When my girls were younger we really enjoyed the book and movie Because of Winn Dixie

Are you familiar with the Becky Higgins style of scrapbooking? It's pocket scrapbooking and it's fast and easy and I think it looks nice. It's called Project Life. I have been scrapbooking like this for a few years now and it gets done! Here is a link: https://beckyhiggins.com/about-project-life/ I also subscribe to the Project Life monthly kit from Studio Calico. Here is a link for that: http://www.studiocalico.com There are other companies that do monthly kits, too.

I had one last August. It really wasn't that bad, a bit of pinching and cramping that lasted less than a minute, and then a couple of days of bleeding. i didn't take anything because I didn't know i was having it when i went in. If I had known beforehand I would have taken a bit of ibuprofen, but really it wasn't needed.

I loved this show! I will have to find it on Netflix.

Well thanks. I felt like crap to begin with, now I feel even worse.

Well, I totally wigged out on my ds this morning. His writing was so poor while labelling a map. He has adhd with a very low processing score so I don't expect it to be perfect but I know he could do better. I told him that his poor writing 1. makes himself look bad 2. makes me look like a bad teacher 3. makes all of homeschooling look bad 4. makes grandma feel she's right that you should go to school and not homeschool The rest of his work was done in very nice handwriting. Why can he handwrite with no problems after I wig out?? Why can he behave (and appear to not have adhd) after I lose my temper with him?? It wasn't a great morning around here either.

Well, I totally wigged out on my ds this morning. His writing was so poor while labelling a map. He has adhd with a very low processing score so I don't expect it to be perfect but I know he could do better. I told him that his poor writing 1. makes himself look bad 2. makes me look like a bad teacher 3. makes all of homeschooling look bad 4. makes grandma feel she's right that you should go to school and not homeschool The rest of his work was done in very nice handwriting. Why can he handwrite with no problems after I wig out?? Why can he behave (and appear to not have adhd) after I lose my temper with him?? It wasn't a great morning around here either.

My 9th grade dd is booked to go on a school trip with them in April. The school has used them before many times and have been happy. I won't know until April so I can't help you right now. I will be following this thread to see what others have to say.

If no one is being mean to your child, or intentionally excluding him, I probably wouldn't do anything. I would leave it up to my child to decide if he wanted to spend time with these friends. If he asks to get together with them I would help him arrange it, but I wouldn't initiate anything or encourage or discourage anything. My 15 year old dd is awkward with friendships and is sometimes excluded, but no one has been mean to her or purposely excluded her. I have had to "coach" her on how to be more friendly and include herself. Smile, say hello, ask questions, listen, etc. I have observed her and have come to the conclusion that her reactions bring it on herself. She needs to be more open to the kids around her. They are not excluding her but there is only so much they can do to include her. It's a two way street and she has to do her part. This is how it is with my teen. If someone was intentionally mean and purposely excluding her I would have a very different opinion.

I haven't thought much about this. It's a bit bizarre to me. If you can't afford to go on a date and you can't even drive yourself maybe you shouldn't be dating yet. I have two teens right now and that'll be the day I fund and chauffeur their "dates". I guess I would go with "pay your own way", otherwise the parents are paying for your child to eat and/or watch a movie, and that doesn't feel right to me.

I missed that thread. Could someone provide a link please? I haven't read the thread, but As far as sleep overs go, we had some with cousins when the kids were younger and with close friends. Now that my kids are teens I have put a complete stop to them. I have never felt comfortable with them, and I cannot understand why teens need sleepovers. Little kids play, and for the most part, are supervised. Teens do not play anymore, and are not supervised well, even when parents are home. I just don't see what teens could be doing at a sleepover. It just sounds like bad news to me. Just my opinion.

This sounds so much like my 15 year old daughter. I want to come back and read this thread later when I have more time.

