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  1. The 22 scrapbooks, hands down. Other than that, probably my great aunt's trunk she took to China in the 1910's. It is gorgeous and beat up, with her intials embossed on it. And, it contains every letter, school paper, etc from my entire childhood. Someday when I die, the girls will be in heaven reading letters and notes from my high school boyfriends.(Yo, Cami, like, do you, like, wanna go see Wham with me? Like, I totally think you are, like, hot.);)
  2. I am so so sorry you and your child are going through this. :grouphug:
  3. Oh yes, but for me it isn't "things", really, but opportunities for the kids. Travel- I read about families who go to Egypt or China while hs'ing. Classes- horeback riding camp, language classes, etc. Moms who go on retreats to art camps and such...that would benefit the kids a whole lot, LOL. Its probably my biggest moral failing, beign jealous and nt content with what we have (which compared to a lot of the world, is a ton!).
  4. I was "the smart one". I was supposed to get a highly scientific job and work for NASA. I was supposed to be very professional. I was also very likely to remain single for the rest of my life. The geeky part was my fatal flaw. No guy would ever want to go out with someone who was as weird as I am. Today, I am married, have 3 and a 1/3 kids, and am a stay-at-home-homeschooling mom. I don't know that you can get much farther from expectations than I did. __________________ I could have written this, except I only have 2 kids. My mother thinks its great we home school (she's a speced teacher) but...she had big plans for me. She can't believe I'd "throw it all away" to stay home.
  5. I forgot- they also do a floor routine (no apparatus, just body elements) but I jacked the video all up. All around for Level 4 is 3 routines, hoop, rope and floor. The apparatus change every year per USAG- I think next year is ball and rope. Also, leave her a comment if you have an account, if you want. RG is not popular here, so the only place to see it is Youtube. In ElastiGirl's mind, all great rhythmic gymnasts are on Youtube, so *her* routines on it are a big deal, LOL.
  6. For those that don't know (I certainly didn't until last year!) rhythmic gymnastics is an Olympic sport for women, that involves flexibility, hand apparatus (ribbon, rope, hoop, ball and clubs) and movement to music. She's only 6, and she loves RG. You never saw such a focused, determined little girl as her when practicing. Its hard, too- the stretching alone is just brutal, and the coordination required is intense! Why, exactly, THIS particular obscure sport appeals to her, I don't rightly know. She's a dance class drop out, quit artistic gymnastics upon making the Level 4 team last year, she even hated Mommy and Me as a toddler. But rhythmic gymnastics? Loves it. Here she is, my little ElastiGirl: Hoop routine Rope routine
  7. While I haven't heard of those particular books, I am assuming this is a safe place to share that my youngest reluctant reader is being motivated to move through Phonics Pathways because then she can read Goosebumps books. :D And I don't even care.
  8. I'm so sorry. I'll echo that the 1SG will know what is going on, and how to help. They know everything. ;) DH is military, and has lost soldiers, and its always hardest when its so (seemingly) random. I guess that is true for everyone, but what I am trying to say (badly) is that I know what you and your DH are going through. Prayers going up for the widow and his family tonight.
  9. Just what I needed to hear! Thanks- I was hoping someone with a 5th-ish grader would chime in!
  10. My girls will be 5th and 2nd next year, and we have done no Latin. Did EFTRU, half heartedly, did/doing WW which has a teensy bit of root word stuff in Latin. My new plan is to use Minimus next year for a gentle intro to the idea of Latin. Then when they are 3rd and 6th, use Lively Latin or LfC or Latin Prep or...something. I really like the look of Lively Latin, and while it may not be very rigorous for a 6th grader, I think it will be fine for a child (and mom) with no Latin at all. Iwant Latin to be fun and interesting for at least the first couple of years. Is this a good plan? A Bad plan? Can I keep the girls together for a while if I do this, or is that unrealistic?
