Saying Goodbye

Before the past school year ended, David & I made a VERY big decision. We decided that by the end of summer I would no longer be providing daycare. After 3 years! I started watching my sis when she & Colby turned 2 and now they are 5 and going to kindergarten!

I have had huge qualms about sending the kids to public school and was very worrisome to me that I hadn't been able to be involved in their classrooms as much as I would have liked. This only added to my fears of sending them to strangers and into such large class sizes. That was the basis of our decision. A huge leap for us to voluntarily go down to a one income family in the middle of such scary economic times.

It was very hard for me to take that step and tell the parents that I was planning on closing. One of the kids, Lil P, I had been caring for him since he was just 2 months old. I had to say goodbye to him just after he turned 2 :(

The other lil girl, Baby H, was 17 months old and had been with me since she was 3 months old. I had her up until we left for vacation.
These babies had become practically my own babies from the hours of 7-530. I fed them 3 meals a day. Changed countless diapers & bottles, gave them meds when they were sick, snuggled them when they were hurt or fussy. Napped with them. Took them everywhere my kids went.

And then I said goodbye. It was really hard. But it was something I just had to do, for MY babies.

Too say goodbye I made them lil albums to take home of some pictures of them that I took while they were in my care.