Kristy heads to her first official Baby-Sitters Club job babysitting for Buffy and Pinky. When she arrives at the house, she’s excited until she sees that it is relatively dark and shows no signs of child activity. She is greeted by a friendly woman who takes her inside, where Kristy continues to observe no signs of children.

When the woman says that Buffy and Pinky are being kept in the laundry room, Kristy is horrified until she finds out that Buffy and Pinky are St. Bernards. Kristy tries to explain that she isn’t a dog-sitter, but the woman is in a tight spot and insists, so Kristy reluctantly agrees. She spends the next few hours chasing after the dogs and trying to keep them amused, counting down the minutes until her first job is over. She decides that it will be a good idea to keep a log of babysitting experiences for the club so that they can avoid future mishaps like this.

Claudia is the second babysitter to write her first log, and she reports that the Newton family she babysat was chaotic and challenging. When Claudia arrived at the Newton house, there were four kids to watch instead of the two she expected, and all but one were very young.