The above pic is of my daughter K (left) and best friend "ML" and their babies!!!
Now, I have to say, I have the BEST child care provider for my daughter I could possible ask for!! When I went back to work 2 days before K's first birthday, I was devastated to be leaving my daughter with a virtual stranger. Being not from these parts, I didn't know anyone who did childcare, so I did the dreaded (gasp) newspaper search. There was only one from that search that I was even interested in meeting. Bonus for me (and K), it turned out she was a Brownie leader that a friend of mine knew. So, if nothing else, she would have first aid, etc. But boy, did I get more than I bargained for. First of all, K liked it sooo much there, even from the very first day, that I have never had a problem dropping her off...more of a problem some days trying to convince her to come home with me...lol. "A", her childcare provider also has a daughter about 3 months older than K...so that was great. Apparently they hit it off right away, and have been best friends ever since. It was the hardest thing leaving my daughter for someone else to care for for 8 hours a day or more, but A was awesome!! She added me to her facebook, and would randomly post pics of both the girls playing or some of just K by herself. It was easy to tell K was having a great time there by the smiles she had in all the pics A posted. This helped me sooo much with the transition of going back to work, and with not being with my daughter 24/7. She would also do K's hair, and if/when K would leak through a diaper or mess her clothes in some way, I can't even tell you how many times she would wash up her clothes. She also did the potty training thing along with me. Couldn't have done it without her!! I hold her in the highest regard for sure. And now, I can even say she is a friend. We started to get the girls together outside her place this past spring and spent lots of time at the parks. A spiratically comes over for an evening of hottubbin'. We usually plan for an hour or two...but by the time we come in, it is usually about 5 hours...haha. The girls did a couple sessions of swimming lessons together this summer (which A offered and took them to cause I was working---see what I mean?? She's awesome!!). And, they are now in the same dance class!! I am so glad K has such a good friend that she thinks so much of at such a young age. She will just randomly say "ML's my best friend and I love her very much"!!!
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