ABOUT US
We are a family of nine, living in rural Cambridge, and looking
forward to sharing our beautiful space with eighty or so pre-school
children!
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dream of opening a centre has been in the pipeline for a very
long time, and it is exciting to finally have it as our reality.
Having lots of children is our only experience in the industry,
so naturally we are supported by excellent and qualified staff,
and our full time manager, Jayne Dahlberg. Craig, always the
handyman, takes care of business with the maintenance and
creation of new play equipment, and Jo does as she is told
by the people who know best...
Our children Cole and Ty attend Little Einsteins, while our
middle children Laura, Nick and Hunter and go to Hautapu Primary
School. Daniel and Ashleigh (our eldest) are both tertiary
students.
Monty, Shaggy, Bella and Dia are the resident alpacas. Curious
and friendly, they love to be fed pellets by the children.
Biscuit, Toffee, baby Poppy and Chocolate are the Centres'
Miniature Ponies. They love to be ridden, groomed and cuddled.
Toffee can pull a cart, so we hope to have occasional cart
rides!
Fifi and Bob are our very amorous dwarf-lop-eared rabbits.
They regularly delight us with new baby bunnies, it's great
to watch them grow! Their buddies are two fluffy guinea pigs,
Hairy McLeary and his yet-un-named brother.
Mowgli and Bobby are the resident calves. Very sweet, and
very friendly, as they have been hand reared. We plan to add
lambs to the chaos next year, so that the children can bottle
feed them.
BUILDING PROGRESS
Now that we are operational, please view the latest news
here.
5th January 2009
Finally! We made it! Happy New Year Families, and it certainly
will be for us. :) Amazing first day, just wonderful to see
all the children meeting each other and exploring their new
environment. Surprisingly, was not as chaotic as I had imagined,
and everyone seemed very happy to be there. Everyone left
at the end of the day very tired, including all the staff.
So much to see and do, I think this will be quite normal for
them all! Lots of children coming in for short visits in preparation
for starting next month, so we are constantly meeting new
little team members. Totally exhausted, but elated, and and
I can't believe I am writing our last progress update, it
just doesn't get any better than this! The next communication
on this site will be the newsletter page, families will be
emailed or posted a copy of our monthly newsletter, but we
will also have it accessible online. Yay for progress!!!
13th December 2008
Open day was a huge success! Children were playing, the Funky
Monkeys were grooving, and finally everyone could see what
we had been talking about for so long! Our teachers turned
out in force to meet their prospective Little Einsteins, and
a fabulous time was had by all. All the children left at the
end of the day excited to come back on the 5th of January
to begin their journey with us. What an amazing turnout, thank
you all for your wonderful support.
5th December 2008
WE HAVE GRASS! Suddenly the playgrounds actually look like
playgrounds, and not dust-heaps! A crowd worked hard all day
Saturday to lay the instant turf, and Craig will be spending
the weekend tending it carefully, I'm not expecting to see
him for a week or so!
And on the same day, a baby Cria... Yes, Petita 'unpacked',
and had a darling little girl. All in all, a pretty productive
week. Big week again coming up, Ministry visit on Thursday,
then finally get to meet all of you on Saturday at the open
day! Watch out for us in the Cambridge Edition this week,
and enjoy this gorgeous sunshine, long may it last!
1st December 2008
Another great induction day, look at how our team has grown
already! One more teacher and an office manager, and we will
be officially fully staffed. We all met on Saturday morning
to put the rooms together, it's amazing to finally see some
order to our chaos, and I look at the rooms knowing my children
are going to thrive in the environments that these talented
people have created. We had our fabulous new chef, Beth, join
us for the day to keep up our energy levels with the yummy
and healthy food she intends to prepare for the children.
We feasted on muffins and lasagne, vege platters and pies,
she really is a keeper! All staff left on Saturday afternoon
tired but satisfied with a job well done. Just a few more
pieces of furniture to purchase and place, grass in the playground,
and we will be good to go - everyone is just buzzing about
the upcoming Open Day, and sharing all this with our families.
