Quote Originally Posted by FlexFunCare View Post
She will be going in the afternoon. Before drop-off would be lunch and the children will be sleeping until we have to pick her up. This is my issue.

Mom and I choose to send her afternoons so that she would be around for activities and away for nap time.

If she goes mornings nap time issue is settled but I still worry about taking all the children in the rain, and freezing weather and what not. Then there is the added issue of not getting a break because she is hanging around during nap time.
I went through this last year with my dd when she was in kindergarten. I wanted morning though and she took the bus to school and then I picked her up because the bus didn't run again until the end of the full school day. Mornings worked well for me. She would walk to the bus with the neighbour kids OR I would walk/drive her (if it was cold/rainy/gross out) to the bus in the morning (which was just around the corner). It worked well for me, as the kids showed up in the morning they would get loaded into my truck and we'd take dd to the bus. At 10:20 we would go to her school (she got out at 11:10) and because I was early, I got the prime parking spot in front so she could see me when she came out the doors. If it was nice out, I'd take the kids out of the truck to play in the playground for awhile or if it was yucky out, they'd watch a movie on the dvd player. It worked perfect. As for afternoon nap time, you may be surprised and she might nap. Kindergarten is a big change for kids and some tend to be tired. If she doesn't sleep, put a movie in and let her watch it while the others are sleeping. You still get your break that way