Meet Our Cubs - Season 6

I'm so excited to be posting this new slide show the week of Christmas! K-Bird and I have been working diligently on it for awhile in hopes of sharing it with all our families. It has been an eventful year with some very special kiddos. A lot of our cubs have moved on to new adventures (and states) recently, so we wanted to highlight our fun times and good memories with the cubs of 2014. Pony, Duck, and Puppy are still around (and Rabbit of course), and a new cub started December 1st. We've finally decided on an animal name for him, so we'll be introducing him very soon! We hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Christmas! Thank you for the honor of letting us watch your little gifts!

We'll Miss These Girls!

These two girls have brought a lot of fun and laughter into our home. We'll miss having them around! They enjoyed playing together the few times they came on the same days. Mermaid was quite sad when Deer stopped coming in September and started preschool. Mermaid's Mommy just had a baby brother, so she will be taking time off to spend time with them while Mom's on maternity leave. Both girls have new adventures ahead of them as they learn "the big sister" role since Deer's Mama is also expecting a little one in February of next year. They are both good helpers, so I think they'll do great! Thanks for some fun times, girls! We love your smiles :) !!!

Meet our Cubs - Seasons 4 & 5

It has been quite awhile since we've posted due to the very fact that our little cubs keep us quite busy. The evidence is below with our newest slideshows. SkyBird has been working very hard on these for awhile, and her ability to manage putting these clips together is amazing. I am very grateful for her hard work to capture the fun and eventful moments we have around here.

The first slideshow has highlights from last summer and early fall when Otter and Panda were still with us. Our seasons overlapped a bit with our cubs and because we had lots of pictures to show, we decided to make make a second slide show of pictures from early 2014 to capture the our daily experiences. Some of the second slideshow highlights our last and very special days with Kitten before she moved on to a smaller daycare home setting.

We hope you enjoy the shows!

Deer is Here!

We are happy to announce that we found a cub that fits the deer name, well, she found us actually. Her mom was referred to us by another client, and they just recently relocated to the Springs. Several months ago we posted about driving through an area near town that has lots of deer. This family actually lives somewhat near that area. On the night of our interview, this little girl asked me to color for her, so I started to draw the sun.

She then asked me to draw the moon and stars. I willingly complied and then asked her what to draw next. She quickly asked me to draw a deer. I was quite surprised since not many two-year olds ask you to draw a deer. I looked at her mom quizzically, and she explained that they often had deer come onto her property. Boy, let me tell you, I am not talented at all in drawing a deer, but she seemed satisfied enough at my feeble attempt.

So Deer it is.... It also sees to fit her quiet, compliant, observant, and "dear" personality. She only comes once a week, so the name also fits in that regard since deer in general can be consistent in being seen, yet random in how often. We have really enjoyed getting to know Deer, and she is a lot of fun. Most of all, my favorite thing about her is how she has adopted the name "Auntie" for me which is super "dear" to my heart! Welcome to our den, Deer!