Sandy's Playhouse...

We had a change in care for Alex but it has all worked out great. Kathy needed a little free time and there was an opening at a good friend's in-home care so Alex is spending the day at Sandy's Playhouse now. 


As far as Matt and I are concerned it is great. Sandy makes the kids all behave, eat well, nap, put themselves to sleep for nap, follow rules, share, etc. Kathy had done a great job with Alex and we are so thankful that we made it through his first year with just a couple of stuffy noses. Now that he is getting older he needs the social interaction with other kids. No matter how hard Kathy tried, this is something she could not do for him. He will learn so much from all the other kids. Kathy still keeps him every once in a while and whenever Sandy is off so they still get time together. It is really the perfect situation for everyone.


The kids at Sandy's love Alex and treat him great. She has kids ranging from a few months younger than Alex to 6 years old. It is a great mix and they all are so well behaved, thanks to Sandy I am sure.


Just about every day when I pick him up Sandy has a funny story that happened that day. Here are a few of the best ones:


The first day Alex was throwing all the blocks out of the box. Addie, the oldest at 6, told Jayden, about 4, to show Alex how to build with the blocks. So Jayden stood by Alex and every time he would throw a block Jayden would say, "build Alex, build!". Sandy started laughing and Jayden looked at her and said, "Addie told me to teach him!"


That same day at lunch Addie was upset because she said they hadn't "teached Alex anything". Sandy told her that of course they had, they had taught him where the toys are, how to play outside, and all kinds of other things. Addie responded with "but we haven't taught him his ABCs!!"


Last Friday as I was dropping Alex off Addie came in at the same time. She had a soft baseball she had gotten the night before at the Legends game. Her mom told her to show it to Alex and she told her mom, "ok but all he is going to do is throw it" and handed to him. Of course Alex immediately threw it and Addie said "see, I told you." very matter of factly.