Hello, my name is Kathryn Shilling. I am a Texas Licensed in home daycare provider for children ages birth and older, never to exceed 12 children at any one time. My husband (Terry) and I are high school sweet hearts, been married since 1994 and have a blended family with 6 children. Besides being well trained by my beautiful blessings from God for over 26 years as parents. I am certified in infant, child and adult C.P.R and first aid. Every year I must have over 30 hours of childcare training. Recently I have had training in the following: SIDS, Shaken Baby, Nutrition, Supporting Children's Social and Emotional Development, Brain Development and Transporting Children Safely in Child Care, just to name a couple.
I opened our home and began caring for children in June 2004. I am extremely proud of the reputation and relationships that we have built over these past years and look forward to continue serving families and their children for many years to come.
The most common question I am asked is "how do you manage to take care of all these kids and your own each day - we're having a hard time with just one?" Everyone is good at something, and I am very good at caring for children. We have made a significant investment into our home, thereby dedicating a portion of our home strictly for daycare. This gives me the unique advantage of having the best of both worlds. I have a small group of children (comparatively), yet at the same time I offer a childcare center like environment; with lots of stimulating colors and a large child friendly area for children to actively explore.
That said, if you’re a parent simply looking for a place where your child will be safe, have fun, and learn through play while you’re away, then look no further, Kathy's Kids Clubhouse is the place you'll want your child each day.
About Kathy
Hello, my name is Kathryn Shilling and I am 45 years old. I have over 26 years experience as a mother and over 16 years as a childcare provider. I am a proud mother of 6 wonderful children and Memaw to 4 beautiful baby grand girls. I was the 2nd and last child born to Claude (Ray) and Susan Harbin on August 19th, 1976 in Denton Texas. From birth through 2002 I lived in Lewisville, Texas and have been in Denton since. With the exception of a couple months in Justin, Texas after my marriage. I always wanted to be a teacher and was even a teachers aid in high school. But as an adult I ended up working in collections/ account receivables and then solely taking care of my grandparents (William and Emma Barker) until their deaths. With my grandparents deaths, I needed to find a job but loved being home raising our then 3 children and having all the neighborhood kids over. Our home was the go to house. We had swings, a trampoline, basketball goal, baseball plates painted in the street, all the game systems you could think of and my girls had all the girly toys. But most important if a neighbor child was hungry they were fed, if they were thirsty they were given a drink and if a child was hurt they were loved and bandaged up. So in 2004 Kathy's Kids Clubhouse was created and I provided care for a couple of children. In March of 2005 I also started working for the Denton Police Department as a school crossing guard with my little munchkins in tow. Then in February of 2010 I became a Texas registered in home daycare provider and ended my position as crossing guard . As of May 2013 I am now a Licensed child care home provider.
About Terry
Hello, my name is Terry Shilling II. I am 47 years old, proud father to 6 wonderful children and Pepaw to four beautiful baby girls. I was also a 2nd child of three born to Terry and Linda Shilling on January 22nd 1975 in Hobbs New Mexico. We moved about between New Mexico, Texas and Arizona and then in 1992 my family moved back to Texas in Lewisville. For the past 26 years I have been a CDL driver. During my days off between deliveries I enjoy helping my wife in her daycare and see the difference she makes in each of her daycare children lives.
The Fairy Tale Begins
Terry (17) and I (16) first met in August 1992 in Lewisville at a Kroger new hire orientation. My first thought of him was why in the world is this creepy, mustache wearing, older man staring at me. A couple days later I found out that he actually was a high school student one grade ahead of me. Each time I think of that day... it makes me laugh...who knew. Two weeks later, Terry had a mutual work friend ask for my phone number, to ask me on a date. Couple days later on September 10th, Terry and I went out on our first date, my first date ever. We dated for two years and then married in a beautiful chapel on September 10th, 1994. Kathy became instant mother to Kevin Danial (29yrs). Then the night before Fathers day of 1995 we found out we were expecting our first child. Zackary Quintane (24yrs) arrived on January 22nd, 1996 to share his Daddys birth date. Then two years later our daughter Kaitlynn Brooke(21) arrived on November 23rd 1998. In February 1999 our home was opened up to Terry's newly found 6 year old daughter Brittani (28) who was born September 10th, 1992...the same day as our first date. Then 10 years later we were surprised by another blessing, our little Emma Rae(12 now) on December 12, 2007. In July of 2016 we were contacted to kinship foster and on January 23, 2020 we adopted our then 4 year old son and named him Grayson Dean.
To date we are also known as Pepaw and Meme to our daughter Brittani's three beautiful daughters: Chevy-Luv, Brooklyn and Cheyenne. Also to Kevin's beautiful daughter Elizabeth.
Kathy is a member and President/Website Administrator of Denton Area Home Child Care Association.
We all love animals and have 2 cats: Sophie & Spartacus that stay indoors. We also have 5 dogs: Mini (Great Pyre./Boarder collie), Zara (ole English bully), Bentley (Chihuahua), Duke (Chihuahua/schnauzer) and Maverick (German Shepherd/Great Pyre.) that are inside and outside animals. All animals are up to date on their shots.