My experience at Casa de Lucy has inspired me to finally give a review on Yelp after being a bad Yelper for years. I could write all day about Casa de Lucy, but will try to be concise here.
If I started over again, I would take all my children to her as early as possible and let them stay with Lucy as long as possible. I would recommend Lucy to all my friends.
One of the best decisions we made in our children's lives thus far (thanks to my wife who found Lucy). Ended our daytime child care stress, full stop. Never looked back. Very comforting to know you have done something right.
The kids are happy, feel loved, are learning a lot and progressing well.
Lucy is the most wonderful care-giver of the many we have known. More on that below.
The caretakers who work with her share her qualities.
Casa de Lucy is nurturing - they clearly love the kids. The are joyous and excited when they open the door to greet our son and daughter, each day starts with a big hug and asking about them and telling them about the day to come. The kids feel loved. Heck I feel loved just dropping them off! She makes my day every morning.
At Casa de Lucy there's always something going on in the kitchen - they cook hearty and healthy food, and my son, who would eat nothing if he could get away with it, eats full meals and seconds at Lucy's. I do not have to worry about breakfast with the kids, they eat at Lucy's and better than they do at home.
Lucy is flexible and patient while disciplined. She spent a lot of one-on-one time with our son who needed help transitioning from being home to coming to day care. She was also patient with Daddy who had some trouble letting the kid stay on his own. She sent us photos every day to show us how he was doing and his progress. He quickly loved it and socializing with the others.
They have a full day of activities - breakfast, dancing/singing, arts/crafts, numbers/letters/words, outdoor time, snack, nap, etc. Our son (and daughter) are always bringing home new school work and art. We can't get him to nap, Lucy does it every day.
There are lots of things for the kids to do, multiple play areas indoors and out, the backyard is a little kid's dream.
Everything is in Spanish. My kid carries on whole conversations with his Spanish grandmother because of what he's learned at Lucy's. I have had to learn a little bit myself just to keep up!
Lucy is disciplined around schedule, activities, behavior. The kids learn to socialize, share, play together, clean up, resolve conflicts, behavior and consequences, etc. My son actually likes to clean up?! Lucy runs a tight ship!
My son one day just started using the toilet. While I could try to fool myself that reading books and explaining what to do was the key, or luck, I know Lucy's was a big part of it. Diapers and pullups were gone right away cold turkey, even at night. Not one accident. Took that potentially painful process right off the list.
My son tells me cool things that I know he must have learned from Lucy's.
Lucy is very proactive and responsive to parents. Returns texts right away, photos, calls, handles special requests, reports on activities and how the kid is doing, whatever is needed. She resolves issues fully and quickly so we can be comfortable that our kids are in the best place they could be.
Lucy, if you couldn't tell already, is imminently loveable, with lots of love and energy for those around her.
I sleep very well at night knowing my children will be in the best hands at Lucy's tomorrow. read more