Home Away From Home Family Daycare since 1983   license 03-1666

WHY I LOVE MY JOB!!

1. You don't have to fight 5:00 traffic.

2. You don't have to worry about your boss getting mad because you missed a deadline.

3. The cafeteria always has your favorite foods.

4. You can wear shorts or jeans to work every day if you want to.

5. You can go barefooted if you want to.

6. You don't have to sit at a desk all day. You can get up and down and move around whenever you want to.

7. You don't have to ask someone if you can go to the bathroom or go get something to drink.

8. You can go outside whenever you want to.

9. It's okay for the people you work around to hug you and kiss you and tell you they love you all day long.

10. If your children call because they forgot something or need something you don't have to deal with a boss just to take care of it.

11. You know all the latest in kids songs, fashions, sayings and health issues. Which is only helpful and amazing to the person you're standing next to in line at the grocery store and they're holding their first child...they'll be amazed at how much you know. LOL

12. You usually know more than the people you work around. You will notice I didn't say smarter...it's just that we've been here longer so life's experiences have taught us a lot. If it was boiled down to year for year the odds are we may be losing some ground in the smarter than department!!!! LOL

13. NAP TIME!!!!!!!

14. No one gets onto us for answering our email.

15. We can take personal calls without getting in trouble.

16. When we are having a bad day no one says, "Well what's wrong with you? PMS?"

17. We can pass gas without having to light a match!!!! I know...GROSS...but true!!! =o)

18. Don't have to put up with all of the office politics!!!

19.I get paid to play with play doh and finger paint.

20.We hold all our office meetings at the zoo and the park. LOL

21. You can actually eat with your fingers and enjoy it.

22. You don't have to drive to your job in the snow and ice!

23. Through the years, watching the children grow from babies to through early school years, then finding them on MySpace.com, and they're adults now, and they remember you, IS THE BEST!!  'I added this one myself'



Child Care Provider Sanity Poem

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my sanity to keep.
For if some peace I do not find,
I'm pretty sure I'll lose my mind.

I pray I find a little quiet,
Far from the daily family riot,
May I lie back--not have to think,
about what they're stuffing down the sink,
or who they're with, or where they're at,
and what they're doing to the cat.

I pray for time all to myself,
(did something just fall off a shelf?)
To cuddle in my nice, soft bed,
(Oh no, another goldfish--dead!)

Some silent moments for goodness sake,
(Did I just hear a window break?)
And that I need not cook or clean,
(well heck, I've got the right to dream).

Yes now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my wits about me keep,
But as I look around I know,
I must have lost them long ago!
~Author Unknown~

The Daycare Provider who Lived in a Shoe
There was a provider who lived in a shoe
But being professional, she knew what to do.
She made best use of the space she could spare
And set up her home for family child care.

She registered with the state, called USDA,
Checked in with her R & R the very next day.
She knew she would need help in her situation,
The answer was joining a provider association.

She took CPR and First Aid classes, too
And brushed up on all the things kids like to do.
She advertised, interviewed, contracted, and then
She counted the kids carefully -- no more than ten.

She fed them good foods and recorded it, too.
She potty-trained Jake; helped Mark tie his shoe.
Collected art items and made a new batch of clay
And cut out cute pictures for a new theme's display.

She diapered, she bandaged, she wiped every nose.
She comforted Tim when Sue stepped on his toes.
She cooked and she washed, scrubbing floors, scraping glue.
She recorded attendance; did her bookkeeping, too.

She wrote parents notes home 'bout the kids in her care,
Anecdotes and concerns that they'd want her to share.
She read to the children while they sat in her lap
And she sang to them softly when they started to nap.

She called a provider who was feeling depressed.
She spoon-fed the baby, then got him redressed.
She picked up and dusted when they went out the door.
She updated records, picked up toys, mopped the floor.

She started the laundry, checked the mail, made a list
Of the groceries she needed and the chores that she'd missed.
She collapsed in a chair and put up her feet,
Then in came her family wanting something to eat.

She fed them all quickly, heard their stories, gave them hugs,
Then she rapidly washed up all the dishes and mugs.
As the family retired at the end of the day
She got out some books to study for her CDA.

She reflects on her day, in her eye there's a gleam,
For this provider is developing pride and esteem.
She works a long day and the pay isn't fair,
But the kids that she works with get quality care.

Their parents commute to their work sites each day,
Concerns about child care aren't in their way.
They are free to produce at a marvelous rate,
Which benefits business all over the state.

If you live in a big house or even a shoe,
Great is the work a provider can do.
Be proud, stand up tall, wear a smile on your face,
You are helping "tomorrow" be a much better place!