Babysitting Christmas pics through the years

Ever since I started babysitting 4 years ago, every Christmas we do a group shot, then decorate picture frames and put the pictures in them to go home. It's so fun! And since this is the first time I'm posting about this, I figured I would go ahead and include all of the pictures from previous years as well.

Here is this year's: 2009. In the back from L to R is Ethan, Joey, and Carlie. In the front is Maggie and Savanna.

Here is 2006, my first year babysitting. In the back is Joey and Ethan, in the front is Aiden and Dyllan. I know it's a crappy picture, but YOU try to make 3 - 1 year olds and 1 - 8 month-old cooperate!

Here is 2007. In the back is Dyllan and Joey, in the middle is Ethan and Jack, and in front is Landynne.

And here is 2008. I had dropped most of my babysitting clients when the girls were born, and since they were still little, I was still only babysitting Ethan and Maggie. So on the L is Joey holding Savanna and on the R is Ethan holding his sister, Maggie.

I must say I really do enjoy babysitting. When I first started, Joey was a little baby, and I struggled. I don't think it was the babysitting I didn't enjoy, but it was the stress of being a new mom plus babysitting that was difficult. But, over the past 4 years, I have grown to LOVE it! Really, mostly in the past year I have really truly come to enjoy it. I think it may be since Joey is older now and the older kids play so well together, I don't know. But I did get brave, and come the new year I will be getting 2 more clients. Meaning I will have 7, yes SEVEN, kids in my home almost every day. My own 2, Ethan, Maggie, Carlie, and the 2 that I will be getting, Jonah and Nichole. Jonah is Joey and Ethan's age, and is actually in Joey's class even, and Nichole is just a little older than Savanna and Maggie. I have lots of organizing to do before I have that many kids here, but I know it will be great!

Merry Christmas everyone - I love this time of the year!