I read these boards and fret a lot over math. I have always assumed that my children were behind in math because of what I have read here. Last year my 9th grader was doing Saxon Algebra 1, and I was fretting because I thought she should be doing at least Algebra 2. Then she told me she really wanted to go to high school for grade 10. I called our school board (we're in Alberta) and asked how far she needs to be in Saxon math to be ready for 10th grade math. They told me by LESSON 32 IN SAXON ALGEBRA 1!!! By that time she was already on lesson 60, beyond prepared for 10th grade math. I don't know why I didn't call the school board years ago. I fretted for nothing. I fretted because I read these forums. If I were you I wouldn't do anything for math this year, other than play card games, dice games, or other math games, and let her play with manipulatives. I would wait for first grade to give her first grade math. What's the rush??

I shouldn't admit this on a public forum, but if it makes you feel any better, my 11 year old ds hasn't showered in over a week. He will shower this week because co-op is starting, but he will moan and complain about it and put it off for hours. At this point I don't really care. Weekly swimming starts the first week of October.

I'm in Canada, so maybe things are different in the states and what I have to say is irrelevant. My dh is a dentist and imo the best job out there is a dental hygienist (not dental assistant, but hygienist). My dh's dental hygienist makes a TON of money working 9 - 5, four days a week, scraping teeth. She goes home every evening without a care in the world. This year she made $95 000, working 4 days per week. She took about 3 weeks off for vacation.

Thanks! Yes, I think we will finish the book.

Thank for your reply. Yes, this is what I think I will do. The first part of his new book looks so much simpler than the last part of his old book. I think he would miss out on some concepts if I don't do the last part of the book.

My ds, who will be 12 in October, finished up to lesson 101 in his Saxon math 6/5 book last June. Should I have him finish up this book? or leave it and begin his new book?

We took our swing set down, too, this spring. Yep, I felt so sad. The backyard looks kind of empty and meaningless now. It was like taking down the crib for the last time. :( I know how you feel.

This is GREAT!

I think if your child has a passion for math and wants to be a mathematician there is no holding them back, no matter what program you use. If your child is naturally mathy they will understand any math book.

I have an 11 year old boy and while he doesn't carry his stuffed animals around with him, he does have some that he loves and keeps in his room. He is somewhat immature (according to society's standards) in other ways, though. My daughter carried around her favourite baby doll until she was 12. People told me that wasn't normal, but she's 15 now and somewhere along the way she discarded it on her own. I think there are many 11 years old who would love to carry around their stuffed animals but wouldn't dare. Kids without peer pressure don't have these hang ups and mature naturally. I played with my Barbies secretly in my basement until I was 13. Secretly, because I went to public school and had to protect my image LOL! My mom threw them out because she thought it wasn't normal :( I say let your son mature naturally at his own pace. He won't be carrying his stuffed animals around on his graduation day or at his wedding ;)

I agree with this. When my kids were young it wasn't really that I needed something exciting, but a break would have been nice. Everyone assumed that I needed to get out of the house, and while it is good to get out, sometimes I would have preferred if everyone else got out instead so I could have some peace and quiet in my own home. On the other hand, renting a hotel room would be a good idea because then I wouldn't have a mess and laundry staring at me.

Yes, I have noticed increasing rudeness, but not just with kids. It seems to me, at least where I live, that young people (under 30) are socially inept. They are entitled, have no class, and cannot speak properly.

My oldest daughter is 15 and rarely wears makeup. When she was younger I always allowed her to play with makeup if she wanted to. When she was 12 she wanted to wear it regularly, so I bought her some new makeup, and since she was home schooled I didn't think it was a big deal. If she wanted to put on a pile of makeup every morning and sit across from me at the kitchen, so be it. After a few days she realized it wasn't worth the trouble and gave up on everyday makeup. Now at 15, there are times when we are going out that I actually suggest she put a bit of makeup on (she's very pale). It seems the novelty wore off, or something. I guess if she was putting on too much I would set limits, but there hasn't been need. I think at 11 I would be careful not to make it a forbidden fruit. I know several girls who just wanted to try it, and soon the novelty wore off.