As you can see, laundry is a big issue here. They hand wash all the clothes outside in a corner of the courtyard - clothes for about 14 babies and about 14 toddlers and kids.
These first two photos were taken from a balcony on the 3rd floor that looks down onto the courtyard.
At play!
This was inside one of the two rooms for the kids. They had a toddler room and a room for the older kids. The kids were gathered around so we could hand out a little gift bag we had prepared for each of them. They were so excited, it was really heart-warming. 
This is inside the baby room which had 14 cribs in it. The nannies wore those nice white outfits and the lady at the little desk was doing something with medicines. The amazing thing was that it was pretty quiet in there. It seemed like the babies were either sleeping soundly in their cribs or getting a bottle with their nanny. The mattress in the front was used for "quiet alert" time, I guess. There were always a couple of babies laying on it when we visited.
These are the 3 nannies that ran the show! Ember's primary caregiver was the one on the left.
Sinks outside in the courtyard. I just thought this was a cute picture!
4 comments:
what great photos, I'll be seeing all that in less than a week! I can't wait! thanks for sharing Susan!
Susan, these photos are priceless. It really does look like the Thomas Center could use a washer and dryer. I love the picture of the kids waiting for their treats. Little M is going to love it someday. I know from my older daughter how important the photos of her with her little friends are, especially from the time before I went to scoop her up. A little bit of history goes a long way. If you have a chance, could you send me the jpg of that group shot? Hope everyone is feeling better up your way! Thanks, Darlene
wow, look at that laundry. that must be a full time job all by itself. it looks like they have lots of nannies to be with the babies. that's great. it's hard to see all the toddlers who are probably harder to adopt - it does make me want to go grab one or two.
Wow. Neat pictures and it was fun to read all that you wrote. The laundry amount is crazy!
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