thank you to some awesome ladies!

When we first checked out NTBI (a couple of years ago), I will admit I wasn't crazy about the idea of putting our kids in childcare every day.  It just wasn't something I ever pictured for our family!  But I have been SO pleasantly surprised at how good it was for our kids this past year!

These childcare worker-ladies are not just daycare workers.  They are missionaries--servants of Christ who want to really invest in our kids.  They want to see workers go to the mission field so they give of themselves so that moms like me can be in class!  And on top of that, they LOVE our kids. 

It is so nice that anytime one of our kids does something really bad (ahem...Layla), such as biting another kid (we are working on this!!)...we can receive a text while we are in class from Layla's teacher, telling us that we should come right away.  We can leave class and be there in less than a minute, and then we can take Layla up to our apartment and talk to her and deal with the behavior.  This is NOT ordinary daycare!  How awesome is it that we are right down the hall from our kids, and we frequently see them in the halls, gym, etc with their classes?  I think it is great.  Plus, it is only for 3 hours a day.  It has just been a blessing.

So today as I picked up our kiddos from their classes, it was kind of sad.  A few of these ladies are moving on after this, so they won't be here next year.  We will miss them!  When we arrived up at our apartment after picking up our kids today, Kaine and Halle started unloading our dishwasher as they do every day.  Suddenly, Halle started SOBBING and she couldn't even tell us what was wrong.  I was trying to figure out if maybe she cut herself on a knife or something!  When she calmed down, she was finally able to tell me why she was crying--"I am going to miss my teachers!"--and then she broke down into more tears!  So Kati and Wendy...know you are LOVED by Halle!

Kaine with his teachers, Miss Kaylee and Miss Andrea

Halle with Miss Wendy and Miss Kati



Layla with Miss Tabetha and Miss Lanna

and Daisy with Miss Kayleen and Miss Sue

Here are some group pictures of our kids and their classes:

(A staff lady, Keisa, took Kaine and Halle's class pictures)

(and another staff lady, Mandi, took this one)

(Also, a thank you to Heather, the childcare coordinator.  She did such a good job organizing everything this year.  I wish I could post her picture, but she is out right now after having her fourth baby, Felicity). 

Thank you, NTBI childcare workers! You have done a great job with our kids this year, and we appreciate all of you!