  11. Obviously the man is blind! You look much to young to be a grandmother!
  12. ...has the overwhelming urge to put somethign really off the wall in there? I read the SL boards too, and theirs are often very detailed. I have no signature over there, because, well, no one ever asked politely! (And, no one cares:D) Anyway, I always get the urge when reading them to put "Mommy to Boopsy, 2, doing Lials, Henle, Core 9000 with super double advanced readers". or maybe... "Mommy to Bubba, Inmate of the Year, San Quentin" or perhaps... "Life partner to darling Megan, state chairwoman of the Florida Socialist Party and mother of 10!" or... well, you get the idea. Stuff that would cause people to look twice, and really wonder if I was serious. (Now you all know that hidden beneath my sweet exterior, I'm a snarky old broad!:blush:)
  13. I would have long ago asked people to please limit their signature to a few lines and resist the urge to use a multiplicity of fonts styles and colors. Yowza! OH...too bad...I used up all my conformity, so....I'm afraid I will not be able to comply with your request. In fact, I just may add some more colors to my siggie. :p :D (feeling sassy tonight!)
  14. I'm a conformist, what can I say. Debuting the brand new siggie...in....5...4...3...2....1!!!!!!!
  15. I have a competitive swimmer, and a competitive rhythmic gymnast (who came over from artistic gymnastics, so I know a bit about it, too). Swimming hands down. 1) Swimming is low impact. RG isn't as injury-prone as artistic gymnastics (what you think of as "gymnastics") but it IS still hard on the body- especially feet and ankles. We have regionals next weekend, and have a gymnast on the team with an ankle wrap due to an inflamed tendon, a gymnast with shin splints (RG is competed on a wood floor with a thin carpet- no spring floor), and one with an ingrown toenail (again, a product of turning under toes for a fancy series of falls that RG does). Not rotator cuff surgery,(I know an artistic gymnast who had this at 11!) but they are training in 3 hour chunks with these injuries, and its painful to watch! 2) Swimming can be done your whole life. They have artistic gymnastics at some colleges, but no RG or tumbling. You are just done at 19 ish, earlier if you get hippy or too curvy in puberty (sad, but true). Not swimming! ANy size person can safely swim, and there are even Masters teams for senior citizens. And college scholarships! 3) Swimming is cheaper. MUCH. But...this does you know good if she wants to be a gymnast, you know. MY DD would happliy train for 5 hours a time (and has). She loves it. It would break her heart to have to quit. So, unless the child in question truly finds both as enjoyable, you better go with the one they like best! Cami
  16. *My* goal for *my* kids is to teach them how to learn, teach them to be free-thinkers, teach them to always question authority, teach them that they are priceless, precious, irreplacable people and that they *MATTER* no matter what life choices they make, to teach them that we are all connected and that everything we do "matters", and that they never "have" to fit the "norm" in order to be successful (which means WAY more than finances, IMO success= being content and LOVING what you do, that may mean living like a monk and giving all their money to others in need, it may mean travelling the world and working odd jobs while learning first hand about different cultures/people, it may mean studying their arse off so they can get a degree and become a big whig Dr. or scientist or what-have-you, it may mean they spend all of their time playing and creating games, it may mean they work at Wal-mart as a day job and then act in community theater after work. :D ). I want them to learn to respect EVERYONE, including people who don't "seem" to respect themselves. I want to teach them to make a difference and pursue *their* dreams- no matter what ANYone else thinks/expects/says. I want to teach them not to judge other people, and to follow the Golden Rule, and to think for themselves ESPECIALLY if they are going in the same direction that "The crowd" is headed. I want them to do what *they* want to do, for their own reasons and not for someone else's reasons. :hurray: You said it! Maybe it will be college, maybe it will be the circus. Either way, the older I get, the more I see life and its options as so wonderful. I want them to see that, too. Cami
