Easter picture

My mother took all of the pictures of Carter over Easter, so I am not sure when I will be able to download them. :) Here is the one photo I do have, which is cute enough to make up for the missing photos:

Out with the old. In with the new.

As Richard and I were packing up some of Carter's clothes that are out of season or he has grown out of, I noticed that I have a lot of onesies for my 17-month-old. I don't know why I thought buying onesies for a child that I can barely catch to change his diaper! A onesie just adds another step that we don't have time for. :) Some of these onesies have never been worn and Carter can still wear them, so I got creative today and decided to alter a few of my favorites. I only finished one before Carter took a nap, and knowing me, it will take me 3-4 days until i get to the next one. :) But I wanted to share with you my accomplishment today.

Here is the picture of the onesie before:



Here is the shirt after my alterations:



Notice the fancy stitching. :)



The one thing that I did not remember until it was too late was that I should sew before cutting. :) Thank goodness that this is a vintage-looking shirt; otherwise, the 1/2-inch difference on each side might seem worse than it actually is.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Let me remind you of the first major incident that occurred at our daycare.



Carter "fell" or "tripped" or whatever. I never got a straight story about this one. Carter still has a scar from this "accident."

Now, here is why we pulled Carter out of his daycare:





What you are looking at are the marks left on Carter after 4 continuous days of "children" in his daycare class biting him. From what I was told earlier, it has been just one child. Again, I cannot get a straight answer from these people. Since the daycare decided to implement a new "biting policy," the child who is doing the biting is allowed in interact with the other students for up to 3 weeks without removal.

I am sure that the other parents that read this blog will agree that we cannot continue to send Carter to a daycare that does not have his best interest at heart. I cannot send my child somewhere that I do not have the guarantee that he will be safe everyday.

Now I understand that accidents happened, but if your daycare does not have a plan on how to stop the biting from happening and only a policy on what to do once it happens, this seems backwards to me. Obviously, an 8 to 1 ratio is too high for a one-year-old classroom. Obviously, the class needs to be smaller, or there needs to be more than one daycare worker in the room at all times.

We did leave without notice and I am hoping that they try to get the "money owed to them" from us. I would love for the Clarion-Ledger, DHS, BBB, WLBT, etc. to hear about the child neglect and abuse that is allowed within the walls of Old Fannin Preschool.