7. Make sure you are informed about every planned field trip and outing. Never give organization general permission to take your child off premises.

8. Make sure that facility has you sign a release to publish your child’s picture in any local newspapers. And it is definitely O.K. if you don’t what to have your child’s picture in paper for their safety.

9. Prohibit, in writing, release of your child to anyone without your explicit consent. Make sure program knows who will pick up your child on any given day.

10. Ask facility what their policy is on strangers or unauthorized persons that might come into facility. Do they have any type of safety measures when someone who does not have custody or right to a child, show up. What is their protocol? What would they do?

You want your child to have an enjoyable and fun experience in their first learning facility. By asking questions and doing some investigating, you can rest assure that they will be in a safe environment as well.

Bring out your glass, crystal, white, and pastel candle holders of different heights for your mantel. Select a trio of springtime colors such as lavender, pink and eggshell or aqua, pale green, and soft yellow. Use pastel candles in some of candle holders. In others, perch decorated Easter eggs (real, plastic, wooden, or glass).

The ideas above are great for your fireplace’s mantel, but what’s a terrific way to decorate your fireplace itself? Fireplace candelabra are perfect accessories. And using candles in shape of decorated Easter eggs in your fireplace candelabra is a super-simple, but visually dramatic way to decorate for season. (Just don’t be too surprised if Easter Bunny replaces one of candle-eggs with a chocolate one!)

Susan Penney appreciates simple ways to make our homes renewing spaces for our families. She invites you to visit http://www.FireplaceMall.com for fireplace accessories to serve your fire-less or your fire-filled fireplace.