Hi J.,
I live on Camano too and my daughter has been attending STanwood Camano Learning Center all year. Neighbors think I'm crazy for making the drive, but I would drive to end of earth for her first educational experience to be all it has been.
SCLC is next to the old Freeborn church off of exit 215 on 300th street. It is in a little old broken down house and is the most loving environment. That school belongs to the kids and they feel like its home. The curriculum there puts the kids right into what they are learning about, be it the Arctic or the Rainforest, the whole place feels like that when you enter. Discipline is positive, teacher student ratio is 1:6, they offer 3 and 4 year old classes, it is just fabulous. 3 year olds focus lots on social skills, 4 years olds more on kindergarten prep. Potty training is needed, but if it is not perfect, they will just call you to help the boys out. My son will attend there in the fall with his sister and I just hope he's out of pull ups by then too (good luck with that:>)
When I looked, I asked about class size, discipline, curriculum, mission and philosophy, tuition and class times, parents allowed to volunteer or expected too, those kind of things.
I wish you luck in your search, sounds like we have a bit in common. Hubby and I work around each others schedules to miss daycare:>:> and our two are also adopted-we bit later in life:>:>:> You'll know when you find the right one.