What a great question! For me, it's been a blessing to utilize my mind! Lol! I love researching curriculum and for lesson plans. I treasure being with my kids. I look like super mom, ha, and can sleep in!

I will keep this in prayer. I did this last year. Loved it!

My brain can't understand or fathom all of this. My heart aches.

Well, I have a two year old. He loves play dough and can sit at the table for hours. Find something that will hold his attention and cater to it, a few more months will probably make a difference for this somewhat. my DS likes to be right there with the kids....so I try to let him do art when they do art, but if he's being tom crazy I have to stop for a few minutes and just give some one on one attention and that seems to help him. Then, pop a show on. Lol. Pouring things is a great activity and things that are kept for just school. Putting them in containers and putting them where he knows where, and when, he is allowed to play with them. Hth, and oh, it's tough....I know, and sometimes what I do really doesn't work some days but sometimes it does!

Just tonight, as a matter in fact....I hate being so sensitive ( or insensitive, if that's the way I should put it, lol) when I already have three but the desire for another hurts nonetheless, especially when it won't happen. Its hard having that ache.

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I'm so sorry......I wish we all had answers here to help heal all your heartache.

Do you go this route for state requirements? If so, what do you "leave" with from the reviewer. How long does it take him or her to do this? Have you been a reviewer for other homeschoolers? Do you think my dad ( a chemistry teacher in high school and college level) should feel able to review my ker and 2nd graders accomlishments at the end of the year? If so, how should I approach asking him? Lol! Is there anything i could tell him or show him to help the process? We did the Iowa testing last year, but I want to switch the years from testing to review, and so on. This year, our budget is super tight and I wanted to save $60 to $70 by seeing if he'd do the portfolio review for us! If he did it for us, he'd probably have to do that for my sister in law and her daughter as well, since she lives in the same town.

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That's so cool!

Will be keeping this in my prayers.

Praying for you.

A www! That is just too sweet!

Ha! I just requested G.I. Joe for hubby to go pick up for me and he isn't even gone. Lol.

What a talented girl! I love what she has done so far. Hope to see it finished! :-)

I have probably 4 cups of chai daily! Lol! My favorite is Twinings, which I've only found at Target. I love adding milk and sugar. I also adore Caribou Coffee's chai lattes. Divine!! I've never tried making it though! I have had tastefully simple's chai but prefer the previously mentioned. It's nice to know other people love it as much as I. Ha!

:001_smile: You've gotten great advice in this thread!

I think you should do it! If your DH is on board, for sure.

That's great! Makes you feel you're doing the right thing for your son!

Wow! What a blessing!

Chris, that is a sweet, sweet memory!

Oh my! I'm so sorry to hear about this. Said a prayer for you and your children and will continue to do so. Bless your heart.

Oops I wasn't quite done with my post. Lol. If you do digital expect using some of your computers memory and if you print the pages out then you do start accruing some sort of cost. I don't print any digital out but it's nice to add to a blog etc. I like traditional paper scrapping the best, personally, and it's fun to pull out those scrapbooks and pour over them. I don't know if I've been helpful at all but I guess my advice is this: don't stress about it because it should be fun, start small, and do what YOUR comfortable with, no one else!

I would scrapbook those pictures that inspire you. You do NOT have to scrapbook each and every single one. I do NOT scrapbook chronologically. I know some people only scrapbook that way but it isnt for me...I think that way stresses one out. Wouldn't your family just appreciate whatever you do? Maybe pick a few special pics of each year? As you scrapbook the present, just mix in some of the past. You don't have to catch up all at once. It's a process, but I don't think of it was one that never ends...it's more or less on that never stops giving...giving the memories back to you. I do mostly paper scrapbooking but some digital. There are a TON of digtal scrapbook freebies out there. Twopeasinabucket has some and I can't think of other particular places off the top of my head but you could start there. I know the dollar stores have some scrap booking supplies. Think monthly scrapbook kits are a great way to obtain your supplies without stress and running around.

8.5 years. I rounded up when I voted, to 9.