29/04/2024
Grab a brew ☕️and a snack 🍪, this is a long one..
As most of you are aware our family is due to grow within the next 4 weeks 👶🏻 (I know, its come around rather quickly). Only a few months into this pregnancy, we decided as a family that I would not give myself a deadline to return to work after baby girl had arrived. This decision was hard but definitely felt like the right one for us as a family. So as of this Friday, I will be closing my childminding doors permanently 😪
I started my childminding journey to allow me to be involved with Evan's early years as well as a way for me to still bring in a wage and it was the perfect decision for us at that time. Over the last few years we have welcomed lots of beautiful, loving families into our home. Some of these families have returned with younger siblings, become godchildren of mine, came back for before and after school fun or just become stuck with us as close friends (Even Craig, apologies 😆).
The support I have received throughout my entire journey has been nothing but amazing ranging from ex colleagues, local childminders, friends and family and not forgetting my own early years teachers from 30 years ago who are always my cheerleaders! Sorry ladies, I'm telling the world your age brackets 🤣 and it's definitely not gone unnoticed! I've ran my buisness single handedly creating all my own policies and procedures, contracts and getting through my first ever Ofsted inspection as the lady in charge! I'm nothing but proud of my achievements and will always blow my own trumpet about Cheeky Cherubs Childminding BUT I am excited to see what the future may hold and the fact that I get to enjoy 'maternity leave' with no pressure to return to work. Over the last few weeks, most of my children have been slowly leaving to start their new journeys at alternative childcare settings and I have been checking in the see how they are getting on. Of course, because they are all confident little superstars, they are doing great! Which has made my guilt ease a little ❤️
So, here's to my last week of being an Ofsted Registered Childminder 🥂 ( This is Nosecco btw) ❤️