It kills me to even write this. After nearly two years, Lila ended her stint at the White Rabbit Daycare. She started attending in September 2008 when she was 18 months old. I was only a few months pregnant with Maya and needed some help keeping my toddler entertained. Plus I was exhausted and sick of play dates. Anyway, enrolling her was a huge splurge especially since I'm a stay-at-home mom. I found Barbara (aka The White Rabbit) on a parenting message board and the rest is history. A lot of history. I was a nervous wreck about leaving Lila back then. I couldn't imagine that she would behave like the other little kids there. No way is she going to sit down for circle or lunch time. Good luck trying to get her to throw her plate in the garbage can. She'll never hold your hand on a walk. Forget about getting rid of her sippy cup and, by the way, it's craziness to think she's ready to sit on the potty. Well, obviously she ended up doing all of these things while Barbara and Gene rooted her on. It's so difficult to trust total strangers with your kids. If your lucky, they make it easy for you and eventually become like family. That's what happened for us. Today we all cried (well, mostly me) as we said good-bye. I thanked them for everything with a touch of overkill, but I couldn't help it. We are grateful.
We will miss all our friends at the White Rabbit especially Barbara, Gene, Betty, Skyler, Dyllin, Lola, Liam, Nora, Jade, Lorelei, Elise and Morgan!
