What do you LOVE or wish you loved about your in-home daycare?

[Anonymous]

Our in home daycare provider was the best I could ever ask for. Great communication every day and very loving personality, separate sleeping room for children (this was a big issue with centers for me), organic nutritious food, large indoor playspace, ratios from 1:2 to 1:4 throughout the day even with 3 year olds at the home, large outdoor area to run around with play equipment too, water play, "lessons" probably only about 15 minutes every so many hours, but my DS learned a lot through her, and most importantly he learned how to interact with adults and children in a friendly and respectful way and always was around people who loved being with children. We even had get togethers with families outside of the daycare. By the time he left just over 2, he was saying please, thank you, excuse me, waiting his turn, and sharing. Also, he rarely got sick. What more could I want? I'm sure centers can be good, but I just don't think you can get this type of individualized and family setting care in a center.