I loved that job! I mean L.O.V.E.D. that job. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. But only if I could have the exact same kids. ;)
I am still friends with several of the families. And I got to see one of my little ones on Christmas Eve and I almost burst into tears when I saw her! Didn't want to let her go!!
How easy was it to just walk downstairs to work? We had calendar in the mornings and music in the afternoon. We played a lot of make-believe and playdoh and parachute games. My first daycare was all babies and I had a quad stroller in which we'd take looooong walks together. SO peaceful! In the 2nd I had this wagon that sat 5 kids and I pulled that monster to the park every day. Did I mention that I was also pushing a double stroller at the same time? No wonder I was in shape!
The 1st daycare was just in one room. 4 one year olds. Oh, they were precious!
The 2nd daycare was much bigger. There were 3 rooms where the kids could play. This is before lunch one day. Too cute!!
And my naproom was the bomb. These kids would sleep hard from 1-3 (sometimes 4!) and I would do my bible study and read books with a flashlight.
There were two kids who didn't sleep in the naproom until they were older. When they took 2 naps a day, the naproom was too close to the playroom and woke them up. SO.... one slept in the laundry room and one in the hallway closet. It probably looked terrible, but the parents were fine with it, and the kids really loved their personal space. lol (I did get big frowns from licensing, but there was no rule in the books against it!)
So, this week, when Selah Grace started a sleep-depriving routine of waking up in the middle of the night and politely requesting (read: screaming) to be held until daylight.... we were EXHAUSTED.
And I remembered my little closet and laundry-room sleepers from the daycare.
And we have this really big bathroom attached to the kids' room.....
Voila! Selah's new sleeping arrangement!
We all got a great night's sleep last night.
Here are my pajama babies this morning. So in love with them!!
2 comments:
I LOVE that last picture! They are just so precious! I never saw that nap room...too cool! I'm glad you all got some good rest. Hope it keeps up!
Ah - we were so blessed to have Ms. Sarah for our first daycare experience...and since we couldn't have her again for both our girls, I just had to stay home. Truly, you'll never know what a blessing you were in our lives. Thank you for loving and caring for our Karys. So glad to see how God is using you and loving you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Many jewels are in your crown.
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