Music, ornithology, art, languages Music - he lives, sleeps, and breathes jazz drumming. We invested in what is now his third drum set, he takes private jazz drumming lessons and we buy dvds of jazz drumming, we do composer studies on jazz musicians, and he reads and watches a number of documentaries on jazz. He also takes voice lessons. Ornithology - he is one of two youth members of our local bird club, he reads college level books on birding, we build family vacations around birding (attending two conferences a year and traveling for spring migration), he does bird walks with local birders. Art - he draws and paints birds. He has taken art lessons from local members of the art guild. He is also taking a couple of digital photography classes. Languages - He wants to learn every language in the world. I will not survive that undertaking so for now, we focus on three - Latin, Greek, and Spanish.

Update: The Boardie has this to say: Last we knew, she was at a shelter. We're assuming no news is good news, as she will be kept pretty busy at the shelter and does not have access to a phone or computer on a regular basis. Will update as soon as we know anything else. Thank you so much for all your thoughts and prayers and willingness to help when the time comes.

My son will be in 6th for the next school year and loves learning languages. He's done Latin and Spanish the last 3 years and will begin dabbling in Greek this coming year as well. He's using CAP's Latin for Children. Up until now he's used Elementary Spanish from Discovery Education Plus Streaming. It is not as in depth as I would like, so this year we will add in CAP's Spanish for Children. As for Greek, this was his own idea. I decided that we would just try it out this year, using CAP's Code Cracker and also their Song School Greek. While SSG is meant for much younger children, I thought this would be a no pressure way to learn a little bit of Greek and test the waters to see if he really wants to continue with it. So, in your situation, I wouldn't start all 3 at once. Choose one and get going learning grammar and vocabulary and then maybe next year add in another. If you really want to do the Greek, just dabble in it a bit and see how it goes. Does your child have a preference for which language to learn?

Thinking of you and yours.

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OP - Inquiring minds want to know where you got your white board!

I think folks are nervous. Is there another venue in which you can sell the materials?

Can't wait to hear the update from this!

Haven't tried these, but they may be easier than the above link: http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Birds-That-Norman-Schmidt/dp/1895569117/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0V2E3344YFTMY5VSSP8T

Try this: http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Paper-Birds-Easy---Make/dp/1454908165/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401458138&sr=8-1&keywords=paper+birds+kit BTW, they are NOT easy to put together and require a lot of fine motor skill.

I make sure that neither the dryer, washer, nor dishwasher are running when I leave. I turn the heat down to 60 both when I leave and when we go to bed. During the day the window AC units run on energy saver mode. At night, the ones in the bedrooms run all the time primarily so they don't wake up the light sleepers when they cycle on or off. AC is set at 70 when we're home and 80 when we're not. I turn off all lights when leaving a room. If we've gone out and will be gone until after dark, I leave porch lights on and a light on in the living room so that our black Houdini cat doesn't escape when we come home. If we're out of town, I leave the upstairs hallway light on and a light downstairs on for security reasons. Again, when out of town, I unplug the microwave, toaster oven, and coffee pot.

Love these tips. We're doing an Alaska cruise in July as part of a sabbatical grant.

Peace to you and yours during this time of transition.

Vocabulary from Classical Roots. http://www.rainbowresource.com/searchspring.php?q=vocabulary+from+classical+roots

I know at least two women with the name Emily. One is a woman in her 60s who is a federal judge. The other is in her mid 30s and is a teacher. And, don't forget about Emily Dickinson!

Vocabulary from Classical Roots.

Just re-read your post. Since your DC has cardiac issues going on, I would call his/her pediatrician asap.

Maybe heartburn. If your child was older, I would suggest gallbladder.

In grad school I started Spanish and German at the same time. They are enough different that I didn't confuse them. Only problem was the day I picked up a Spanish dictionary to translate a German passage.

I covet this homeschool room: http://wildflowersandmarbles.com/2009/06/17/a-detailed-look-through-the-learning-spaces/ Ours is currently in our tiny dining room. Even though we only have one kid, when we move, I want a house with a separate room on the 1st floor than can be our homeschool room. I would have a couple of comfy chairs in there as well as a table to work at. I'd probably have a braided rug and as many bookshelves as would fit.

I would so love to do this with DS! My Dad was a ham radio operator and spoke with people all over the world. Silent Key W3NQA.

After sitting by my Mom's side for nearly two weeks, I had to leave two days before she died. Like you, I had constantly told her I loved her. While I wanted to be there at the moment she died, I couldn't. Several months later, I am mostly at peace with that. It is scary. Regardless of whether or not you are part of a faith tradition, think about this; "scared" and "sacred' have the same letters. The moments of birth and death (as well as the moments preceding them) are sacred. They are also the moments in which we are often the most scared. The two seem to go together. It may well be couple of days or so before your Mom dies. Her breathing will get more and more shallow and her breaths will come less frequently. Hospice has great pain meds and anti-anxiety meds. If she's not already on roxanol (sub-lingual morphine) and ativan (they make a gel that can be rubbed on her arm), you might ask the hospice nurse about those. Anyway, this is all to say please go get some rest. You are doing the absolute best you can. Your mother knows you love her. Get some rest so that you can return to sit by her side. Even if she dies while you are gone, you still need to rest. Please know that I am thinking of you. Peace to you and yours.

So, so sorry to hear this. It is so very hard to lose a parent and I am sorry that you and your family have to go through this.

My Mom gave me one of those garter belt things and a Red Cross Brochure on menstruation and told me to ask her if I had any questions. I thought I had a national disaster.

Haven't had the chance to read this, but maybe this will help. http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl