Trusting someone to care for your children is one of the hardest decision to make as a parent. When I returned to work from maternity leave I needed someone who could care for my 3.5 year old and one year old. Having them together was really important to me and having someone who would be a long term part of their life was equally so. I could not have asked for a better childminder than Jacki. Both my children settled really quickly and going to work confident that they are happy makes all the difference. My little girl absolutely adores Jackie (and bambi the cat), asks for her when we are away for holidays and gets excited about her days with Jacki. She will regularly ushers me out the door in the morning telling me to "just go mummy". My little boy has thrived on all the various activities that they go to and has loved their adventures on the train and out and about. Jacki works closely with a couple of other childminders so the children all get to know each other and this has been great for my wee boy who goes to nursery with alot of the children but it also means that my children know all the childminders and they help each other out to cover appointments etc.

It is evident that Jacki genuinely cares for the children in her care, she takes a real interest in them and makes an effort to support their interests and likes in the activities that she does with them. She promotes an educational aspect to all the activities and this year they have been doing topics likes "sense" and "pirates" in amongst all the various trips such as the sea life centre, the cinema, out for lunch, to see Santa at Callander house. I don't know where she gets her energy from! My children enter Jacki's house happily and leave with big waves and hugs and kisses, I couldn't ask for more.