[Fedora]

Four! That's a lot!--I had enough challenges trying to babysit two! :) The worst time was when I was given instructions not to let either one out of the house. One would try to run out one door, then when I went to catch him the other one would dash for the other door! I can't imagine double that! Well, actually I can: one time I babysat for a couple at church that had four kids between the ages of 2 and 6. During the course of babysitting them I came down with the flu and became to weak to keep up with them. They wanted to play continously. They decided to turn my martial arts belts into a jumprope, which they attached to a swing their parents had for them in the living room, and they managed to pull the swing over on its side and knocked a plant pot onto the floor. That was the last time I babysat for them :) Anyway, how does the Down Syndrome affect the 8-year-old? Does he do stuff like that a lot? Sounds like maybe he wanted attention :)

[JenB]

Probably he did want attention. He has a short attention span and gets bored in the car very easily. He's a very high-functioning kid, basically just a little delayed... he's the only one going to a school right now. There's a Catholic school in our area for kids with disabilities and they are just great.

It would be worse if I didn't have two younger sisters. They help out with the boys... and, as of August, I'm out of here...