Same here, kanga. My kids love the daycare. However, my kids are 12, 9 and 7, so the dck's don't use anything of theirs, and they are old enough to understand that I love them first, and that I am doing this to be home for them.

I found it interesting monty, that you said you felt your home daycare stopped you from going to your kids' school. I feel like most working mothers don't get a chance to go to their kids' school for any reason. I mean, how often would you tell your boss that you were taking a day off to volunteer for a school trip or to see your kid accept an award at an assembly? Probably never. I think that having the daycare actually allows for me to be around my kids' school more. I can take the toddlers with me to pick my children up from school, or to drop by at recess on the way to or from the playground. I have also gone on a field trip to a conservation area with the dck's in tow (with the parents' permission, of course).