i've namechanged in case any of the other mums are on here!
There are a couple of girls who live near, lets call them C and M. M was looking sad one day (at this point i was on 'hi, how are you' terms), I asked why and she said because she didn't get onto the knitting class they were holding at school.
I offered to teach her as long as her mum was happy and told her to pop over with her mum the next day when they got back from school and we'd do our first lesson. but only if her mum was happy. (i hadn't met mum at this point). C then said that she'd like to learn as well. No problem, and i told her to do the same thing as M
C, M, C's mum and C's mum's DP turned up the next day. C's mum explained she was happy and passed on message that M's mum was ok with it too
So, (sorry this is so rambly!) our first lesson went well. They both did v well and i had to throw them out because it was way past dinner time! (they stayed for 3hrs!)
We then arranged to meet the same time the following week
C and M arrive for 2nd lesson (yesterday) and we get started. A couple of minutes later, the doorbell rings, its two more girls (B and Ch), can they join. I said not really because i need to check with their mums. they were disappointed and asked if they could chat with C and M quickly. Well, they came in and ended up staying for the lesson Meanwhile, two other girls arrived (H and Ce). I didn't even bother trying to turn them away, so they joined in too. I threw all 6 of them out after 3hrs.
Right, my predicament is as follows: i obviously need to meet all of the mums (including M's). My plan is to pop round to all their houses this afternoon. I'm happy to teach the girls but a) they're all using my needles and yarn at the moment. Needles not a problem but i'm a bit reluctant for them to be using all of my yarn up. b) would i be wrong to ask for payment? i'm essentially going to be having their DDs for 2hours a week. What would be a reasonable amount do you think?
i appreciate this is dodgy territory. These girls (C and M excluded) either have v trusting mums or they just don't care where their DDs are. I've seen all of them regularly playing on the grass opposite my house and none of the mums have sight of them there from their own houses.
DH is cross with me. Says i shouldn't have let any of them in but that's happened now so i need advice on how to move forward with it. its horrible that in our current times, that i'm worrying about teaching the girls knitting.
i think i've given all the info but apologies if i've missed anything. really trying not to do this by stealth!