Babysitting my granddaughter I had so much fun babysitting my granddaughter about 2 weeks ago. This was the first time I had spent time taking care of a little girl or boy for a long, long time. She is a little less than 2 years old now. She is my youngest son's daughter. She was joking with me and trying to convince me that horses were in her closet. Her regular babysitter (as both my son and his wife work) is Amish. Amish people use horses and don't believe in driving cars. There are a lot of Amish farmers around here and they use horses to plow their fields instead of tractors. Anyway, my granddaughter is now used to seeing horses because of the Amish babysitter. My granddaughter also demonstrated her strength to me. She held onto the edge of the kitchen counter top and pulled herself up. She was very proud of herself. I took her outside and wanted to teach her the word: rock. But, she decided she wanted to eat them. I had forgotten that little kids do this. Then she stuck out her tongue and I removed all the little rocks in her mouth. I was sure to remove all the rocks and mud. She talks some words and short sentences now. I really love her. She wanted to put my shoes on. So, she did this and was trying to tie the shoe laces, not really know what she was doing. Anyway, it was a fun day.