wow that rioting stuff is crazy!!
I HATED the place with the 97 year old.. she was actually really nice and cuddled Daniel a little and he was happy. The 57 year old daughter though.. I just got the feeling she's very much 'do things my way'. She laughed at the idea of taking notes for me of what he eats/sleeps during the day. She said she's bored if there aren't enough kids there, and loves having 7-8 kids... she even said that she used to call the parents when there were only 3-4 kids coming in and say she was taking the day off.. how fucking obnoxious!?
Also, she wants to be paid holidays when she's closed... which I understand if she's open and I want to watch my kid and she wants me to pay for the spot that is now suddenly vacant, but this is when she closes and takes the day off. This includes December 22-Jan 3rd.
Just a bad vibe all around.. the place was clean but she asked us to bring a foam pad for the pack n play Daniel would sleep in and when she showed us the nap area, there was a 3 month old napping on his tummy!

GRR
So we're going to talk to a girl tonight who is probably not going to be affordable for us.. she's a friend of DH's coworker and she's just starting up. She mentioned 9-10 dollars an hour which is 70+ a day... I don't think we can afford more than 50 a day ... mostly because I don't want to find a place we love, then have to go full-time there and not be able to afford full-time care.
There's another place I'm going to call and try to go to tomorrow.. its 50 a day and she emailed me 2 glowing references that mentioned that she takes great notes and is super clean.