I'm telling you Imp you need to write a book!:lol:

"Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past…the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor …both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back- in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.†- Frederick Buechner

I thought I was the only person who ever said that!!! This is why I stopped my nursing at age 1. I hated feeling so smothered!!!

so would mine. And he spit up like Mt. St. Helens. It got so bad people in the church nursery would warn one another if someone started to pick him up. How I wished he would've taken a paci.

my ds has asked me about that... "mommy, Can I pee in that?"

there is someone at our church (noone is sure yet who it is) who has a digital alarm that chimes at 11:25 every. single. Sunday. I don't guess they even hear it, because it is not even shut off. It chimes for a full minute. Sometimes it is during the Scripture reading....sometimes during the prayer. It is totally distracting to LOTS of people. Wish we could figure out who it is. This has happened for months.

Oh lord, yes. I never could sleep with an infant. Would wake up with back aches, head aches....mercy....I loved it when some of mine would take pacifiers. Those first 6 months with most of my babies are a blur of exhaustion. And I would wean at age 1 because I was so tired of being touched, absolutely needed my body back. Probably selfish, but I have personal space issues.

awww.....can you tell her something like "the test is testing MOM? you know....so I know how well I have been teaching you?" Or that could backfire and make her feel worse. I don't know.... Perhaps if it is phrased in "It will help us know what we need to work on next year...." poor kid.

I'd sell them on E-bay and etsy. Especially with the name Emma, which is hugely popular right now! if you don't want the hassle of selling if you posted on Facebook or Craigslist, you will likely find someone who would love them

yes this. my dd has said all sorts of ugly things to me about our choice and how regular school is all sunshine and rainbows.... I am sorry he hurt your feelings though. I've called my dh bawling a few times because of these types of statements.

it is perfectly ok I have 2 full sized upright freezers out there, so one regular fridge...perfectly normal. I wish I had an extra out there, but then that would be weird.

I meant to come back on here a couple days ago and add some to what has been mentioned. My dd is a perfectionist. So many of these scenarios could partly stem from being a frustrated perfectionist. The lego scenario...he has it in his head what the perfect play date looks like. Missing out on Legos spoils that scenario. Missing 2 on his worksheet...same thing. Going to the store after dinner....not getting to the park...these all seem to be scenarios where he gets a mental image of how things are supposed to go, and then when they don't work out that way it is hard to handle. My dd has outgrown a lot of this. (there IS hope!!!) We did have to talk alot about comparisons....what is a big deal...what is not a big deal. We discussed lots of scenarios. We read stories and talked about overreacting. Many times when I could see an issue arising I could say...Hey, remember we talked about big deal issues and small deal issues....I could see her taking a step back, thinking.."is this really a big deal issue or not?" I really don't know if it helped or not. Perhaps it was jut maturity that helped a little more than anything. We still have PMS days where things get all blown up out of proportion. but overall life is more calm than it has been in the past.

usually when I can't figure out what is missing it needs salt

Blessings by Laura Story We pray for blessings We pray for peace Comfort for family, protection while we sleep We pray for healing, for prosperity We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering All the while, You hear each spoken need Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops What if Your healing comes through tears What if a thousand sleepless nights Are what it takes to know You’re near What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise We pray for wisdom Your voice to hear And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love As if every promise from Your Word is not enough All the while, You hear each desperate plea And long that we'd have faith to believe Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops What if Your healing comes through tears What if a thousand sleepless nights Are what it takes to know You’re near And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise When friends betray us When darkness seems to win We know the pain reminds this heart That this is not, this is not our home Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops What if Your healing comes through tears And what if a thousand sleepless nights Are what it takes to know You’re near What if my greatest disappointments Or the aching of this life Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy And what if trials of this life The rain, the storms, the hardest nights Are Your mercies in disguise

we didn't like them. Junie is pretty mouthy IMHO. My kids were horrified at some of the things she said.

does she have bangs?

to my knowledge, I don't think there is one. http://www.amazon.com/Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-Country-Wilders/dp/0060973463/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&qid=1306860168&sr=8-21 this on is pretty good however. All the info I have gleaned about her life has been from here and there.

http://www.starfall.com

my dd is not as advanced as your son, but she loves show tunes, especially ones from Peanuts. (vince guraldi???)

the missing ingredient is SALT! It took me years to figure it out...but there you go.

howdy!

when I was a kid I was casted from shoulder to wrist. My muscles were just atrophied and it took awhile to get used to not having it on there.

I use the Comet Spray regularly w/a scrub brush. It gets the crud off.

My advice....don't feed the drama. Many of these in my kid were attention seeking behaviors.

me too. It was weird. and the week before was the most awful week of my parenting career.