This summer has seemed to be flying by! We enjoyed this past weekend on the coast in the Wilmington area celebrating Layke's birthday and Joey and I's second anniversary. It was so nice to get back to the ocean! and it was fun to be in an area where the ocean is more swim-able than in Oregon. We spent almost all weekend in the water. Body boarding, skim boarding, swimming, searching for seashells, building castles... The beach is our favorite play ground. I can't wait to get back!
Well it has been awhile since I posted. Since my last post we bought and moved into a house, (yay!) and I got licenced as a home daycare and now have 4 children enrolled (double yay!)
Our house is wonderful. We got it for a really good price, it is small, about 700 square feet, but it is all we need. 3 bedroom, 1 Bath, and on a 3/4 acre lot. We have slowly gotten settled in, planted small vegetable garden and herb garden and a few peach trees. Our house also has a "breeze way" or car port that connects the house and the garage. We spend a lot of time there where it is always shady and always has a breeze going one way or the other.
Why home day care you may ask? Well after we moved here to North Carolina I was having difficulty find employment in the field I was working in previously (I was an activity director at an assisted living facility for seniors) so I looked for jobs working with children, and ultimately decided that if no one would hire me, I would make my own work. I eventually wanted to do home childcare once we eventually get pregnant and have a baby so it worked out to transition into doing that now and get everything set up and running now.
The licensing process was relatively painless, just a few things we had to do around the house to pass inspection, and now I am officially in business. Life is never dull with lil' munchkins running around. I remember once recently my husband asked me how my day was going... and I told him "Well.. got laundry washed and on the clothesline, breakfast made, got Raine to soccer camp, only to realize he hadn't brought any of his stuff and had to come back for it, a child care boy threw up in the car, and .. well its a normal morning..." All he said was "WOW" It is a lot of work, but I feel the opportunity to work with these wonderful children every day is worth it.
I love working with children, they help remind you what is really important in life, and give you plenty of opportunities to remember to stop and smell the dandelions. Children help you notice an be enthusiastic about small things that otherwise would have been missed. I also love their enthusiasm for learning, and reminds me to continue my own learning.
All in all a busy but nice summer.
Hope your summer is going well too!
