Crafty Mathy Mom
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It's virtual bubble wrap! I know I feel better.:tongue_smilie:
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Here's my daughter's last birthday cake. I think I did a decent job.
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You can add toy firetrucks and police cars with "realistic" sirens. Somehow they end up traveling with a child who then sets them off in heavy traffic.
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Yes, and now I wish I didn't know. Those things are dangerously good. My husband and children don't care for dark chocolate. What a shame...
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My little ones made some pipe cleaner ornaments.
Candy cane: cut red and white pipe cleaners in half, twist, bend into shape
Wreath: wrap green pipe cleaner around a precut wreath form (I cut mine from an old cereal box), glue on red sequins or premade bow.
I may have more later.
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Try Puzzlers Paradise's logic puzzles. You can't beat the price--free!
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Look around Homestead Blogger. I can't recall any specific blogs that stand out, but most of the bloggers seek to live a frugal, simple lifestyle.
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My father has been a correctional officer for 18 years. It's a tough life. I can forward any questions to him.
My former principal taught GED classes at a prison. He always referred to that experience as the easiest teaching job he ever had.
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We aren't doing anything fancy. My littles are making pipe cleaner ornaments. Here is the link.
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/pipe-cleaner-ornaments?rsc=also_try
My 9 year old is making woven potholders from a kit.
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Cheese straws, homemade Chex type mix, flavored nuts, herb vinegars, flavored popcorn, soup mix in a jar, and spice mixes. I'm making granola to give this year, but that might count as sweet.
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My mother received a gift subscription for a newspaper one year from a coworker in a Christmas swap. At the end of the year the paper kept coming. She didn't do anything about it. After a few months, she began to get calls from a collection agency for not paying for her subscription. She finally managed to get the paper stopped, but she continued to get calls from collection agencies for many months. Nothing happened to her credit because they never had any of her information besides name and address.
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Golden Corral has a Thanksgiving buffet.
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If you want to try to stick with FlyLady, you can get all of the FlyLady messages in one daily email. You have to log into your Yahoo Groups account. Click on Manage beside My Groups. Then click Edit My Groups. You should get a screen where you can set your Message Delivery. Change it from individual emails to daily digest.
I struggle with housekeeping. I like the Motivated Moms planner because it tells me exactly what to do, but I like the FlyLady way of building routines and getting rid of clutter. I found that doing the baby steps from FlyLady is the best way for me to get back on track.
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Janice VanCleave's Chemistry for Every Kid is a great book. It's intended to be a "kitchen chemistry" book. The experiments are easy and the explanations are sound. Fizz, Bubble, and Flash is another recommended book, but I haven't read it yet.
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We recently enjoyed listening to Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by James Baldwin on Librivox.
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My daughter's blog is open for viewing because we have a lot of barely computer literate relatives. Her blog is on homeschoolblogger. She doesn't have the password for her blog or her own email. I approve what she posts and comments go to my email for approval, but so far she hasn't received any. She uses code names for family members and does not mention any locations.
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:iagree: Fiskars are the best children's scissors. They have a little bit of cushion and more room for the fingers. Some can even be used left or right handed. If you can't find Fiskars, then get some adult scissors with shorter blades and use plenty of supervision. Adult scissors can be much sharper.
I wouldn't be concerned about the fine motor skills yet. Getting him the right tool will build his confidence and skill.
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We have a huge bowl full of Skittles and Starburst, but no trick-or-treaters. Even worse, no one has a porch light on in the entire neighborhood :glare:. My kids were all dressed up with no place to go.
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We do this. Dh works at night, so we have breakfast around 9:00am and our main meal around 1:30pm. The kids and I have a lunch type meal in the evening. It's not difficult to do. I just have to have a different mindset for the flow of the day. If I am using the crockpot, I set up the crock when I get up in the morning. Otherwise, I start fixing something about an hour before we eat.
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We have an indoor/outdoor Jack Russell mix. He has run of the house except for a couple of rooms. We keep those doors closed. He has a spot in the kitchen where he sleeps inside. He runs free outside with his doggy friends that live next door. They pretty much run between our two yards and play with any children that are outside (usually mine). He has a doghouse. Dh put in a 30 foot run system, but we rarely use it. I don't like tying animals.
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Regular candy corn is yucky, but the new caramel corn flavor is wonderful.
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My former pediatrician had me in knots about my ds's speech when he was 18 months old. The doctor wouldn't count animal sounds as words, so instead of the number he was supposed to have (I forget what it was), he only had 6-7 real words. We changed doctors soon after that check up. Our new doctor said not to worry since he was healthy, animal sounds were indeed words to a toddler, and ds was understanding us. Ds took off with his speech around his second birthday and hasn't had a quiet moment since.
If you are bored....
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