They do kinda sink, but my little two generally sit on thier knees yet. My oldest really doesn't sit at all. He has always stood to do his work at the table. I'm not sure why we bought a chair for him at all.:001_huh: We sat and tried several chairs trying and retrying to make sure we got the right one. I had originally picked the Jules chairs, but once the kids and dh sat in it, they adamently voted no. Too hard. I even suggested cushions, but nope. The Snille won out.

We found the Jules chairs uncomfortable. We went with the Snille. It fit our kids better.

The one read by E.B. White.

We are doing Rod & Staff 5.

We love IKEA! Our children do not! :glare: They complain we always take to long. :lol:

Thanks, ladies! We bought the piano and it is going to be moved here for $75. So excited to hear my kids play again! Thanks for the quick replies. I'm thankful my dh thought using a piano mover wise too.;)

We have found a used piano in in town near us (within 10 miles). I'm seriously thinking of hiring piano movers. Does anyone have experience with movers? I'm curious what a reasonable price would be to have it moved. Questions I should ask the movers in preparation to have it moved. Thanks!

This is great advice.

I need to place my order and was wondering if anyone would share a coupon code with me that you aren't using. Pretty please?:001_smile:

I'm about to place my order. Did anyone get one that they are using that you wouldn't mind sharing with me?

Thanks for this! I think I'm going to go ahead and give it a try.

8 levels? Seriously!? I'm trying to decide what to do with my princess. I don't need another reading program. But yet, I do. :lol: The thing is I'm bored with what I have. She is a different kind of leaner than her brothers, and I think she would love the puppet in the pre-level. She is very bright, and I don't expect that she will stay in the pre-level long. My other concern is that she will move quicker than the levels come out. I love AAS and the reading program looks just a good.

When is level 2 coming out? How many levels will there be? What is the time frame for those levels being released?

I like it! Post pictures when you get it all together. I love looking at school rooms. It's a sickness.;)

UPDATE: I emailed Erika at confessionsofahomeschooler and asked about the leg room. She emailed me back last night! She told me they have moved the drawers to the ends of the table tops to create more leg room. They had to add a board for stability underneath. I mapped the dimensions on the floor with masking tape, so we could see the exact size. I think it will work. I even have room for another bookshelf!!!;) So, I think we are back to our original plan of copying that table in our schoolroom. So excited to finally get this school room underway. Now, if only I could decide on paint colors.:tongue_smilie:

Very cool! Who needs Legos when you have a mammoth!

I totally get what you are saying!!:001_smile: I actually have room to do both. We are utilizing our basement, so I have a blank slate to work with. I spent some time measuring this afternoon with both of those options. Dh and I are going to do some looking online tonight while ds and dd are in gymnastics.

Good luck figuring it out! I'm not sure when we are starting, but dh said we are going Saturday to get our IKEA fix, so I need to have this worked out by then.:eek:

I do have corner I could utilze, but I was aiming to have one big table. I'm not sure at this point it is going to work. I'm rethinking with your suggetion in mind. I may have to change my layout for my school space.

We moved this year, so I feel your pain. We packed the Legos away while our house was on the market. The boys just had to do without for a while. We put all of ours in one big, ginormous bin. How do they get so many Legos anyway? I have recently gotten a 3-ring binder and put page protectors in it. Once my boys complete a kit, the instructions go in the binder. The binder sits on the shelf in our family room. Then, if ever they want to rebuild something, they can. I don't save boxes or try to keep kits together.

Thanks. This helps!

Did you come up with a solution? I'd love to know what your doing. I love getting new ideas.

What length is your table?

I'm trying to create a table that I can get 3 growing kids and me to work comfortablely. I want to put two table tops together to make one large table. Ideally, 4 set of drawers would be perfect! We are driving 3 1/2 hours to IKEA on Saturday with kids in tow. They loathe IKEA. Dh and I love it!!!

I'm looking to do our school room with a VIKA table top. I'm debating on putting the storage underneath or the legs. My dc love the pics on confessionsofhomeschooler's blog. They would love to use the drawers from their workboxes. I agree that it would be handy to have their workboxes right in the workspace. My concern is the leg room. If you have storage under the VIKA is there enough legroom to work comfortablely?