February 07, 2006
Starting from scratch
It has become painfully obvious that despite our best efforts to be fascinating, childish and spontaneous-funsters Jacob is missing the company of other rug-rats. So even though we are not working at the moment we went to check out the local creche situation. (Also playgroups, but he is going to need a creche position soon anyway so we thought it best to start now)
Despite all the hype about ridiculous waiting lists and so forth we found a place that not only seems ideal but where he can start straight away. (This was exactly what happenned in the Netherlands as well. We just seem to get lucky with fabulous-instant-child-care?)Initially just for a day or two per week, for the company more than anything else, and then later we can extend when it becomes neccessary. It isn't De Schep, but then that was unique, even in Amsterdam, but it does seem like a nice place. What we also like is that they have children speaking more than 25 languages and are used to children for whom English is their second language.
Jacob spent a couple of hours there on Monday morning and LOVED it. Straight into his charming-the-pants-off-everyone-routine. Danced madly with all the girls, climbed the highest climbing frame and cycled the fastest in the playground to impress all the boys and announced when he needed to go to the toilet to impress the carers.
The other children also left quite an impression on Jacob. Especially one little girl who wasn't into sharing the old-frying-pan-full-of-sand that Jacob had set his heart on. With two huge scratches under his eye it will be a while before Jacob forgets her!
Posted by Faith