Well, I *almost* had tomorrow off

[Josiegirl]

I've got 12 kids enrolled. Because of everyone's vacations, days off, I've only got 2 kids tomorrow, siblings. I asked their mom this a.m., 'since I only have your 2 tomorrow, would it be alright if I took them to the playground?' Sure she says but then she added 'but I've got tomorrow off too. I can just keep them home with me and give you a long weekend?' So I told her it was up to her and just let me know. So at pick-up today, the girls are begging to come tomorrow and she says well ok, if you want to. Argh, oh well. All I can say is I'm glad they're some of my favs! I just felt if I had said I was closed she wouldn't pay me for the day according to my policies.

[e.j.]

Well that's disappointing! It's nice that her girls were begging to go to your house tomorrow. It says a lot about you and your day care but.....so much for giving you a long weekend!

Oh well.....on a positive note, I'll bet dcm is looking forward to her long weekend!

[NeedaVaca]

I almost had Wed. off...all my kids were out except 2 siblings. Well, one sibling got sick so mom stayed home but sent the other one to me I was shocked she didn't keep them both home with her, irritated most of the day...

[littlemissmuffet]

I've got 12 kids enrolled. Because of everyone's vacations, days off, I've only got 2 kids tomorrow, siblings. I asked their mom this a.m., 'since I only have your 2 tomorrow, would it be alright if I took them to the playground?' Sure she says but then she added 'but I've got tomorrow off too. I can just keep them home with me and give you a long weekend?' So I told her it was up to her and just let me know. So at pick-up today, the girls are begging to come tomorrow and she says well ok, if you want to. Argh, oh well. All I can say is I'm glad they're some of my favs! I just felt if I had said I was closed she wouldn't pay me for the day according to my policies.

That would be fantastic, Jane! I have some appointments to book, so tomorrow would be the perfect day to do that. Thanks!


I have a policy that parents can't use my services unless they are at work or school anyways... so this would have been simple for me - as soon as she mentioned she had the day off I would have said "Great, that means I do too! See you Monday!"

[Josiegirl]

I kept hoping I'd hear from dcm at the last minute, telling me she didn't want to wake the girls or something. But no, they came bouncing in, at 7:50, all smiles and super excited they get to spend the whole day hanging out with just me and my dd. How could I have said no to that? Good thing they're so sweet. It's been nice though, playground, library, silliness, now they're watching Air Bud that they picked out at the library.
In 2 weeks I'm going to be missing their sweet bouncy selves so I guess it hasn't been too bad(after I got over my pity party) Haha

Ugh needavaca, yeh, that would've made me angry. Having just 1 child all day is hard.