Another person who uses Medic Alert...I like the easy of having everything online but the important stuff is on her bracelet (ASD, epilepsy, food allergy)...all her meds are listed if they call...I did find that we use to get the sports band one...but it didn't stay on so dd now has the old fashioned metal one because it is harder for her to take off.

Finished: The DNA of Relationships by Gary Smalley (I really like this especially how basically he says there are no guarantees but it will help) Dawn’s Prelude by Tracie Peterson (cute romantic fluff) “Profitable Blogging For Beginners†Class Workbook by Blogelina (someday I may do a fancy blog) Matched by Ally Condie (I don't think I like dystopian love triangle books) Working on: Fiction: Choosing Mr. Right by Jennifer Stewart Griffith Kindle: Dixie Divas by Virginia Brown Non-fiction: Five in a Row Vol 2 by Jane Claire Lambert Phone: Lies, Da** Lies, and Science by Sherry Seethaler Computer: Rhythms by the Better Moms Bloggers Well Education Mind: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Angel Girl: The Aesop for Children by Aesop Sweet Boy: Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales Book Autobook: Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith Total Read for 2014: 9

Finished: Kitchen Stewardship Family Camping Handbook by Kate Kimball, Final Act by C. Paul Anderson, Witches on Parole by Debora Geary (total fluff but I am so in love with this author and her witch series!!!), Real Food Kids: In the Kitchen by Wardeh Harmon and Jami Delgado with Melissa Naasko, A Mathematics Source Book by University School Support for Education Reform Working on: Fiction: Matched by Ally Condie Kindle: The DNA of Relationships by Gary Smalley Non-fiction: Five in a Row Vol 2 by Jane Claire Lambert Phone: Lies, Da** Lies, and Science by Sherry Seethaler Computer: Stress-free Baby Shower by Sarah Shay Well Education Mind: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (I am actually really enjoying this but feel like I have to read it with my bible next to me lol) Angel Girl: The Aesop for Children by Aesop Sweet Boy: Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales Book Total Read for 2014: 6

My 6 year old HFA has had no interest in books...even with me reading daily to her ect...until the last few months....now she is interested in learning to read...I really thought she would never get interested because she didn't care even when we read all the time...but now she is and so I am holding onto the hope that she will read some of the books that I have...and maybe someday she will even be more willing to sit for a read aloud longer than a few pages...

Finished: None this week Working on: Fiction: Final Act by C. Paul Anderson Kindle: Witches on Parole by Debora Geary (in the wings)The DNA of Relationships by Gary Smalley Non-fiction: A Mathematics Source Book by University School Support for Education Reform Phone: Lies, Da** Lies, and Science by Sherry Seethaler Computer: Kitchen Stewardship Family Camping Handbook by Kate Kimball Well Education Mind: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Angel Girl: The Aesop for Children by Aesop Sweet Boy: Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales Book Total Read for 2014: 1

So for my two kids we try to build the item at least 1 time...then everything gets combined in a giant lego bin. I keep the booklets of the kids to use to design but also just let them have free play. But so far I only have bought little extra kits that are less than 10 bucks, don't know what I would do if I bought expensive kits.

Finished: An Unlikely Witch by Debora Geary Working on: Fiction: Final Act by C. Paul Anderson Kindle: The DNA of Relationships by Gary Smalley Non-fiction: A Mathematics Source Book by University School Support for Education Reform Phone: Lies, Da** Lies, and Science by Sherry Seethaler Well Education Mind: Whatever comes after DQ (again not near me at the moment but will start as soon as I get home) Angel Girl: Aesop Tales (not sure which one right now since it is not near me lol) Sweet Boy: Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales Book Total Read for 2014: 1

Haven't read the whole thing but here is my experience so far. DD is a Sensory Seeker...that means she seeks out sensory input regularly...as a baby everyone told us she was hyper aware...as she aged it didn't matter how much we redirected, timed out ext she HAD to move. When she had regular input like spinning she did better. It because obvious that she was not choosing to act out of control it was not manipulative it was a need like breathing for her. DS is not diagnosed with sensory issues but he has always hated tags in his clothes...at age 4 he had a tag burn his back (bad momma for ignoring his constant whining about the shirt but it was required thing for an activity we were doing). Since he started solid food he would evacuate certain textures like rice or pasta. He would hide the apple peel in the side of his cheek because he couldn't eat them but didn't want to spit it out on the ground. Food has been a constant issue...he will starve himself...so we feed him 2x a day a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and for dinner he can sit and watch us eat or choose to eat what we are eating, which never happens. I figure if this is a game eventually he will eat if it is not (and I truly believe it is not but try to explain that to the doctor) then he is still getting fed 2 meals a day.

Yes!! Actually my planner started on Sunday so I have been able to use it a little....but I actually can't do much more because we are still on vacation which means I have very little I can because my family is very fly by the pants.

