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Ages of children: (boy)6 (girl)8
My age:14
Entertianing? Cooking?(breakfast and lunch)
any ideas?

I babysit about four 6 yr old boys and quite a few 8 yr old girls (I babysit for alot of families!) so I can help :]
Entertainment: For the girls, They love dressing up and feeling glamourous. Give them makeovers, play some goofy dress-up and I've also found my charges like taking goofy pictures. So if you have maybe a digital camera bring it, you dont even have to keep the pictures, just delete them. Or you could print 'em out and give the pics to their parents :] Also, barbies sometimes works with that age group, disney things, movies, making bracelets or necklaces, anything. Just be creative. 8 yr olds arent that pick about that kind of thing. Especially if their sweeties :] For entertaining the boy, its a bit more tricky because they change their minds soo often. G.I. Joes, playing "Army", playing anything having to do with the Army, Air Force, Police, Fireman, things like that. They really like playing pretend. Water guns=the best for this age! Maybe go to a dollar store and buy a few cheap ones, that you can re-use for other babysitting jobs. But make sure their parents are OK with the whole "guns" concept before you do! For both of them playing together, Hide n Seek, Tag (TV, Freeze.. etc) maybe playing in the sprinklers or going to a neighborhood pool. The game I play with my charges they seem to like.. "Tickle Monster" I chase after them and when I catch them I tickle them :] Haha.

Cooking: Their parents will appreciate it if you try to make them eat relativly healthy, but still yummy. Make sure there is no food allergies though! Wouldn't want an allergic reaction! Here's a few meal ideas..
Breakfast= Toast with jam and some cereal (Lucky Charms, Trix, anything bright colored they may have) or like, Eggo waffles :] If you feel comfortable cooking, scrambled eggs usually go over well. Biscuits too.
Lunch= "Ants on a Log" (Raisins and peanut butter on a stick of celery), cheese sticks, cut up apples, PB&J Sandwiches, again, if you want to cook, perhaps Chicken Nuggets or pizza rolls. Spagetty-O's are usually a favorite, if they are at hand. Just mix it up for a good, big meal to last them through all their activitys until dinner.

So there's some ideas for you, as many as I could think of. It's good to get some ideas in case the boy and girl don't have anything to do.
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(Rating: 5) thank you thank you thank you. it could not be too long. u helped probably the most.

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