My Weekly Poll! Are You Off/Closed Tomorrow For President's Day?
I have the day off happyface
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Wish I was closed, not feeling so great...
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I almost got the day off. :mad:
I have sisters, 7 & 4, whose dad is off, so they're staying home. I have a 4 yr old girl who is sick, so she AND her 9 yo brother will be staying home. I have an 8 yo girl who, when I texted Mom that the 7 yr old girl and 9 yo boy would not be here, she asked if she could stay home with Dad, who works at home. So that's 5 of my 6 who will NOT be here. I then texted Mom of my 3 yo girl (with my fingers totally CROSSED!) and said, "Just a heads up that your daughter will be the only one here, so if she wants to bring something to play with, she can." I was hoping Mom would say let's just take her to Grandma's so you can have the day off. Nope. She wrote back, "Sounds great. See you in the morning." :( Oh well.... we'll find something to keep us busy I guess!! |
Originally Posted by Lucy: Maybe she will pick her up early if you stress to the mom that she will be the ONLY one in care. Therefore she will have no one to play with :lol: |
Originally Posted by jenn: |
Tomorrow is one of my favorite type of days!
I only have 4 kids scheduled so the day will be VERY low key but I will be able to get ALOT of paperwork done as well as a ton of things I have been putting off for a while. :) @jenn I hope you feel better soon too! |
I'll be working and will likely have every single child here. That's always how it works out. :lol:
It's also a birthday day so there will be sugary donuts shared at snack time (that is what the parent is bringing). Holy cow. Help me. :ouch: |
Our schools are open and since I have teachers kids, I will be open.
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I'm open as well. Four of my dcks are teachers children and school is open.
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Originally Posted by snbauser: |
I'm off, but my day will consist of finishing my taxes :ouch:
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We are open. Only one child will not be there and he is the only one who is semi-easy. So, I will have all the lesser behaved kids....sigh.....
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Originally Posted by Lucy: |
Originally Posted by Lucy: We go a long time from MLK to Good Friday without a day off. |
I'm so looking forward to having a quiet day off and the best part is having my daughter, SIL, and baby grand daughter spending the day here with me!!!
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I take all the school holidays off. :)
Debbie |
I only have two . I stayed open for one since he leaves by 3:30 and I closed for the other one. It's in y handbook tht on closed days I'm open to taking just ONE child (if applicable/if I choose to) so they must compete for the spot by paying for it first if they want to be the ONE child I watch that day. I wish I had closed entirely but I needed the money ( I don't charge for days I close) this time.
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I'm closed and paid. I added it this year!
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I'm open however, I will only have 1 yo dck. Yay!happyface but I'm planning to add this day as paid next year. I will revise my contract in June.
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I'm open and all 6 of my dck's will be here. I really wished I would've closed, we went out of town the weekend and didn't make it back until late last night, not to mention that I had got a hold to some kind of stomach virus on Saturday:( and I really didn't feel my best yesterday:(
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I'm open. I used to take all 10 federal holidays but recently decided to close for 2 weeks in the summer rather than my usual 1 happyface so I reduced my federal holidays to only 5. I kinda traded days in a way from a few spread out to all at once which I think I need more.
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Im open :( But will be closing early to go get taxes done...Sounds like a day full of fun and excitment..lol NOT! ;)
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When school is closed, I'm closed. happyface
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I'm open today but only have one child.:) Nice easy day.
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I'm open but only have one of my regulars. I also have one drop in today because her bi-lingual montessori program is closed today.
The 2 I have are super easy so we're going to the park and bounce house activity place later. happyface |
I'm open. My kids have school today, but one of my dcm's is a teacher and her district is closed. Yup, still have her boy all day :( just like last week when she had a day off.
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Originally Posted by lovemykidstoo: I know we can't stop all parents from bringing their kids on their off days at work but atleast with teachers, I can couunt on a few certain days off with less kids. |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: |
School is closed & I am open.
I have no SA'ers though as parents are divorced and they are on break with the opposite parent. I have EVERYONE else, even though two dcm's aren't working. :rolleyes: Just a regular day here, without the after school chaos! :D |
Originally Posted by jenn: |
9 here today and it's going great! happyface I've even managed to keep my 2 "rowdy kids" from being too rowdy.
