I wish !!! Where I am it's 1 1/2 to the "cities"!!! I do my shopping there !! I used to live near Vancouver !!! Culture shock !!!
If I was going to do older kids I would still charge higher than $20 a day as food and entertaining them would def be different !!!
I would only have older kids and do outings for sure !!! I've had 4 school aged children at home !!! Boredom usually equals problems !!!
I would not mix ages and allow them to be jr helpers because they are not mature enough to make the best decisions with their actions around the little ones ! ( I've seen an innocent game of catch go bad fast !) and I wouldn't be comfortable as a mom with my own dd hanging out with older kids I don't know !!!