DS14 started wearing glasses when he was about 3yo. The first pair, we did like you and bought the spendy ones at the dr. office. The ones that are supposed to be able to stand up to rugged wear for kids. They lasted 6 hours. :glare: After that, we got smarter and bought the cheaper ones from Lenscrafters back when they had their unlimited replacement policy. As long as we could find most of the pieces, they replaced them for free. We tried the elastic straps, but they rubbed DS's ears and he was unhappy. Walmart has them in kids sizes and you can try them out before you buy. Eventually he stopped destroying his glasses so often - just in time to age out of needing them. But for a while, we went thru a pair a month. Sorry...never tried online, but the numbers are probably the measurments on the temples and distance between her eyes or stuff like that. Might be worth an email to them to ask, but someone here on the Hive will probably know.......

It's a outdoors/sporting goods store. www.rei.com I love their clothes and they are durable, but they are a bit spendy.

Will she eat hambuger without anything on it? DD9 hates mexican food (which we eat alot of), but will now eat tacos if I pull out some of the cooked hamburger for her and set it aside before I season it for the rest of hte family. She eats spaghetti and meatballs without the sauce. My DD is allergic to potatos (?), but loves sweet potato french fries. My DD will also eat pork and chicken if it is just grilled and served without sauces.

DS14 got his when he was 13. He is due to get them off here soon (18mos in braces). Some things they fix earlier with braces. DS14 needed his bite fixed and a couple of teeth that were overlapped in the front to straighten out. The ortho wanted to wait until his last set of molars came in for anchors. It has turned out well, but DS14 will be VERY VERY gald to get rid of the braces!

I have seen fleece long underwear here for kids that is not treated. REI carries it. I'm not sure if it's what you are looking for and it's not cheap. You could buy the material and take it to an alterations shop. They could probably make up simple pants like that for a reasonable price.

I think you will need to make friends with a good tailor. My sister is 5' tall when she wears 3 inch heels. Pants - she tries on alot of pairs and figures she will need to have them hemmed. Blouses - she generally buys from the petite women's and may still need them altered. A good seamstress can narrow arms and reset shoulders if needed. Just a note - my sis ends up paying more for her clothes than I do - even not including tailoring costs. High quality clothes look better after being altered than cheap junk.

You are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

If I had only 30 days to move and lots of painting to do before I could move in, I would probably only be schooling 2 days a week and cut that down to the 3 R's. If you truly can't get a baby sitter, then the only choice is to have the 10yo watch the littles while you prep both houses. And if having the 10yo watching them doesn't work, then you need to cut your losses and not get the painting done. Sorry - not fun! And lots of hugs!!! :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

This is a scam. Yep - definitely a scam. It's the "forward the remainder of the $$" part that gives it away. They get you to send $$ to a third party and then it turns out the check/money order/ whatever they paid you with is no good and you are stuck for the full amount (and probably out the book as well if you mail it). Refuse to forward any money. Tell them that this sounds like a scam and refuse to accept payment for any amount other than what was agreed upon. If you are lucky, you will then get a fake message from some guy at the C.I.A telling you this is a valid transaction and you can get a good laugh about that too. It's a scam.

I think I would just recommend that she wait a year or two and try drivers ed again. If transportation isn't causing a crisis, then I don't think anyone needs the pressure of trying to drive when they aren't ready.

When DD9 was little, we kept a vinyl table cloth on her chair because she was SOOOOO messy. She still is a messy eater at 9 - (good manners, but somehow she gets ketchup on her forehead - sigh). I clean my wood table and chairs with just hot water and elbow grease. But it has a really good finish, so things tend to wipe off easily.

Older teenagers, probably. I don't have to say those things to my 14/16yo very often. Except for the "chips for breakfast" thing. They all like stale chips here. Don't ask me why. They will squabble in the morning over who gets to finish off the hard stale corn chips. Blech! :tongue_smilie:

We go camping in August each year because that's when the fish are running. It ALWAYS rains here in August. The last few years, DH and our boy scouts have set up the most amazing camping site with blue tarps. This year, I stayed dry the whole time (until I fell in the lake which is another story.....) I LOVE blue tarps!

Let them know every time you come back to find them fighting means 20 pushups. Or 20 laps around the house. In fact, just skip the warning part and make them run laps for "disturbing the peace"....... ps.... it's probably related to their ages. I find that as the kids get older, they need more physical activity in order to be nice to each other. Particularly as they get closer to puberty!

How about the old-old gladiator movies? Ben Hur with Charleton Heston or Sparticus with Kirk Douglas (1960) or Demetrius and the Gladiators? I can't remember anything too awful in these older films.....

biscuits. If you master one good biscuit recipe, you can bake just about anything. Chopping stuff - they should know how to chop stuff up properly so it cooks right - veggies, meat, dicing vs slicing. It's about a 30 minute lesson, but you would be amazed how many adults have no clue.

I found a nice sturdy one at bed, bath and beyond. But the part I REALLY like is that it came with this fancy micro fiber pad instead of a plastic tray to go beneath it. The water drips get soaked up by the pad (instead of running into the sink). Every few days I throw the pad in the wash with my dish towels and it comes out just like new. BBnB also sells the pads alone.

*67 is what you use to block YOUR caller ID when you are making an out going call and you don't want the person you are calling to see your number. You dial *67, the phone goes beep (or beep-beep) and then you dial the number you want to call. I should mention that different phone companies call these features by different names. It can be hard to figure out. If you want certain numbers to not be able to call you, that will be a feature that your phone company sells (because you want the call to be stopped at the switch and not put thru to your house).

We once built a 3ft x 2 ft german castle (2 story!) using only graham crackers and icing. Not even a glue gun - it had to be 100% edible. I don't recommend crackers as a building material, though...... My son took it to his german class, got his grade, and then sat around eating it with his friends. Good thing we got pictures first! We also built a hovercraft using a sheet of plywood, a shower curtain, and an a shop vac. An adult could ride it. That was a fun project!

Some phone companies offer a feature called "Selective Call Rejection" where you can program in certain numbers and that person gets an automated "This number does not your call" or something catchy like that. There's another feature (SC Acceptance) where only certain numbers ring thru and everyone else gets the automated message. Your phone company may or may not offer this features and will probably charge you extra for them.

My oldest DS solved the problem by duct taping his glasses case to the dashboard of the car right in front of the steering wheel. He'd get in his car, see the case, and put on his glasses. When done driving, he'd put them back in the case. or you could fasten her glasses case to her key chain........ We have this problem at our house too....vision not REALLY bad enough to need glasses all the time, but driving's better with the glasses. So we just keep a set of glasses in car. Problem solved.

Have her use a good moisutizer on that chin before she puts on the helmet. And on her forehead too (if the forehead pad rests there - not sure what the helmet looks like). My kids tend to break out on the forehead where their fighting gear touches for martial arts and the dermo suggested that the best way to prevent breakouts was to keep the skin well moisturized and in good shape (dry/irritated skin puts out more oil to protect itself, I think she said). Regardless - it does work. Probably the tea oil does the same thing - moisturizes and protects the skin.

very nice! Thank you for sharing!

DD had a little table at that age that she used for tea parties and school. But a lap desk worked well too - especially in the car. She still likes the lap desk.

How about if you turn the room into more of an office/library instead of a school room? I would get rid of the table all together because tables attract junk unless you use them all the time. Put in some nice storage (maybe cupboards?) for the things that are being stored there all the time. In place of the big table, I would put a real comfy big chair with a standing lamp - a comfy spot for hanging out and reading.