YEAH!

mummy2girls wrote: Tonights visit went so well!!!! she is looking into the bus routes and such because the 2 oldest go to kindergarten and grade 3. and if it works that the school bus will pick upa nd drop off at my place she will put her kids in my dayhome! How cool is that! 3 spots filled! and then i may have a 1 year old and another 1 year old coming as well. wow not even 3 days and may be filled already! YEAH!

Maddie&EthansMom replied: You rock, girl!!!!!

It doesn't take long to fill those spaces and you will get so many calls after they are filled. Just keep a list of those names in case someone leaves.

But congratulations!! I'm so glad this is working out for you!

mummy2girls replied:
i know.. i have to turn away 2 parents if the 2 one year olds work! that will be hard!

ediep replied: thats wonderful!!! Congratulations!!!!

My3LilMonkeys replied: After hearing the review that they gave to Nathan'smom I'm not surprised that you have so many ppl interested!! I'm glad to hear that everything is going so well for you!

Halo42101 replied: That's awesome! Congrats. Shelly.

C&K*s Mommie replied: Congrats on filling up fast and getting the rave reviews by the reccomendating board.

~Roo'sMama~ replied: That's awesome Shelly, congrats!!

holley79 replied:

That's wonderful news sweetie.

Kaitlin'smom replied: thats WONDERFUL. congrats shelly.

TheOaf66 replied: pass some of those good luck vibes to my DW, she is also looking for kids to enroll

Congrats

Sarah&Mackenzie replied: That's great!! Congrats!!

7thHeaven replied: Congrats! Glad to hear it went well!

AlexsPajamaMama replied:
Is Jenna excited to have kids at home to play with?

mummy2girls replied:
has your wife done up flyers? thats what i did and i got some calls from those. what really got me kids is the agency! one thing i do when the parents come for a visit to see my dayhome.. is I sya hi to everyone introduce myself and jenna and then right away ask to hold the child( if its a baby) and if its older then i get down at thier level and talk with them. Alos.. have something out for the kids to play with so you can talk to the parents, even offer fruit or something.. these things are stuff parents really like to see...

Nathansmom replied: No one asked to hold Nathan when we were looking, that is a great idea! He wouldn't have liked it, but at least an effort would have been nice.

Boo&BugsMom replied:
Yep, flyers, newspaper ads, yard sign, signs for the van, flyers, brochures. My add hasn't run in the paper yet though, and that is where a lot of people look. I even have the local workforce dev. center giving out recommendations for me...I've got some good networking. It's just a strange situation because I have had the same families for over 2 years and have never needed to advertise until now. My issue is that I only take children who are 2 and older. I have had calls for babies, but I do not wish to enroll babies. I do a structured preschool and K readiness curriculum, and with babies and a big age gap, you really can't be as structured as I'd like to be. It's something I feel very strongly about, preparing a child for K, and it's my specialty so I'd like to keep doing that and I can't do that with babies in the house, unless it's my own. I run my house like a school pretty much. Coming from running a large childcare center, to my home, I wanted to keep that structure because I saw how important it was. I also wanted to keep that professionlism...my 30 page handbook of policies, etc. I'll stop rambling...

The right family will come. I only need 1 more kid to feel comfortable financially. I know when I least expect it, it will happen. It always does.

gr33n3y3z replied: Thats great new