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I saw it at 12 and found it very enjoyable and moving. I was also reading The Cross and the Switchblade at the time, so the gang fighting was tame compared to that!
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While I have never been to a father-daughter dance, I had a wonderful father who took me on my first "date" for my 16th birthday. We dressed up, went to an upscale restaurant (where I laughed at him for confusing escargo and calamari), and a movie. I didn't/don't find it creepy at all. He also gave me a rose on my birthday every year and a dozen roses for my 16th b-day, which were delivered at school, to the envy of my classmates who wished their dads were that sweet!
AND on this "date" we discussed sex, God's plan for marriage, my/his standards for dating, my plans for life, etc. Of course this was not one big conversation--it was a continuation of the dialogue my parents and I had had for years. For my 13th birthday, I went on a "date" with my mom, and she gave me the purity ring that I had picked out with them the previous week.
My father is a wonderful, attentive, open man who I credit with helping me keep my standards high and remain a virgin until marriage. Having a devoted father who cared about his daughter's purity (and wasn't afraid to tell her so!) was a major blessing. I would have enjoyed a father-daughter dance with him, had I heard of one.
As far as the whole "pledging your virginity to your father" thing, I never had heard it expressed that way, but it just doesn't bother me that badly. When I was 13, I vowed to God, myself, my parents, and witnesses that I would save sex for marriage. I "pledged" my virginity to all of them! I see/saw my father as my protector--it was his job to not allow me to hang out with rotten boys, stay out too late, go where I shouldn't, etc. and it was my job to not put myself in bad situations and act morally as I had been taught. Since he is obviously a man, and was a boy himself at one time, it was him more than my mom who I looked to for advice about guys/dating. Being the kind of girl he could be proud of was one of the strong reasons I was able to remain a virgin until marriage.
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I'm sorry.:grouphug:
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*I* wanted to name Abbie, and Isaac had he been a girl, Lila. It was my great grandmother's name. If you come back and mention that you've named your newest cactus seedling Lila Ruth, I will most likely dissolve into puddles of happy tears. :D
(Good thing Schmooey was a boy and obviously so from pretty early on. Dh really hates the name Lila and I was going to use it anyway because I fill out the certificates, and it was my turn to choose the girl name. :Angel_anim:)
Lyla is the girl name my dh suggested and I love it!
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My dh NEVER gives out his SSN and is rarely questioned. When he is, he informs them of the laws protecting him from having to give it. Check out this article for some good information. http://www.komonews.com/news/archive/4003541.html
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string cheese--whoops, didn't see the part about not liking cheese. However, I know some kids who like string cheese but not other kinds, so maybe it's worth a try?
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It wouldn't be crazy. When I taught at a Christian school last year I taught kids in two math tracks. 1. Pre-Algebra spread over 7th & 8th (1 book, 1/2 book a year done slowly, 3/5 of the class) and 2. Pre-Algebra in 7th (finished the whole book, 2/5 of the class). We decided this was a much better alternative than having everyone go to Algebra in 8th grade and then have some struggle and flunk, as they had the previous year.
Would he let you know if he were unchallenged? You could always pick up the pace later if something clicks for him and he leaps ahead. Also, I don't think there is any need for an average math student to take calculus before college (or at all, if they don't go into a technical field!). By taking Algebra in 9th, he would still be on track to take Trig/Pre-Calc his senior year if you want. This is plenty in my opinion! Even if he decides to become an engineer, it is more important to be well-grounded in math before college than to have taken calculus in high school. I worked in the Mechanical Engineering department of a university for a few years, and we often encountered unprepared students who had passed calculus but didn't really know what they were doing. Some of our better students were the ones who first encountered caculus their freshman year but were well-prepared for it.
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If you decide to delay A Tale of Two Cities until high school (I read it in 10th), I would recommend To Kill a Mockingbird as a replacement if he hasn't already read it. I think this is a great book for 7th/8th grade. Plus, if you delay Uncle Tom's Cabin you will still start delving into race prejudice this way.
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I had a gifted classmate who did this as a nervous habit. He wasn't autistic or OCD or anything. When he was nervous or agitated he would pick at his eyelashes. For him it was like you said--a comfort thing but more acceptable for an 11-year-old than sucking his thumb!
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Why am I crying? :D
Such joy--would that every day could be filled with great moments of joy and cooperation, and music...:D:D
I thought I was the only one crying! We're talking real tears running down my face. But I have the excuse of being pregnant, right? Right?:D
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We got the light silver with the black cloth interior. We thought we wanted red or blue, but the red was not what we expected and the blue was a bit dark for us. Plus, you have to get the sand interior with the red, and we didn't think that would work well with kids! Thus, we ended up buying what they had on the lot rather than ordering one like we had planned. We've only had it a day, but we've loaded it up twice now and have had a smooth ride thus far.
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This is hilarious--I literally bought one at 5:15 pm yesterday!
I don't have enough experience to give you a true review yet, but I'll tell you we're really liking ours so far. With a baby on the way, we decided to trade in our 2003 Toyota Echo. Dh is 6'3" and now fits comfortably in the front of the Mazda 5, though not the back, of course.
I'll post again once we've had it a bit longer.
