Ok so here is my basic resume!

Age- 13

Grade- 8th & Homeschooled

Training- CPR Certified and have taken and completed 2 Babysitting Courses. Also a First Aid Course.

Religion- Assemblies of God and Methodist (I do not push my religion on children, and I do not usually just start busting out Bible Stories unless I know the parents would be ok with it)

Siblings- I live with 2 sisters who are 3 and 7, then my dad (who I visit often) has 4 kids boy and girls ranging from 1-8

References-
One family I have been babysitting for about a year has 2 girls who are 3 and 7.

My Cousin has a son who is 1, I have babysat him since he was 11 months old.

I do different jobs for several familes I know, and families in my church.

Hours I can Babysit- I am homeschool so since I can do the work the next day I can babysit until 11ish sometimes later on week nights and any time including staying over on weekends.

Cooking Credits- I have taken a child nutrician course, and a 1 normal cooking class.

Activities I Am Involved In- 4 H, Choir, Drama Team, and Dance (ball room, country, and basic line dancing.)
oh, haha, yes my mistake, i was typing fast

If I was going to let a 13 yr old baby sit my kids I would have to know them well and know that they are responsible and intelligent (im not saying you aren’t) While you’re resume is very impressive….I’m not sure I would let you because I don’t know you.

I get extra credit for cooking something French for my classroom. It’s a French class consisting of about 25 kids, so it can’t be something costly. What would you recommend I cook? Thanks.

Crepes….

Just buy a package of premade crepes and serve them with strawberry preserve and whipped cream…no mess, cheap and easy.

Chef Vanda will come to your kitchen for an educational, interactive demonstration. A fun interactive cooking class is a great idea for a girl’s night out party. Your guests will be smiling, laughing and having a great time.

Duration : 3 min 18 sec

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Background:
-50+ yrs old from Guyana.
-Has worked for us for almost 2 years
-2 years ago started at $450/wk.
-Was paying $500/wk for 1 child (now 2.5 yrs) – gave a raise of $50 after 1st year
-Now paying $600/wk for 2 kids (added a baby in March)
-location: West 100th st

Duties:
-7:15am – 4:30pm, M-F
-Does kids laundry
-Empties trash, vacuums kids room
-Takes kids to classes, play dates
- No shopping, cooking, or other cleaning

Benefits:
-5 paid sick days a year
-2 weeks paid vacation
-All major holidays off, paid (~11 per year)

So here's the issue:

When the new baby came the nanny asked for $650 (up from $500 for just the 2.5 yr. old). We balked and ended up at $600 through the summer which will complete her "year" (my wife is a teacher so the "year begins in September).

This year I'd like to hold at $600 but I'm worried if she walks we won't find a repalcement for $600 or less. Also, we like her. She's not perfect (sometimes late) but she's caring.

I live in NJ – right over the bridge $650.00 sounds about right due to the fact she is doing all that other work. Good child care is hard to find

When I was in school (about 15 years ago) all kids (boys and girls) were scheduled for shop class in one semester and home economics in the other semester. This gave balance to our education; learning about things that may not be part of our social gender experience.

I loved shop class! I learned how to use many woodworking tools I've never seen before. I loved learning how to spot weld and making useful things of both wood and metal.(art deco wall sconce, pegged shelf, step stool)

I can only guess the experience for boys was similar in home economics (cooking, sewing, budgeting and recycling)

Is it typical for schools to schedule kids for classes based on gender now? Sorry, but this seems a little @$$ backwards.

Where I am from, boys and girls are scheduled for both classes together.
I don't think schools can make that determination based on sex. I mean that would really contradict a lot.

I would like to make pretzels for a preschool mommy and me cooking class I teach. We generally do not make anything that requires a stove, but I have a hotplate I can use. I measure out the ingredients into little cups and the kids dump it in a bowl and mix it up. They have a parent to help, and I have 45 minutes to fill, so I generally like to do projects that have 2 parts so I can use up some time. (We also sing and color etc) For instance make cookies, make frosting, frost cookies.