21st November 2008
It's all coming together nicely! We have finished our building,
(Thanks Golden Homes for the AWESOME job you have done), and
are in the process of sorting all our furniture and resources
out. This is a huge undertaking by our wonderful team of teachers,
a team that is now virtually complete. Jayne and I have really
taken our time and strived to put together a warm, caring,
energetic group of teachers that would work well together,
and we have done a fantastic job, if I do say so myself! I
can't wait to see them in action, and I'm sure you are all
looking forward to meeting them on the 13th.
The kids have now been banished from the building, it's way
too much like a toystore, and they are like little tornadoes,
what a mess! They are however quite happy to retire to the
sandpits, where they are auditioning all the sand toys. The
more Laura (6yrs) sees happening next door, the more she wishes
she was a preschooler again! But she has been helping her
Dad make the concrete for the last few fences, knowing she
can play on the weekends.
Little Einsteins' Christmas tree has been planted in the
preschool playground where it can be in full view of all the
children, and although it won't amount to much this year,
should be large and fun to decorate for our first Christmas
in 2009... Craig has the unenviable task of completing the
playgrounds in this unbearable heat, the bike tracks are now
dug and ready to be poured, and he has made a couple of great
climbing features, one of tyres and one of posts. We are expecting
the Ministry to visit in the first or second week of December,
and it's just unreal how close we are to the licencing procedure!
Lots of administration being done, policies being written,
staff meetings, planning - Roll on the 5th of January!
13th November
As Christmas fast approaches, you will be horrified to receive
what will probably be your first Christmas Card of the year,
FROM US! Reason we are getting in so early is not to make
you panic about the upcoming silly season, but the card does
double as your invitation to our open day in four weeks time.
Dirt, sand and concrete flying next door as the porches and
footpaths go in, the sandpits get filled, and the mulch is
placed for the swing-sets. There's a big trailerload of tyres
for a tyre climb (that poor Craig is going to have to find
the time to make!), and deliveries every day of resources
and play equipment. We are so close!
Those that are inclined, please start saving your recycling
bits (yoghurt pots, bottle tops, egg cartons, muesli bar boxes
etc) for our soon-to-be-fabulous construction area, your help
here would be much appreciated. We are interviewing four more
lovely and very experienced staff next week, and hope to be
on the verge of completing our wonderful team! Still looking
for that perfect person to hang out in the kitchen and feed
us all nutritious meals, so don't hold back, if you have some
experience in this arena, bring on the applications!
Wee Poppy is getting cuter (but not much bigger) every day.
She has a curly mane and tail, and is just precious. We are
exposing her to lots of cuddles (Craig carries her around,
which highly upsets her Mum!), to get her used to us. One
of the Alpaca's is due to have her Cria shortly (when they
give birth, the term used is 'unpack', which is very sweet),
so we are hoping she has well and truly 'unpacked' by the
time we see you all on the 13th. After another team of five
baby bunnies, Fifi and Bob have been separated to try and
cool the romance a little. It's totally crazy the rate at
which they reproduce, and as a mother, I have to feel a bit
sorry for her. As a father, the steady stream of offspring
is giving Craig the deja-vu horrors, and he got Bob out at
a rate of knots! The break will do her good.
Anyway, forgive me for the early Christmas Card, let me know
if 'yours' doesn't arrive (some address details may have changed),
and we will keep on keeping on so you can all admire the results
on the 13th!
8th November
Today we had a wonderful day with most of our teachers,
who will be thoroughly tired out! They gave up a day of their
weekend to indulge in some planning for their different areas
for those first days and weeks that they will be meeting and
welcoming your children to Little Einsteins.
