Against the tide update….
As one would hope, by the 28th of June, it seems that my problems regarding July first have been solved. I commiserated with another mother, and then remembered that there are two teenage girls living upstairs.
I don’t really know them, but there are about 5 children in that family, so they must know something about children. It turns out they were going to do a summer camp (kaytana) at their synagogue, but it fell through. I asked if they would be interested in doing an after camp program from 1:30-4 (including walking them home) for three weeks. They agreed, and currently we have a 2 child after-camp program taking place in our apartment. It is especially nice that it will be at our apartment, and also that the mom of the girls runs a family based childcare for infants upstairs–so if there is a problem, help is nearby.
As for the problems for the fall with the little girl’s childcare, they have promised me that she will be in the big kid’s class and I’m thinking about asking for something in writing. (I’m a wimp though…I’ll get the other parent who is concerned about the issue to ask for the letter in writing.)