Feel better sick ladies! Drink some hot tea, sit in a chair, and observe children playing. :lol: |
Originally Posted by lovemykidstoo: |
I'm open....down to 2 and hoping their mom keeps up the tract she was on last week of picking up 45 minutes early:D!
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Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpecialist: |
Originally Posted by lovemykidstoo: Or, I would tell her you can start bartering "mommy days" with her on her days off of work. She uses you for a day for relaxation and you get to do the same. Bet she wouldn't do that anymore. |
Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpecialist: |
Originally Posted by lovemykidstoo: I just tell them that working with teacher's schedules is rough sometimes and during any scheduled school holidays, I will not be available to provide care for them. Like any other working mom/dad, they can take a day off and bring their child if they want to but not when school is scheduled to be closed. Just curious, what is your policy for summers when it comes to teachers? |
I am open and I have a houseful! I'm surprised to read how many of you have a light day; all my parents have to work.
Schools are closed ~ I have a group of kindergarteners who split up at the end of the summer; some had siblings and stayed here, others were the youngest and aged out. They have all been here since they were babies and this is the first time they have all been back together since August. They are having a blast seeing each other again ~ all in all a good day! But I'm glad it's only one... ;) |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: Normally I have let them choose for summer because I had SA's that needed the space so it worked out for me. My one family with twins normally come 3 days and in the past summers they would only come 1. The other family that has 1 here 4 days a week normally has both of their kids come 2 days a week in the summer, so really the same income. This year though I don't have any of my past kids coming back for summer only so I'm telling them that they need to either pay or come 1/2 the time. Really my other teacher that brings the twins sometimes doesn't bother me as much as this particular family because this particular family just doesn't seem to do much with their kids and that makes me feel bad for them. I guess after thinking about it, it's not that I mind having them, just that I wish they had more time with mom and dad. |
I added it to my holiday list this year so I'm off.happyface
We usually go on vacation about this time of year and our anniversary is on the 19th, so it's a busy time of year for me. We were in San Diego last week, got home at 4am on Sunday, and I still haven't adjusted to our unexpected late night flying. So glad I am off today! |
Originally Posted by lovemykidstoo: Teacher families pay their same rate through summer (even if they stay home all summer). I don't take SA'ers anymore so I don't have them available to fill the empty summer spaces. It might not always seem fair but if I KNOW someone's off because of their work/school schedule (college student, bank employee, teacher) I really push them to not attend on those days. I guess I don't have black and white rules as every family is different even if they work at the same place. I just really stress to parents that I am a child care provider who provides care when parents work. If they want to take a day off and still bring their kids, I really don't care but for some reason when I know they don't have to work, that bothers me so I just highly discourage it. I think if teachers (or college students or bank employees etc) want to have a day without their kids, it should be a day they take off of work not just a day they got off of work....kwim? That doesn't even make a lot of sense but so far in 5 years, it has worked out pretty good for me so.... :D HTH :) |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: So you say you charge them the same 52 weeks a year. Is it full price or do you figure out how much they would pay for school year and divide it out for 52 weeks? Do they still come in the summer then? |
Originally Posted by lovemykidstoo: I had one last year that goes out of town for the summer months and she asked if I would be willing to discount her summer care and what I did was take what it would cost her all summer ...something like $1700 and said if she paid me $1100 all at once before leaving or $450 on or before the 1st of each month I would be fine with that. I didn't mind being out a bit of money as it was worth not having that extra kid here every day. (especially because they had just turned 2) I have also given a teacher mom who had a baby (under age 12 months) a break in the summer too and only charged her 50% rates all summer if she agreed to keep him home all summer. NOT having a baby in the summer makes the days so much easier for me that it is totally worth the loss in income. So I guess for me, each summer is different and I am always quick to let my families who work seasonally know that what worked for me one summer may not always work for me the next so if they just plan to pay like normal, things will be fine. If I am in the position to do anything "special" for them, they will be the first to know. |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: |
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