We were all able to do some team building/bonding, and seeing
how cohesive the group has become already, we really have
done fabulously with our hiring. We know you will agree we
have an awesome bunch! After pinning them down for pictures
and profiles (not a popular part of the morning!), you can
view these on the Staff page. Everyone had a look at the comprehensive
range resources we have gathered so far, their gorgeous areas
to work inside the building and the half finished playgrounds.
General consensus was a very positive buzz, and everyone is
really looking forward to opening and meeting you all.
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3rd November 2008
Toffee finally stopped holding out on us and provided us
with a beautiful wee girl to fuss over. Little Poppy was born
on the 18th of October, she is absolutely darling and very
cheeky!
Craig has been slaving away on the playgrounds, the sandpits
are almost finished, and foundations going in for the swingsets.
I've been having fun trying to work out the children's roster
for next year, thank you for everyone for getting your forms
in. Shopping for resources has been one of my more enjoyable
jobs - it's so hard to choose though, I want EVERYTHING!
Our fabulous chef is no longer starting with us, which is
very disappointing, but she has had an exciting change in
her family circumstances, so congratulations to her! If you
know of any one who can fill these very large shoes, please
be in touch.
The floor coverings are being laid, and our first staff induction
is scheduled for next weekend, so lots happening. It's going
to be pretty hectic up until Christmas! The paint is on the
walls, the air conditioning units in, we are just doing finishing
touches really. I will be introducing more staff via the webpage
after Saturday when I tie them all up to take their photos
- isn't it funny how people HATE having their photo taken!
This is brief, but am finding there is not enough hours in
the day, so quick update is better than none! Don't forget
the open day on the 13th Dec, will send out invites soon,
but calendar it now so you don't forget. I have confirmed
my booking for the Funky Monkey's concert that day, so bring
your dancing shoes!
14th October 2008
Well, I have to do another update to introduce our new additions.
Two gorgeous little Calves called Mowgli and Bobby. Bobby
is short for Bob the Builder, and not an allusion to his almost-status
as veal! The kids had the honour of watching Mowgli come into
the world on Sunday. He was a breech birth, so it wasn't very
pretty, and I very much doubt my husband will ever be a midwife
when I see how breech birth is handled with cows! We got a
bit attached to wee Mowgli after this event, and decided to
bring him home... with a buddy of course. They will eventually
become a wonderful accompaniment to horseradish sauce, but
we won't tell the kids that just yet.
The driveway was hot-mixed today, and is complete. Looks fantastic!
In the process, had to work around a duck who had seen fit
to lay her babies in the way. All is well, and she has since
hatched the wee darlings and they have all toddled off no
worse for their terrible positioning...
More enrolments pouring in as we near opening. Hope you all
enjoyed the sun today, forecast is for more horrible RAIN!
My drier broke down (hardly surprising when it has been supporting
a family of ten throughout the past couple of months), and
the repairman gave me an anxiety attack when he told me he
would 'try' to have it ready before he goes to Raratonga in
a couple of days... We could end up in a pile of trouble if
he prioritises his holiday ahead of my domestic woes!
Guess what! TOFFEE STILL HASN'T HAD HER FOAL! I swear, this
has been worse than waiting for my own children to arrive.
8th October 2008
Is everyone craving summer as much as we are? A bit of a tease
with some summerish days, then all this rain again, it's a
bit like Groundhog Day. Hope you are all coping with the school
holidays, and having a great time. You will have all received
a letter from me regarding our new start date, which is to
be the 5th Jan 2009. Based on the handover date of the building
and followed by licencing requirements, the decision was made
that it would be too stressful for the children to open for
a couple of weeks prior to Christmas, then shut again. I hope
you have all diaried our open day also, a wonderful chance
to meet the teachers, play on the equipment, see the building
and resources and of course attend the concert that the Funky
Monkeys will be playing especially for the children! This
is the 13th Dec, and we really look forward to meeting everyone
that day!
