Goodbye to Ms. Cherie & Ms. Merita...

Last week, Molly started at OSU's child care center on campus. We had been on the waitlist for a year and a half (yes, we got on the waitlist before Molly was even born!), so we were very excited when we got the email that a spot had become available for Molly. We really liked Molly's two teachers at her other daycare, but she was due to transition up to a new classroom and we weren't particularly impressed with the teachers. And truthfully, we had never been particularly impressed with the daycare and director as a whole. Molly's two teachers, Cherie and Merita, were the main reason we kept Molly there. They were so loving and nurturing with the kids, which at the infant age, seemed to be most important.

Molly grew really attached to one teacher in particular, Ms. Cherie (AKA. "Mimi") and Ms. Cherie grew particularly attached to Molly. Cherie often commented on how Molly reminded her of one of her daughters. I'm sure because of that, Molly got a bit of extra attention. The other teachers would also frequently comment on how attached the two of them were to each other. So it was really sad to have to say good bye to Cherie, in particular. She's become like a 3rd grandmother to Molly and we really hope we're able to keep her in Molly's life even though we are no longer at that daycare.

It was hard to get a good picture with Molly & Cherie and unfortunately, Ms. Merita had left for the day, but here are a few of our dear "mimi"...