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A few summers ago at the Nirvana things were a bit different. Holly had just two boys to wrangle. She had a three year old and a baby.
These were tough times because the three year old had no interest in baby things and the baby was a baby.
Holly has a smile on her face because she very smartly sat down with her regular babysitter (babysitter #1) before college dismissed to schedule some summer hours of peace.
Well, not really peace, more like a mommy-and-me swimming class with the three year old for which she had to pre-pay.
Holly was at the window watching for babysitter #1:
Holly was still at the window watching for babysitter #1 one hour after babysitter #1 was supposed to arrive and 20 minutes after the pre-paid swimming lessons had started.
Babysitter #1 never showed up that day.
Babysitter #1 never showed up any other day of that entire summer.
Holly was dumped by babysitter #1.
Enter babysitter #2.
Babysitter #2 was very sweet and showed up on day one. Babysitter #2 was there a little early so that Holly could run some errands before pre-paid swimming lessons.
Babysitter #2 called Holly on her cell phone 15 minutes after Holly left to tell her that her son was bleeding.
A lot.
Holly called 911.
Holly turned the car around.
Holly met the ambulance at her home (Holly may have exceeded the speed limit on the way home…shhhhh).
The EMT’s assured Holly that her son had just bumped his lip and although there was a lot of blood, there was very little injury.
Holly thanked the EMTs.
Babysitter #2 thanked Holly for the work opportunity, but related that it might be a little “too stressful for her”.
Babysitter #2 dumped Holly.
Enter babysitter #3.
Quite honestly Holly can’t even remember what happened with babysitter #3. But shortly after she started, she quit.
Babysitter #3 dumped Holly.
Holly dumped the pre-paid swimming lessons.
Holly was pretty much in the dumps.
And then the phone rang…
It was Holly’s dentist!
Holly responded as any rational person would…
well, maybe not any person…
well, maybe just like Holly would…
Yes, Holly started crying.
And then Holly started unloading on the poor person from the dentist’s office.
Yes, Holly actually said, “And if I could find a sitter I certainly wouldn’t waste it on a trip to the dentist“.
Oh no she didn’t!
Oh yes she did.
After Holly said it, she regretted it…
Until 30 minutes later…
the phone rang.
It was Holly’s dentist!
Yes, Holly’s dentist found her a babysitter.
Enter babysitter #4.
Babysitter #4 arrived right on time for the first time so that Holly could go to the dentist.
The end.
Except, for the record babysitter #4 regularly worked for Holly’s family over the next 3 years and is considered a part of the family…Katie, thanks for not dumping Holly.
*This episode of Holly’s Animated Life was originally posted on August 27, 2008.*
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You are so funny I laughed till I cried. You made my day
You have an awesome blog!! Love the drawings…
So, Holly, here’s another thousand dollar idea for you. Why not something like eHarmony or bDating or whatever online services they have for matching up couples, but apply it to baby sitters and families? Questions about your attitude towards chaos or tolerance for paste eating could help to screen out babysitters; questions like, have you ever told your child no and does your child have more food allergies than magic cards might help to screen out families. And speaking of that, I wonder if your dentist also sets up couples. I can see the ad now. “We will find you a sitter, a guy to sheetrock your basement, or even a spouse. We won’t just leave you smiling – we’ll make sure that smile looks good. Holly’s Dental Nirvana – where nobody cries because the nitrous oxide tanks are right here in the waiting room.”
I just stumbled upon your blog. I am hooked! So funny!
Awesome! Your dentist IS better than mine. Mine just makes me bleed and have foam face all day!
Lol. Yay for stick people story and the “phone, not a brown banana” made me laugh
I LOVE that your Dentist found you a babysitter! I’m glad that even as a new mom, I wasn’t an over-reactor…due to numerous nieces and nephews in my life! Those mouth cuts can be really nasty, and my #1 daughter ALWAYS cut her lip!
Once she even BIT THROUGH
Nice drawings! E
Oh my gosh! I love your blog! I love this story. I love you. And I don’t even know you : ). Maybe it was the rotary phone! Who knows!
My brother is my dentist. He’s never found me a babysitter. But he gave me a really cute niece and nephew.
That I babysit on occasion.
Maybe I need a new dentist.
This is how my blog posts go, in my head. Love it!
Whoa. It’s a good thing you weren’t complaining to the phone lady about not getting laid. Or maybe it’s a bad thing?
I have a rotary cell phone — what of it?
Also? Muchas gracias por la Stumble, Miss Holly — what a nice surprise! I’m returning the favor because this made me laugh out loud.
I’m sorry but you’re like the best artist that I know. Your dentist is getting you babysitters because he/she wants an invite to your gallery showing!