The painters are in the building! Not only that, but the
driveway is kerbed and now being laid, it's really taking
shape. Craig has been slaving over the playgrounds, and hopes
that these are going to start coming together in the next
few weeks. They are beautiful big areas, and we can already
picture all your little angels running around having a ball.
For those of you that have returned your forms confirming
your start dates, days and times required with your deposit
cheque, thank you so much. I am in the long, drawn-out process
of re-forming the board to accomodate any changes to family
circumstances from the time you originally enrolled, which
for some of you was an extremely long time ago! :) For those
of you that haven't, a reminder that there is a waiting list,
and if I don't hear back, will have to reallocate your space
to children on the list. :( There are a few families that
have moved, and their letters returned to me, so you will
hopefully catch up with me via email and let me know your
change of address so we can keep you updated.
Can't believe how much the baby bunnies have grown (Mum must
be just about to have more!), and we still have one left if
anyone would like to give him/her a home, they are quite gorgeous.
Surprise surprise, Toffee still hasn't had her foal... Her
tummy is dragging on the ground, and the midwife in me is
watching her carefully for signs, but she just keeps happily
on eating. Hmmmm.
Keep those forms rolling in so I can confirm your child's
places, it's starting to feel like Christmas will be upon
us at any given minute, and then we will be OPEN!
15th September 2008
Well yesterday it looked like Little Einsteins was getting
a swimming pool. I was most distressed when the trucks arrived
and put three septic tanks into the pool, it now looks like
our water play area is going to have to be a little more traditional.
Fifi has delighted us with five new additions to the team,
very gorgeous wee bunnies, it's just like Easter at the Maddison
house! If any families would like a beautiful dwarf-lop ear,
Fifi and Dora are proud parents that will be needing to rehome
their little angels in the next six weeks to make way for
their second litter. (Curly has had her name changed to Fifi,
for unknown reasons, I'm still trying to get used to it...)
Anyway, for the meantime it has taken my mind off Toffee,
the miniature horse that refuses to have her foal.
Start date and opening date are in the process of final decisions,
and letters will come out to you all to advise of the plan.
It will be so nice when we all actually know where we stand,
can get a bit frustrating in this process of building and
working with different people who all have different agendas.
We are getting there though, huge progress, and the Gib guys
were actually over at the centre on Sunday! Very impressive.
Lots of people next door, playing loud music as they work,
fortunately they have fantastic taste in music and I can enjoy
it while processing all my enrolments! Can you feel summer
coming? Am loving the weather, hoping you are all getting
a chance to get outside and enjoy it too!
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Daddy cuddling the baby bunny
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Playing with the baby bunnies
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Sanding and painting tables
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My fabulous swimming pool!
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3rd September 2008
It's been a bit of a slow week, no one on site, but as you
can see from the photos, there has been wonderful progress!
The bricks are on, and inside it has been fully lined with
bats, just waiting for the Gib to go on. We had a lovely lunch
meeting with our core team of staff last weekend, it was great
for them to see where they will be working and envisage their
areas, and of course to meet their new colleagues!
8th August 2008
Continuing rain hasn't dampened the progress, but the 'playground'
is a complete bog! Next step for this is lots of instant lawn,
as soon as the trucks etc have finished running over it! Fences
are looking good and going up fast, the boys have been out
there rain hail or shine, and now we not only have windows,
but the beginings of a block exterior. It's looking fantastic.
The airconditioning has been pre-piped, and is ready to go
in! Toffee is just getting fatter and fatter, I would have
thought her foal would have arrived by now, but the vet assures
me it will happen - I had started to wonder if she was actually
pregnant or just needed a diet... Should be anytime now.
24th July 2008
We must be almost ready for our roof shout! The roofing gang
would have been thrilled with the gorgeous weather today,
after doing most of their prep work in the pouring rain these
last couple of days. It's incredible how fast the building
changes as everyone goes full steam ahead, and the rain does
not seem to have slowed anything down! Nick and Hunter enjoy
sitting on the gate and watching 'their preschool' going up!