I would like to make pretzels tommorrow and shape them like pumpkins. I found 2 recipes. One is just dough that you brush with egg and sprinkle with salt.

The other requires rising, shaping, baking, BOILING and baking again.

I would rather skip the boiling water with 3 year olds, but I wondered whether anyone has ever tried the other kind. Is is just like eating a piece of bread, or does it resemble a pretzel.

Many thanks!

ps have convection oven

I'd skip that & make something easy like Rice Crispy treats that the kids can shape & decorate or a candy they can shape.

You could also make instant chocolate pudding & make several pans so the kids can turn them into graveyards.
Crushed chocolate wafers = dirt.
Oval cookies = tombstones.
Marshmallow ghosts, licorice lace to make spiders, etc.

Peanut Butter Worms
Recipe courtesy Gale Gand

1 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
1 1/2 cups dry milk powder
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Raisins and peanuts

Place the peanut butter and honey in a food processor or mixer and combine well. Add the dry milk powder and the powdered sugar and mix again until smooth and well blended. Make into 1 long log and divide into 24 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a thick worm and place 2 peanuts or raisins at the end to look like 2 eyes. Chill 30 minutes before serving.

To serve, take a small flowerpot and fill it with balled up plastic wrap. Crumble up a leftover plain chocolate cup cake and spread that on top of the plastic wrap to make it look like a pot of soil. Using your finger poke a hole in the "soil", tuck the worm tails into the soil. Repeat this with 3 or 4 worms. Place the pot on a platter and surround the pot with the remainder of the worms

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_21204,00.html

These can be made into other shapes like pumpkins or pretzels.

You could also make cupcakes & let the kids frost them & decorate them for Halloween.

e.g. Spider Cupcakes
Recipe courtesy Gale Gand
Show: Sweet Dreams
Episode: Trick or Treat
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup unsalted butter, slightly softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and warm
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup plain yogurt or sour milk
Chocolate frosting, of choice

Decorations:
Flat chocolate buttons
Chocolate chips
Tube white frosting
Tube black frosting
Tube red frosting
Black spaghetti liquorice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Sift together the flour and baking soda and set aside. In a mixer fitted with a whip attachment, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Then add both sugars and continue mixing to cream them together. Add the eggs gradually and let them thoroughly mix in. Add the melted unsweetened chocolate and mix in well. Add the vanilla and 1/3 of the yogurt and mix, then add half the dry ingredients, and mix in well. Repeat alternating wet and dry, ending with wet.

Pour batter into a muffin tins, lined with cupcake papers, filling them 3/4 full. Bake until firm to the touch on the cap of the cupcakes, about 20 minutes. Let cool in the pan, then decorate.

To make the cupcakes into spiders, frost with your favorite chocolate frosting glue 2 flat chocolate buttons on the top of the cupcake as eyes. Pipe a large white dot on lower half of each button then stick on the chocolate chips, then pipe a tiny white dot on the tip of the chip. In red, pipe a smile and to make them tarantulas, pipe a red hourglass shape on its back. Cut black liquorice into 3-inch long pieces and tuck 8 of them into the rim of the cupcake cap to make legs.

To serve the cupcakes, with black frosting pipe a spider web onto a middle of a large white plate and place the spiders around the edge.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_21206,00.html

Another idea – popcorn balls.

Jello Popcorn Balls

1 c. light corn syrup
1/2 c. sugar
1 pkg. (3 oz.) Jello gelatin (any flavor)
1/2 lb. salted peanuts, coarsely chopped
9 c. popped popcorn

Bring syrup and sugar to a boil. Remove from heat and add Jello, stirring until dissolved. Add peanuts. Pour over popcorn. Mix well. Quickly form into 1 1/2 inch balls. Makes 4 dozen.

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