Personal Narrative-My First Daycare Child

Since I work from home with my husband as a daycare provider caring for twelve children, my daily routine during the week starts with getting up at four thirty in the morning, taking a shower, getting dress, brushing my teeth, brushing my hair and putting on makeup. Then, I go to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee and a bagel before my first daycare child arrives, who is normally asleep.
First, I lay her down on a mat with a blanket and pillow. Then I make lunches for two of my grandchildren and start breakfast for my daycare children. Every morning is a hot breakfast except for Fridays, which is cereal day. By seven thirty in the morning all twelve children have arrived and are sitting down eating breakfast. When they are done, they go brush their teeth and I brush the girl’s hair for school.
Second, my husband heats up the

Since it has been raining and cold this past week, I made homemade chicken noodle soup grilled cheese sandwiches, beef stew with garlic bread served different fruit each day and milk. At eleven fifteen in the morning my husband leaves to pick up children from their school. The first child gets out at eleven forty five in the morning, second child at noon, third at twelve forty in the afternoon and fourth at one in the afternoon. My toddlers are awake by 11:30 am, so I change their diapers and put them in their high chairs to eat lunch. By the time my husband arrives with the school age children, my toddlers are done eating and I serve them their lunch.
Fourth, when everyone has completed eating their food, they brush their teeth, get their mats, pillows and blankets and lay down in the front room to rest. Usually we allow them to watch a half hour cartoon and then they take a nap. The toddlers continue to play, unless they are tired, then I put them to sleep. My husband watches them while they are resting so that I can clean up the