17 July 2008
I'm loving having to report to you all weekly! Now that we
have begun, there seems to be no stopping us! The day the
frames went up was amazing, we finally have a building. Trusses
yesterday, incredible to see the roof take shape. Some of
our new staff came yesterday for a walk through, and left
buzzing and excited, as were finally able to envisage their
areas. Craig has been working hard on the fencing, and little
Nick has been giving him a hand. Baby Cole is a dream, two
nights in a row slept seven hours... he knows I have lots
to do and need my sleep, the little angel! Look forward to
showing you some new stuff next week!
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10th July 2008
The stuff that fairytales are made of this week, a floor,
trusses, frames, timber, builders AND a new son! It's certainly
all go. We missed the floor being poured on Tuesday as it
was the same day Cole Russell Maddison made his grand entrance.
A gorgeous wee brother and son, and newest member of the Little
Einsteins infants area. Weighed 6lb 6oz, and is so far a dream
baby - thank goodness, because we are REALLY BUSY NOW! More
updates soon, enjoy driving past and seeing the scenery changing!
3rd July 2008
The rain is conspiring against our floor! The next fine
day, it goes down. Fingers crossed for a change in the weather
guys! Frames arriving this week, so that's awesome news. Floor
is all boxed up and ready to go. The kids are having an absolute
ball as we buy in resources ready for opening, it's a bit
like Christmas as they trial all the centre resources for
us, they are resigned to the fact that they are just 'borrowed',
and belong to Little Einsteins! The house is currently full
of trikes and scooters being test-ridden, which is a bit of
a challenge, but gives them something to do in the rain!
We hired another wonderful intermediate teacher yesterday,
which was really exciting, we are seeing the Centre grow despite
the current lack of walls! Our intermediate area has followed
the infants, in that we are now practically full. There are
no full time spaces left, just a couple of Wednesdays and
a couple of Thursdays. I don't expect those to last long!
The preschool area (3.5years to 5yrs) still has a dozen or
so spaces left. We have been delighted with the support Little
Einsteins has been shown by the Cambridge community, there
is obviously a huge need for early childhood care/education
for local families, and we are looking forward to providing
your precious children a safe, fun and wonderfully learning
environment in the VERY near future!
19 June 2008
How's this for hot-off-the-press! Have just walked in
from taking these site photos, it's about time huh? Workmen
are on site, the floor is being prepped for pouring, and Craig
has nearly finished the Gym exterior. Fantastic progress.
Need this amazing weather to continue so we can forge ahead.
Had to put in a couple of animal pics for the kids, it's been
awhile! Poor Benny gets an unseasonal haircut, while Sienna
gets a cuddle from her favourite girl! Thanks so much for
all the emails congratulating us on building progress, it's
nice to share the buzz with our families.
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Benny's Haircut
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Lulu and Sienna
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16 June 2008
Hi Families! Well I completely missed the boat with my
camera, apologies, but it did happen. We had footings poured
last week, while I was off-site.
Exciting stuff going on, we have contracted another two
fabulous teachers last week, are expecting a 40 foot container
of fencing, furniture and resources today or tomorrow, and
have been promised a 'floor poured' by the end of this week!
Finally we are flying. Today we have a plumber with us all
day working on the things that need doing prior to the floor
being poured, it all feels quite surreal after such a long
wait.
I will get some progress photos on to the page next week,
I promise, but for now, just enjoy the good news, as we are!
5 June 2008
WE HAVE BUILDING CONSENT!!!
The best news, we are just rapt, and are now waiting on the
builders and tradesmen to come and make the dream a reality.
Have been getting many phonecalls and emails from parents
the last couple of days, and I know everyone will be pleased
to hear that we have finally hit this milestone. Once the
floor is poured, we will estimate an opening date. Not a lot
of point until then, I don't want to have to change it again
on you. One thing we have learned from this long drawn-out
process is to take care when making firm statements if you
are relying on many other people! They just might not have
the same vision of speed! Will post update as soon as first
tradesman appears on sight - will insist he poses for portrait!
