About Colleen

Hello! I adore children because of their creative imaginations, their unabashed honesty, and there's nothing more cheerful than a child's laughter. I have been babysitting since I was in fourth grade when I started helping my sister watch families with multiple young children. During my summers in high school, I began life guarding and coaching a swimming team. Because of this, I have training in CPR and First Aid. About 4 or 5 years ago, while I was in school to get my associate degree of science, I began part-time nannying for a family with 3 children whom I absolutely adore. Since then, I have nannied and babysat for many families and for children of all ages, ranging from newborns to 16-year-olds. It has become a full-time job for me. Some of the jobs included cooking, housekeeping, and pet sitting. I consider myself better than average in all of these categories. I try to engage kids in healthy eating and like to get them involved in helping to prepare their food. I believe that children need to exercise their imagination and creativity as well as being physically active. I like to teach kids to love the outdoors, playing games and sports and taking walks and going to the playground. Arts and crafts, listening to music, dancing, puzzles and board games are also some fun activities that I like to incorporate with children. I am a huge fan of animals and have no problem helping to take care of family pets, too!