Today was our last day of Krista-Care. Krista was offered a teaching position with discounts for childcare for Tyler right there at the school. It's a great opportunity for Krista to get back to teaching, and also a great opportunity to bring in more money for the family. We will miss seeing them every day, and assume Tyler and Alli will miss each other in their own ways.
Alli will be staying with a neighbor of ours. They are relatively new to the neighborhood and we have just started getting to know them. John and Marcie have 5 kids living at home: Rachel (8), Morgan & Mandi [twins] (7), Reegan (3), and Gage (19 months). The oldest 3 girls go to school, so Alli will be spending her days mostly with Reegan and Gage. They both love her, giving her lots of kisses and tickles. When the twins are home, they really help take care of Alli. (Yes, it's odd to watch a couple of 7 year old girls take care of your baby, but they do a pretty darn good job!) Marcie seems pretty at ease bringing another baby into the house. She is also a teacher that became a stay-at-home mom with the kids.
Oh, but that's not all. Marcie works at her husband's business on Mondays doing payroll for him. Unfortunately, that means she can't watch Alli. She takes her kids to a lady's house named Kim that has daughters in the same grade as Marcie's. So, I spoke with Kim to see if she would be willing to take one more kid on Mondays. She thought that would be fine. We haven't met Kim yet - Alli and I (and hopefully daddy) plan on meeting her this weekend and having her start watching Alli next Monday. She sounds very nice on the phone and comes with references, two of which she has been watching for the past 4 years, so that's got to be a good thing.
Mondays are going to take me a little getting used to (the idea of the arrangement). Marcie picks her kids up from Kim's at 3:30, which is an hour earlier than I can get back to Fountain Hills to pick up Alli. So Marcie is going to pick up Alli as well, and I'll be picking up Alli at Marcie's house. It should be interesting. Not only are we leaving Alli on Mondays with a total stranger (at this point a stranger), but I won't even be picking her up from there, you know, to get the debriefing on how the day went. I'm sure everything will be fine and I'm being a typical "new mom". It's just....different.
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Changing care givers can be stressful. I hope it all went well! (Probably did :-))
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