More excellent news, we have all our 'heads' in place! Our
Manager, and Head Teachers for each of our three areas have
been appointed. I look forward to putting a photograph and
profile of each of them on a new page, 'Meet the Team', so
that you can begin to know who will be working and caring
for your children, and see the wonderful people that we have
been able to engage. I can't tell you how lucky we are with
these ladies, they are a group of dynamic and passionate people
who all have something wonderful and unique to bring to Little
Einsteins.
We have also been interviewing some wonderful teachers to
form the teams for each group, and this will be a continual
process up until opening. We now have a Chef who has an amazing
background of restaurant names in her career, and is opting
for a change of pace with having small children of her own.
Your children will be well nourished!
More very soon......
12 May 2008
Hi Families,
Firstly, my sincere apologies that this update has taken so
long. We have been waiting every day for some positive news
for you, and it's been a long time coming. We are getting
calls from families who are concerned about our building (or
lack of), so I am updating anyway. Although I am hoping that
this will be the week for great news, I won't be holding my
breath, as this has proved futile in the past! We know that
many of you are as anxious for us to be up and running as
we are ourselves, as you juggle work committments and family.
We are still waiting for building permit, and are only waiting
for 'detailed plans' to be returned to us from the architects.
No amount of calling and pleading seems to be helping our
case, and we understand that this will happen in their own
good time. For whatever reason. Once we have this, our building
permit should be complete, as we have provided (long ago)
everything else that the council have asked us for. Please
know that we are doing everything in our power to keep things
moving, and once we are building, things should rocket along
nicely. Our fantastic Building Manager, Russell Mathers, lives
on site, and is highly motivated to see this project fly.
On a more positive note, we have had some wonderful staff
applications and interviews going on. We have two fantastic
final candidates for the position of Manager, and now the
awful choice needs to be made, I would really love to have
them both, they have so much to give to us! We have chosen
our head teachers for the infants and the pre-school area,
and in the process of making a decision on the head teacher
for the intermediate area. Then we have to enlist a fantastic
team of teachers to complete the picture so we are ready for
this centre to open! We will be starting to add faces and
profiles to the website in the near future, so you can start
to get to know our team.
We had the bobcat in last week digging the floor for the
outdoor storage area and the gym, was so nice to have someone
working over there! Thanks Noel!
Bella the alpaca arrived finally from Christchurch, accompanied
by her niece Dia. Gorgeous cuddly girls, the children are
going to love handling and feeding them.
Despite extending the infants area, we have a waiting list
now. It's still in the early stages, so if you have delayed
enrolment, get it in and it won't be too long a wait. The
intermediate area is going to be the next to fill up, with
only 6 full time places left!
Although I know that you would much rather see building photos,
animal photos will have to suffice again. Hairy McLeary and
his yet-un-named buddy, (the guinea pigs) lounge in the sunshine.
Curly, the lop eared rabbit is getting to enjoy his cuddles
and Manhattan and Tango show off their cool new haircuts.
Next update might include some building pics (fingers crossed
guys!).
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31 March 2008
Apologies that this update has been a long time coming.
We hope that all our families had a lovely Easter break, and
ate tons of chocolate (as we did!). The trip was very successful,
we ended up buying lots of resources for the centre, but it
was incredibly hard work, and on our return we promptly got
revoltingly sick and confined to bed for a week. Hence the
delay in my update! Pleased to be home, but can't believe
how BROWN everything is. Our darling Centre animals are doing
ok without the grass, we are feeding them silage, so they
are still looking very well off despite the drought. We now
have two preggy ponies, and two preggy alpacas... The Easter
Bunny brought us two gorgeous lop-eared rabbits, and two guinea
pigs with crazy hair-do's (the pet shop PROMISED that they
will not reproduce, much to Craig's relief!).