  17. I assign books suggested in SOTW Activity guides or as part of Sonlight since they mesh with her history studies. Sometimes science reading, too. But that is all- other reading is up to them. I suggest books I enjoyed, but if they don't like them, no biggie. This way I know for at least 30 minutes a day, they are reading something "worthwhile", the other times I don't care! Cami
  18. We've been at this 5 years now (whoa....!) and the "keepers" are: Saxon Math FLL for 1st and 2nd Rosetta Stone (taking us a loonnggg time, but we ARE learning Spanish!) SOTW and the 5 year rotation (one year for US History) HWWT- used 'em all Phonics Pathways-perfection in teaching reading! Love SL, will use it 3 years, but thats all because it isn't chronological enough for me. Cami
  19. I did a 4th/1st grade combo this year- we did Core 3, WP AS 1, and are working into Core 4 as far as the civil war this summer. Then we'll jump to Core 7 for the big one, and COre 2 for the little. It worked great. I read more books aloud, because I wanted little sis to hear them too. Big sis read them, then I read them aloud. I thought it would be "too much", but my older DD reads a TON, so she can do 2 weeks of scheduled reading in 3 days. We LOVE SL now! Thats why we're going to Core 7, then 6, for 5th and 6th grades. After that, well, no more SL, unless they come out with some new stuff. Cami
  20. FOr next year (hopefully starting in late August, but since we're moving to England then...dunno): Math: Finish Saxon 2 and start 3, QMM LA: Sonlight LA (some-we'll see what its like) narrations & ETC/Phonics Pathways (not a great reader...still) Spelling: SWO B Grammar: FLL, the second grade half History: Combo of SL Core 2, with SOTW 3 & 4 (trying to match it up with big sister's Core 7, we're in modern times for the 4 year rotation) Science: Noeo physics 2 (with big sis) Art: Meet the Masters 2, and some crafty stuff Handwriting: HWWT cursive book SPanish: Espanl para Chicos y Grandes (again- did it 2 years ago, took aclass this year) and Rosetta Stone Mind Benders, a Scholastic marine study we love, 15 hours a week of rhythmic gymnastics, and various other random things! Cami
  21. (We're not so strictly classical ed, and she's got a wide variety in her ability levels, so...) Math: Saxon finish 2, start 3, and QMM History: a combo of Sonlight's Core 2 and SOTW 4 (we do history together so we're on moderns next year) that is making crazy tryng to match up with older DD's Core 7!! Spelling: SWO B Handwriting: HWWT cursive book 1 (forget the name of it!) Spanish: Rosetta Stone (she loves RS, and is far better with it than her big sis!) and Espanol Para Chicos y Grandes. Hopeful to find a Spanish class to put them in, but we're moving, so next year is a mystery for that) Science: Noeo Chemistry II. Or Physics. They are still deciding which one they want to do- I'm letting them pick. We have the most success with following the girl's lead and interests with science! LA: FLL, the 2nd grade portion. And continiung Phonics Pathways, because DD is still nto a great reader. We'll use SL's La too, for writing. Cami
  22. Oh, I have this kid, too, in female form. She falls off chairs- for no reason- its a family joke now because she always jumps up with a sparkling "I'm ok!". We hear "I'm ok!" about 15 times a day, LOL. Mine is a swimmer, too, and while she has improved, and is a decent swimmer, she doesn't improve like other kids. Same with any physical task requiring coordination- gymnastics, even laid back hs gymnastics, was practically perilous. My heart couldn't take it.:glare: FWIW, my DD does have some "issues". She's dysgraphic- OT helped some, but the wiring in her brain is just...off. She may or may not be an Aspie. That isn't helpful one iota, but thats what a gazillion developmental/nuerological peds came up with- fits on some stuff, not enough to for sure say she is. We've just accepted the fact that she's a weird kid. I was one, too, and I'm pretty ok.:D DD is not the least bit competitive, so she is happy as a clam coming in first (which though rare has happened) or last. She'll dance her heart out to Hanna Montana, "I'm OK!"ing all the while when she falls over her feet. I think it may be easier for a girl to be not physically coordinated, though, as boys are "expected" to be athletic. A trip to a developmental pediatrician can't hurt, but, like us, you may end up with a diagnosis of Undetermined Non-Specific Yet Endearing Weirdness. Cami
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