome stories of little kids? There was this one kid once who was playing with some toys. I went to put one of them away, and he was like "No, this one belongs to me!" And I knew it didn't, but was like, "Whatever," and let him play with it longer. Later on, he'd lined up all the toy cars, and going down the line, was claiming: "This one belongs to me, and this one belongs to me, and this one belongs to me..."

How about little kids shatting themselves? That's always awesome. There was this one little girl my roommate babysat who wouldn't go to the bathroom, and would try to hold her crap in. So it would seep out little by little. And like one time, she walked up to my roommate quite frankly and said, "I pooped in my pants." Another time, she was sitting on a chair with a big grin on her face, and my roommate asked her, "Are you pooping your pants?" With a huge grin on her face still, she knodded yes. Also, my nephew does this. In line at a store, he suddenly squatted down and was like, "I've got to poop NOW!" and my sister in law was like "NO!!" and tried to run him to the restroom. Honestly, I hear a lot of awesome stories about that kid.

I can't really think of any other cool stories right now... Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom