We have a blender just for coffee beans. Works great!!

Ages: 7, 4, 2.....how am I going to keep them quiet and happy on that long of a non-stop flight? I am hoping they will sleep a little bit.

Where I live (East Coast, USA) 10 an hour seems normal.

I used to hate wearing shoes in the house too, but now that we have hardwood floors everywhere in this house, and I felt like it was bothering my back, I bought a pair of Born shoes that are MORE comfy than going barefoot. Worth every penny. Might be something to consider?

I get help with music and art. Sometimes my babysitter will do math or science with dd if I need her to help out during the day.

Thanks for your thoughts, all. It is a hard call, some of the school look awesome! The flexibility of homeschooling is also appealing. Sometimes, it's hard to decide what the best option is.

We just peel and cut up apples, cover just barely with water and slow-steam them till soft. Them mash and serve!

Background: currently in the States, and we homeschool our 2cnd grader and do pre-K with our 4 year old. One of the deciding factors of why we homeschool where we love now, was because we didn't like any of the schools in our area. There are no private schools, and the public schools in our county have too many kids:teacher ratios and we weren't comfortable with that. Homeschooling has been an overall great experience so far. We are part of a few homeschool networks and co-ops, which has been helpful. We have a 1 year assignment downtown in a big city in India. We can pick any school we want to send the kids to, or I can just take all our materials and keep homeschooling over there. Part of me likes the highly focused academic structure and the small class sizes that some of the schools over there seem to have. Park of me wants to just keep doing what I am already doing. But I will have no homeschooling network over there, or anyone really. I don't know a single person in the city we are moving to. What would you do? Thank you for your thoughts about this.

My dd loves lego kits. We have a large tub full of small lego pieces, though, and while I do buy her kits sometimes, I'd like for her to just dig into the tub and make something, maybe using some printed directions or suggestions. But I can't find any. Do you know of any? What are some ideas I can give her so we can make use of them. There are probably 1000 pieces or more in the container.

They are a favorite with my 6 year old!

so cute!!

Ok, thank you!

God bless you!