Assorted Thoughts

Last night was interesting. It turned out I only had to babysit 5 kids instead of 6, because the oldest (the one that was going to help out with the baby) got appendicitis and thus was not present. Also, I haven't been around young children for a while and severely overestimated the age of 18 months - which actually turned out to be 15 months. In addition, the oldest kid there, an 8-year-old, apparently had mild autism. You really couldn't tell though. He seemed fine to me.
But i have learned that it is extremely difficult to make 5 kids go to bed and stay there. Especially considering the 2 of them that I normally babysit are enough of a challenge in themselves. At least they sat and watched most of the movie. I don't envy the woman in charge of that gang on a regular basis.