We are growing. The under-two's area only has three full
time spaces left before we have to start a waiting list! It's
pretty incredible. We are having to stop the 'half-day' sessions,
as it is becoming too difficult to fit people in. I will make
that change to the website today also. There have only been
a few people wanting half days, and for those already pre-enrolled,
we will keep those for their children, but as the majority
of people want full days, and a huge number wanting full weeks,
we will be sticking to a minimum of one full day, and eliminating
half day sessions. I apologise in advance to anyone who this
may inconvenience.
Still no applications for that Cook's position I mentioned
last month... Where are you all? Administrator position has
been filled, thank you for all applications to date. Still
looking for fabulous teachers of course, with the rate and
speed that we are growing, will need a fantastic team in place
come July.
If only we had a building consent.....
Yes, still in that process, but we are progressing well.
We know once we get the builders over there there will be
no slowing us down! Hopefully my next update will include
the news that we have builders on site.
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Left: Bear and Sienna the sheep having
a cuddly moment.
Below: One of the new 'Easter Bunnies',
for some unknown reason he has been
christened 'Curly' by the young Maddisons!
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5th March 2008
A busy time, but not much visably happening. Still in the
building consent process, the waiting is frustrating - for
you as parents probably more than us! Lots of things to do
while we wait, power now over to the site, drainage all done,
lots of 'bits and pieces'.
I have been busy building a library and some resources, trying
not to get too carried away, as am working undirected! Huge
catalogues of fantastic learning toys are flooding in - so
big that it would take me a lifetime to get through them all!
Still looking for that 'perfect manager' to come along and
show me the way - we hope to interview in May for this position.
If you know of someone qualified and fabulous, give them a
push in my direction! Amazing response from parents wanting
to book their children into Little Einsteins, we have more
than 20 children on our list already! Despite my determination
not to, brought a couple of new animals, a funny-faced white
alpaca called Petra, and a gorgeous mini-pony called Toffee.
Both are... you guessed it... pregnant. There will be more
baby animals than children if I'm not careful!
Designed our kitchen over in Rotorua, and narrowly avoided
a marital spat over the 'single-oven or double-oven' debate.
All the Mums will agree I'm sure that muffins for 80 or so
children cannot be done in a single oven. I won that particular
battle, the future cook of the centre can thank me at our
interview! Little Einsteins chef, this could be a great opportunity
for a super-capable, talented and organised Mum (or Dad!)
out there who wants to return to work part time. I know just
the perfect place to put your pre-schooler while you're working!
Craig and I are away for a while this month, from the 9th
to the 20th of March. Keep your registrations rolling in during
this time, but don't be alarmed if you don't get confirmation
that I have received them until a little later in the month.
Any enquiries are best sent through email, I will have email
access, so will be able to talk to you that way. Will be keeping
our eyes open while we are in Bali for any wonderful additions
to the centre resources, and picking up all our fencing while
we are there! Perfect time to be leaving Cambridge for a tropical
destination, today has been wet and COLD!
18th February 2008
Loving the rain! Is keeping the dust down in our massive dirt
pile. A great week, Biscuit, the minature pony, is confirmed
pregnant, which means a new baby for Little Einsteins due
on Christmas Eve! Bella will be joining the Centre, a white
alpaca, who will also be having a baby, believed due about
this time next year. Lots of enrolments flooding in - we are
really looking forward to meeting all the families who will
be a part of our Centre.
Final plans are now back! Very exciting, it means that the
building consent process can now begin, which in turn means
we are hopefully only 4-5 weeks away from seeing a building
start to take shape! Watch this space! :)
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Bella the Alpaca, currently still living in Wellington,
but joining us soon! |
January 2008
It's hard to believe that all this dust and dirt is going
to be 'Little Einsteins'! Really exciting to see cars stopping
to watch, and to check out our signs.
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