7 posts tagged “day care”

Is the Backyardigans! I love this show more than the kids do. 

I just accepted my third (and final) child under 2 years old. To be perfectly honest, she is one week younger than Ariel so she clocks in at about 3 1/2 months old.

Anyhow, with three babies all under 1 year old I need to upgrade from my double stroller of DOOM to a triple stroller of  MADNESS.

Seriously though, why are triple strollers like $700?!?!?!!

Guess who just showed up? I just reviewed my contract and Columbus Day isn't in there. I guess I'd better revise that.

Back to work! Homework be damned!

I think my main issue with this daycare thing, is that I'm not used to being up so early. Granted, there was a time in my life when I was accustomed to being awake and alert at 5am but those days are long gone.

We had our first two full-timers start this week! Yay! I haven't really had time to mention it mainly because I've been exhausted but I haven't had a spare moment. One is 6 weeks old and the other is 2 years old. Sisters. Right now, it's naptime and the most blessed thing has happened:

It feels as if summer is over in San Diego. September 3rd was crazy hot and humid and it was like on September 4th, it broke. The nights are definitely cooler and the air feels like it's time for a season change. In San Diego, our weather ranges from hot to less hot to freezing and if you're not from these parts, it's certainly bizarre.

In any case, I'm happy for the weather change. Spring and Fall are my two favorite seasons so I'm a happy girl. Things just feel different, like changing for the better and I like that optimism. I got an A- in my PSY class; my late paper only cost me 2 points! Talked with my elusive counselor and I am on track to graduate next year. Ya'll are invited to the party!!! I'm going to be doing backflips, I swear. I'm re-reviewing my CLEP books testing out of my lower division within 2 weeks. 12 units at $160 vs $3,000!!! I think that's a good plan. I'm still bummed about my GPA. When I had my surgery, I didn't know that I could take a medical leave of absence from school and not lose my financial aid, so two weeks after surgery (pleurisy and all) I was shuffling my way to classes and failed two. BOOO. Bah, my 3.5 GPA was now in the toilet and despite all my best efforts, it doesn't seem to want to budge. Bah.

So with my schooling under control, the fact remains that I need to A) get out of debt and B) Find financial aid for culinary school. B is proving harder than A, but I'm optimistic that I'll be able to do it. I believe that I'll be able to do it. No sweat.

So Mrs. Peel, UK in January looks like a no =( I'm sorry but I was all set and then I looked at the bills and my heart sank. You'll see me after I Graduate at this point!

The daycare isn't going too hot. I need some full time children, and I've  put advertisements everywhere, but still nothing. I did a drop in for a 1 month old and a 2 year old and it was a lot of fun, but dammit I need more kids!! I've even done some web advertisements (hello Craigslist!) which yielded some results, but more than a few crazies so I don't know what to do at this point. I'll let the children come to  me and focus on the Thanksgiving bake sale. I love that it's that time already!

So I'm waiting for the State Social Services: Licensing Division to get here. We're being inspected today for our childcare license. Meaning I get to stay home days, work at Apple two/three nights a week and have a bit more flexibility with school and catering.

It's a win-win situation. It's a good thing I like kids. Well, other people's kids.

I grew up in a Child Care home. My mom did it fore 15 years before she decided that she wanted to get her Bachelor's in Accounting. Get back out in the workforce. She hates the workforce now, LOL. Since we are going to be doing 24/7 care, I handle the day and she'll do nights and weekends. It works. I know it's hard work, but I remember how fun it is. Children are amazing, especially when they're 2-5 years old and they are developing those personalities.

The little girl I watched last month, Corey was five and she was so cute. Everything was new to her and she was excited about everything. My favorite thing of hers was how she would try to get something she wanted. Like so:

"Miss Ceji, do you like strawberries?"
"Yes, Corey, I love strawberries"
"I like strawberries too Miss Ceji"
"That's good"
"Miss Ceji, can I have some strawberries?"

She would do that with everything; food, clothes, movies, games. She never changed tactics, always the same one. In any case, it was fun to play along.

I won't even mention how well Child Care pays. I've seen some people who do it just for the money, and they are the WORST Child Care providers ever. Disgusting conditions, overcrowed. Kids sleep on the floor. I don't even want to go into it.

But I do know that I'm excited. I had the entire family whipping the house into shape late until last night. Carpets got cleaned at 7:30am today. It looks damn good.

Hopefully, I'll have good news in the next hour or two =)

GOOD NEWS: We just got our license!!!! Yay!!!

So this weekend.

My preventative health class was alright. Mostly boring and I really wanted to fall asleep, since I stayed up late last night trying to torrent Doctor Who. I only worked four hours after being off 3 days and I was exhausted.

It doesn't help that I am disillusioned by the restaurant, and the fact that the weather has been AMAZING here so I really didn't want to go into work. I do have Mother's Day weekend off, but mostly because I have to attend TWO classes to get the day care up and running.

Yes, day care. I've been putting it off since January of this year, but with all the shitty job stuff going on I figure I'd better get my butt in gear. So today was the Preventative Health and Safety and next Sunday is the First Aid & AED class. I really hope I get to shock something! We've got to drive all the way to Oceanside, so I'm going to try and weasel out of driving that weekend. My mom and I are both getting re-certified, and our plan is to have 6 at the day, and 6 at night. Like the old times, and man that was a lot of fun.

Afterwards, we went to the madness that is Ikea and got a lot of cool ideas of what to use in our tiny apartment to make things bigger. I'm really excited! I honestly love working with kids, despite my snarky comments. The toddlers are the most fun, especially since they start developing their little personalities! It's great (and they actually listen to me) and I'm already planning field trips and stuff, lol.

So I think I'm gonna go read my stuff for class and pretend that I am a model student. toodles.