The only thing my dentist has ever found me is a cavity. The bastard. I do love your illustrated entries- they always crack me up!!!
Oh, I loved that. I was dumped by a babysitter this summer. Fortunately, number two is still sticking with us.
I gave you an award! If you would like to pick it up, feel free to hop on over to my blog! You’re awesome, thanks for being you!
I saw you over on Petra’s site (thewiseyoungmommy.blogspot.com). Congratulations on being nominated for an award.
I love this post. Not only because I can relate after working my way through, count them, seven nannies over the years. But… also because I know what it is like to find those extraordinary, Mary Poppins of all Mary Poppins people, that make the biggest difference in yours and your kid’s lives and truly become a part of your family.
And… if you lived close to me, I’d dump my dentist for yours. That is some seriously amazing customer service! WOW!
Back to the award: Enjoy the post party and all the celebrities.
Wow, what other problems can this Dentist solve? That is truly amazing and a great sorry. Sorry about the first 3 but sounds like you have a winner in #4!
Much love, xoxo-pm
Thanks for stopping by my site! When I post today, I plan on adding stick figure drawing thanks to your inspiration. I will give you a big shout out, so stop by later or tomorrow to check out my work of art and your name in lights, well maybe just in words, but a girl can always imagine her name in lights, right?
Holly’s dentist is a GOD! I thought my dentist was awesome, cause he tells me I am awesome and tells other parents that I am awesome. But he didn’t find me a babysitter. I am going to call him and give him a piece of my mind.
Hi Katie! Wanna come to the land of sunshine and rainbows? Here in Australia you can have your own unicorn. Just don’t tell Holly K?
My Google feed reader suggested that I might like you blog, and here I am, cracking up at your dentist finding you a babysitter story. Oh, and I’m also a little bit jealous… can I borrow your dentist and/or babysitter?
this was great! i haven’t needed babysitters much and am so thankful that my kids are old enough to not need them anymore. very happy about that!
I dont think I have been fired by sitters yet. Pretty darn amazing! You crack me up btw.
I hope you ha da great Labor Day
I love your drawings. You should compile and publish them. Do you draw with markers and scan? Charming!!
Holly – I was sad but uninstalled my comment box. The comments were going to the right place, but friends told me that they could only post if they were using IE and not if they were using Firefox or anything else. If you finally found a way to make this work, please email me because I would love to reinstall it!
Nicole
HAHA! Yes, babysitter #4 loves Holly’s family! (and she thanks them for paying her way through college!)
Hi, Holly,
Babysitter #4 is my daughter. When they (my first 3 kids) were all little I would have loved a babysitter like her as I sat in the bathroom with the door closed (the only solitary place in the house)with 3 kids under 3 1/2 calling my name, well mommy, and crying. My name is no longer “mommy”. That name has gone through many renditions over the past 25 years, some not so great and some completely adorable. The good news is they still call me.
I am so happy Babysitter #4 had the opportunity to know and love your family.
She is very lovable and very organized!
KT’s MOM
The website idea about matching nannies with families is great. Here’s another idea of matching dentists with families: http://localdentist4less.com
Hurrah for dentists who find babysitters so you can go to the dentist!
What a weird and wacky sequence of events…
I have a rotary phone at work. Seriously. We call it the “telephonasaurus.”
I totally need a telephonasaurus now that it is branded in that manner…
As someone currently in the market for just such a baby sitter I really really wish I had not read that post. (now huddled in the corner shaking and crying)
Should I call my dentist?… Oh yeah I don’t have one anymore because I’ve never found the time to find a new one. Balls.
I recommend breaking down to any random caller…maybe telemarketers could be put to good use finding you a sitter…and maybe even a dentist.
Haha that is one awesome receptionist! Hope Katie is still around. Also the drawings make the blog!
You win. Your dentist is WAY better than my dentist. So glad you found someone, though.
I LOVE your blog!!!! I just found you and I love it! Your animation is adorably perfect!
I have fallen apart… with five boys and very little help, tears and mommy meltdowns certainly have helped me before. Never with my dentist nor with finding a babysitter (babysistters RUN like the wind from my chlildren!).
If I have said it once, I have said it a million times. It is easy to find a babysitter when you have once child. When you have five, they never come back for a second round!
Thanks for checking out my blog as well. (www.crystalandcomp.com). Splurge Salon was super nice!
Oh Holly…. P.S. I am glad you noted that thing was a phone and not a brown banana.
PPS. I envy your drawring skillz.
I wish that Holly’s Dentist would have called me when I was online dating. It would have saved me a lot of time. And self-esteem.
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