Long time no see!

Hello to all my followers...it's been a while. It has been a very busy month for us. We had 2 weeks in the South of France for my husband's grandmother's 90th birthday. It was a great vacation, we ate a lot of good food...put on a few pounds while we were there, enjoyed kayaking in the Ardeche Gorges, spent a day in Chateau -Neuf-du-Pape for the medieval festival and a couple of nights in Paris.  My son is now very interested in Knights, Castles, Dragons, Swords and all that fun stuff! Thanks to my brother he has some Playmobil knights with armour and weapons and horses...we have been jousting this afternoon and now we are watching Disney's "The Sword in the Stone".

After three days at home we then headed off to Round Lake, Ontario for a week for my birthday and my Mother-in-Law's birthday. Unfortunately on our way there..we stopped for a bathroom break and I injured my back lifting my son up and ended up in an ambulance to a hospital in Ottawa...12 days later I'm still in pain and have found out I have a disc protrusion. Another 3 weeks and I should be back to 100% but have to be careful in the meantime.

In other exciting news, we were offered a daycare space for my son at a centre that we both like a lot. It is not only a "Centre de la Petite Enfance" (fully subsidized by the goverment=$7.55/day), but it is also the location of our local Family Child Care Coordinating office. AKA a licensing office/CCRR for family childcare providers in our neighbourhood. The coordinator asked me to bring in my CV so that I can sub, and I also have an interview at an English preschool on Tuesday afternoon. Thi sis the website for the daycare he will be attending: http://cpefamiligarde.com/ 

We have actually been offered a daycare space at 7 other centres, which is incredibly lucky. I think because of the time of year it is, a lot of spaces are opening up for the beginning of September. We have decided to enroll our son for 3 days per week as last year he did 2 mornings per week at preschool.

Something I found interesting were the licensing regulations around caregiver to child ratio:

"A permit holder must ensure that the minimum number of childcare staff members present to look after the children receiving childcare in the holder’s facility respects the ratio of

(1)  one member for 5 or fewer children present under 18 months of age;

(2)  one member for 8 or fewer children present from 18 months of age to under 4 years of age;

(3)  one member for 10 or fewer children present from 4 years of age to under 5 years of age on 30 September; and

(4)  one member for 20 or fewer children present from 5 years of age and older on 30 September."