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SHABANA'S FAMILY DAY HOME

DAY HOME PICTURES

I enjoy giving a lot of love, affection and care to a child under my care as it is my firm belief that down the road the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.....

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Nixon joined the day home when he was 7 days old

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Nixon handling play doh with his beloved mother Tasha Astel. Even though he has moved, he

is still in touch with Shabana thanks to his mother who continues to update her about him.

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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out. ~Erma Bombeck

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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place. ~Colette

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Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud. ~Mignon McLaughlin

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As seen in pictures above, Brett and Brianna were under my care for almost one year.

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Conspicuously absent from the Ten Commandments is any obligation of parent to child. We must suppose that God felt it unnecessary to command by law what He had ensured by love. ~Robert Brault

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Parenting is a stage of life's journey where the milestones come about every fifty feet. ~Robert Brault

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Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. ~Author Unknown

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The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. ~Mell Lazarus

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No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. ~Bill Cosby

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Instant availability without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play. ~Lotte Bailyn

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Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. ~William Feather

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Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't. ~Mignon McLaughlin

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When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world - Zig Ziglar

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It's funny that those things your kids did that got on your nerves seem so cute when your grandchildren do them - Anonymous Quote

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First Milestone Of Saiche...he stood up on his own!!!!!

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The trouble with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you are unemployed. ~Author Unknown

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The trouble with having a stubbornness contest with your kids is that they have your stubbornness gene. ~Robert Brault

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If your kids are giving you a headache, follow the directions on the aspirin bottle, especially the part that says "keep away from children." ~Susan Savannah

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In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to discipline a child is still a mystery to most fathers and... mothers. Only your grandmother and Ghengis Khan know how to do it. ~Billy Cosby

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In bringing up children, spend on them half as much money and twice as much time. ~Author Unknown

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Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. ~Bill Cosby

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It is one thing to show your child the way, and a harder thing to then stand out of it. ~Robert Brault

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Nixon having fun on his jolly jumper with Shabana egging him on.

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What's done to children, they will do to society. ~Karl Menninger

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If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example. ~George Bernard Shaw

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You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once. ~Polish Proverb

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The clash between child and adult is never so stubborn as when the child within us confronts the adult in our child. ~Robert Brault

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Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. - Dr. Haim Ginott

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 Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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A mother understands what a child does not say - Anonymous Quote

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Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever fresh and radiant possibility- Kate Douglas Wiggin

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The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet - Isadora Duncan

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Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world - Maria Montessori

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Every child born, has innate goodness - Chinese Proverb

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Nixon loves “Beef Curry” that was prepared by Shabana who loves to follow up on the kids

that were once a part of her Day Home.

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The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him - Pablo Casals

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There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger - Agatha Christie

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Cyril as Transformer on Halloween Day

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Cyril enjoyed the movie Transformers and is inspired by it

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Isaiah in his Halloween costume

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Kids enjoying the Halloween Party

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Jacob & Isaiah

The Heroes…...

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JACE

New Kid On The Block

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Jacob - one kid with a happy demeanor

He has moved on and we miss him alot

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Mu

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Jacob on tennis court

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Jacob on the tennis court.

Fun in the outdoors

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Jacob in full flow as he drums away in tandem with cymbals played by Shabana at her Family Day Home. A talented genius and a bright kid who already knows the shapes, colors, alphabets, numbers and more…………

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PROPERTY LAWS OF A TODDLER

  • IF I LIKE IT, IT'S MINE.
  • IF IT'S IN MY HAND, IT'S MINE.
  • IF I CAN TAKE IT FROM YOU, IT'S MINE.
  • IF I HAD IT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, IT'S MINE.
  • IF IT'S MINE, IT MUST NEVER APPEAR TO BE YOURS IN ANY WAY.
  • IF I AM DOING OR BUILDING SOMETHING, ALL OF THE PIECES ARE MINE.
  • IF IT LOOKS LIKE MINE, IT'S MINE.
  • IF I SAW IT FIRST, IT'S MINE.
  • IF YOU ARE PLAYING WITH SOMETHING AND YOU PUT IT DOWN, IT AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES MINE.
  • IF IT'S BROKEN, IT'S YOURS.

A toddler's day at Shabana's Family Day Home!