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Do you have a potty chair? Or could you borrow one? Maybe you could clean the bowl really well, then convince her to use it and fill a cup from there?
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I still see 1lb. solid, flat chocolate bunnies at Walmart, but they probably aren't great chocolate. However, I always liked the taste of the hollow ones better. As a kid I bit off the top of the ears then filled mine with jelly beans, then alternated eating jelly beans and chocolate all the way down until it was gone.
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On Friday I had my first ultrasound! The tech said the baby measured at 12 weeks, 3 days, which was very close to my calculations. This puts my due date at Oct. 6 for now. He/she was wiggling all over the place during the ultrasound. Unfortunately, the picture turned out pretty lousy, but dh and I got to see much better views (such as the tiny little hands!) I posted the photo in my profile if you want to see it--not that there is much to see except, "Yep, it's a baby!"
My hospital is getting a 4D machine in the next few weeks, so by the time baby is big enough to display gender, I should have a clear view!
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I don't have a smart phone but I do have multiple emails for this purpose. I have one that I use for random registrations (that I KNOW will send junk), one for conversing with people I actually know, and one for educational newsletters, book orders, and educational registrations. It works well for me.
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Thanks for the support ladies. I would love your prayers.
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I saw the dr. today and got to hear my baby's heartbeat! I'm about 13 weeks along--which is when I miscarried last time. Last time I didn't make it to my 2nd appointment, so this is the first time I've gotten to hear the heartbeat. The dr. said the heart rate was about 160 bpm and everything looks good. I have my first ultrasound on Friday!
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You mentioning her teaching pronunciation and letter sounds reminds me--I taught my sister to ride a bike! My dad taught me when I was 6, and the second I learned I started teaching her! By 4 1/2 she was riding as well as I did!
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So, I've never heard of this particular personality profile, but after looking it up, I see that I am an ESTJ too!
One thing that I remember my mom doing was telling me that certain things (esp. regarding my sister, who was 2 years younger) were the job of the mommy. If I was out of line, she would gently remind me, "That's a mommy job," and I learned to back off. If I continued beyond her warning or argued, I was in trouble, but I got the warning. It really helped me see when I was overstepping my bounds, because it really was difficult for me to figure it out on my own! At that age I think it is nearly impossible to control the urge to control because there is so little that you have power over! My little sister was most of my world (my first employee:D) and thus the natural person for my to control. We actually have a video of me at Christmas (barely 5) informing my mom in an imperious tone that the coloring book in my 3-year-old sister's stocking was too hard for her.
My kindergarten teacher sat me next to the youngest, most ill-behaved boy in the class and expected me to control him, but then complained to my mom that I was always talking to him or trying to take over his work for him! Gee, I wonder why? This is one of the reasons I want to home school!
It sounds like you are on the right track with lots of jobs/chores as outlets for her management tendencies. Maybe you could add more jobs that involve doing things FOR her sister (not TO her), so she feels more useful without corralling the little one. Possibly have her be the one to fetch a diaper (if this still applies), help clean up her sister's toys, gather sis' laundry, read her a story, etc.
You say she reads already--is it possible she could read to her younger sis? Even if the 2 year old won't sit and look, could you have her sit in the room where little sis is playing and read aloud? This was one constructive way that I bonded with my little sister, who ended up loving the attention and loving to listen to me read. Of course, you'll probably have the problem of her wanting to make little sis sit and listen, :D but maybe you could explain that she will still hear while playing in the room.
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Here's mine:
Music Plays! Hear the organ bellow!
Music Plays! Who wrote that song?
Music Plays! It's Johann!
Behold, behold, behold!
It's Johann Sebastian Bach!
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When I taught 3rd-4th grade Sunday School, I told the kids how many eggs each of them got to find, and told them to stop once they found that many. It worked well, and they still got to compete by seeing who could find their allotted number of eggs first.
I've also been to Easter egg hunts where the littles go first and find the obvious eggs, then the older kids start a few minutes later.
Resurrection eggs are awesome, and what's really cool is making your own. I went on the Internet and found suggested lists of items and verses and made my own set. I used real nails (horseshoe nails are great), purple cloth, spices, thorns, a miniature donkey, a mini cat-o-nine-tails made of string, matzo bread, etc. You could hide them with the regular candy-filled eggs but have them marked differently with a sticker so they would know they were part of the lesson.
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A church friend just gave me her Medela Pump in Style breast pump that retails for $275! I just need to spend $30 for new tubing/shields and I'll be good to go (in about 6.5 months, that is!)
What's a reasonable offer to pay a babysitter to watch 6 kids for 5 hours?
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I think I'm going to have to move near my parents so I never have to hire a babysitter! When I started babysitting at age 11 in 1992, I usually made $1.00-2.00 per hour per kid. By the time I graduated high school in 2000, my top paying job was still only about $2.50-$3.00 per hr. per kid.
My best job ever was New Year's Eve when I was 17. I watched 8 kids from 3 families for 5 hours at $3 per kid. Oh yeah, $120!
As a former babysitting teen, I would think minimum wage would be acceptable for up to 3-4 kids, with more for extras. However, this doesn't seem to be the case in many places.