If It Works, Why Not?

Things have been going ...well.... good and bad I guess. Two of the kids in my preschool are moving in a couple of weeks leaving me with some openings. But I have already been in contact with a mom who asked that I let her know if I had openings and I already met with another mom yesterday about her daughter too. So I may have the slots filled before they move, which is a good thing! Today I took the kids to the store and let my daughter pick out her first school backpack. She got a cute pink Hello Kitty one with stars and little lightning bolts and hearts on it. It matches her Hello Kitty lunch box perfectly that she picked out a couple of years ago (we bought it and put it away for her since it was on clearance for only a couple of bucks). Afterwards we picked up her friend to join us at the local splashpad.... We weren't even there 20 minutes and the heat got to me horribly!!! I felt so sick despite drinking my ice water and sitting in the shade. The heat just messes ...

So things have been up and down lately. First off, my income has been falling about $200 short each week as I have open slots until August which is causing me to drain my savings that I was going to put towards getting the backyard done (we need grass as its just dirt right now). I also am starting to become a little frustrated with one family that I provide care for too. I have been willing to work with them and have waived late fees for them paying a couple of days late so they can wait to receive their pay check and they have had a bug going through their household but they are almost a week late paying me and they have more than once no called-no showed on me and I don't hear anything until hours after I leave them a message. I haven't watched their child this week because he's been sick and they said they're taking him to the doctor today. Is it too much to send even a text saying that you are not bringing your child today? I think I am just going to have to insist...

Things have been busy for the last few weeks. I hosted mom's night and I was happy about it and disappointed at the same time. I was disappointed that the headcount was so low and I kind of worry that it was boring for the mom's who did show. The massages though were awesome and the moms who did come, I was glad it was them who did. I was also able to get my friend's son to fall asleep in my arms (which I was surprised by since he doesn't usually fall asleep anywhere but home) while his mom was able to get some me time and enjoy her massage. I would like to host another and I will just cross my fingers that more mom's show next time but if not oh well at least I got to have a night with good friends. My in home daycare/preschool has been going well so far. I have room for drop-ins until August but then I am booked solid- Yay! We just had "Color Week" and each child wore a certain color each day or brought a toy of that color and we did differen...