We have an incredible niece. Brenda started with nothing, tentatively opened a preschool in Bardstown, continued to develop the program, gained the confidence of parents paying for their child to attend the school. Now, the program is full, both morning and afternoon, there is a waiting list, and some parents are already on the waiting list for 2011 to make sure their child gets in! So, Brenda did the only logical thing -- she opened a second branch in Elizabethtown. Sunday, Jerry, Amanda, Shawn, and I went to an open house at the new location. It's located in the building where two of Brenda's sisters used to own an insurance agency. However, you'd never guess the building's earlier function because now it looks like something from a Berenstain Bears book. There is a science room, an art room, kitchen, listening station, computers for the children, a cubby hole with fat cushions for a quiet area, a teepee, a puppet theater with a variety of puppets, a "make believe" room with clothing pegs filled with hats, capes, and other dress up items -- it also has a long, horizontal mirror about 2 feet off the floor so the little kids can see themselves all dressed up. It's the most wonderful place to stimulate and develop all aspects of a child.
We weren't the only family members to show support for Brenda. We just missed Neal but got to see Marylyn, Cindy, Wendy, Nesie, Cocky, Sarah, Kaitlin, Libby, Ellie, Tricia and her two CUTE granddaughters who are about 2 years old, Taylor and Madison. Or, as Marylyn would ask, "Aren't they dahling?" Maine accent.
Last night was our usual Monday night poker game (We both won a little.) and when we got home, a sweet, old black cat greeted us. Amanda had brought over Rodburn to stay a few days since she and Shawn are getting a new dog and want to work with her a bit sans competition from Rodburn. Rodburn was fine until about 5:00 when he started roaming, scratching at papers, and rooowiing his howl that sets your teeth on edge. And forget sleep. :-)
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