I am currently 2 books shy of my 156 book goal this year....I think I will make it because I currently have 3 books that I am working on that are all close to the end. I think next year I am going to aim for the 156 again.

I bring Gilmore Girls....basically my husband knows that I bring a set of tv shows and when I am overwhelmed I go away and watch them. Actually at this point it is kind of a joke with my/his family (my sister married dh brother and my mother is living with them 1 block away from dh's families house, we really can't get away from family here) about how many times I have watched the Gilmore Girls series. But it helps me cope with out really running away (which we have also done in the past).

We were suppose to be driving through it today but at the last minute we decided to leave Friday and beat the storm by about 2 hours. Thankfully my sister and my husband's family live about 1 block away so we just walked over to play with our cousins.

That is why I am an iPhone owner...all the android phones that I had always broke and had to be replaced right before or at the replacement time...drove me nuts! I wanted something that would not be obsolete in 3 months when the new fancy version came out....now its only gets older every year and I drool over the new iPhone but since my phone is still working I don't go out and spend the money on a new one so its all good.

You could look into Fountas and Pinnell articles or Marie Clay....but mostly they talk about what good readers do...from there others have created the current "balanced" literacy approach (I really wish it was balanced but sadly more pendulum and we are on the far side of it). The basic idea is that good readers don't individually sound out each word but rather quickly word recall. That is in conjunction with the use of meaning making (in other words good readers only put in words that would make sense in their story), grammar making (in other words good readers put in words that are grammatically correct i.e. would not say goes would say went), and phonics (using chunks and individual letter understanding to determine a word i.e. was vs saw using 1st letter discrimination). For most good readers they don't break down into individual phonetic sounding out unless they are really unfamiliar with the type of text (i.e. a chemistry text book for an english major) or a new and unusual word for which there is no other way to use the other cueing systems. From this research about what good readers do others created this idea that sight word reading is best because it encourages quick word recall which was what was found about good readers, neglecting the other cuing systems including phonics.

I just want to agree with your vent....My son has had multiple cases of unexplained hives (most likely environmental grass type allergy)...but no other issues...call the dr...and have to wait 1 hour to get the dosage for benadryl...yes 1 hour...at this point I have a chart from them so I don't have to do the whole wait to give my kid meds when he gets hives (yes the dr knows and doesn't seem to care every time I have told him about the hives).

Both of my kids do this! I figure if they get cold they will stop or turn it off...so far they just pile on more blankets and are happy.

Simon Pearce in Queeche for fancy dinner. Other wise downtown Hanover has some yummy restaurants, especially a fabulous gelato at Morenos. Carpenter and Main and for lunch allechante in Norwich and after lunch there are some cute stores in the same area.

Facebook! So many people have found birth family on there...and you have a lot of information. We found both our children's birthmothers on there, and opened up adoptions that way.

Love Love Love the Polynesian...but once you go there you will never want to go unless you are at a deluxe...All Stars was fine and if you don't plan on being in your room for anything its doable...but we don't really enjoy it because it is crowed and small and dark

I am an it depends...Fever 24 hours no matter what. But a plain cold I tend to be willing to go out UNLESS I know I am going somewhere with a immune compromised person i.e. if I know a person at church is getting chemo no go. If I don't feel good and don't want to leave the house then I don't go out and share my yuckys until I know I am better. There was a nasty cold that knocked me out for 5 days....I didn't leave my house for another week even though I only had congestion at that point because I really didn't want to share that nasty cold with anyone.

Fleece and Wool are great for putting over diapers they are absorbent fabrics...I used them with cloth diapers with my super soaker and they totally worked even if the diaper was soaked through.

My mom didn't know she was having twins until she went in....my little sister had twins who are now 6 years old...she didn't find out she was having twins until 5 mins after the first one was born....and that was with all the ultrasounds and "modern" medicine.

I am an identical twin (which we didn't find out until we were 31 lol, the dr told my mom we were fraternal, of course he also told her she wasn't having twins she just stuck out a lot because she was short). We are closeish...about as close as my other sister...but she has made different life choices that cause us to have very little in common.

Yes there is an anti-adoption camp. Many of them have very valid thoughts and opinions especially those that are part of the adoption triad (adoptee, birth parent, adoptive parent). Many of the them came from an era of very closed adoptions and lying. Yes there are issues with the adoption industry....look at the amount of money directors of non-profit adoption agencies get (6 digit figures or more). Many members of the triad are left flying in the wind after the exchange of a child. Continuing education, counseling and support are very important and yet not considered part of the adoption process for many agencies. But there have been changes and there will still be changes. The open adoption movement has done wonders...just before coming to this site I got off Facebook where I had just relayed the message to my dd's birth grandmother telling her my dd loved her. My daughter knows, has met, and we encourage her to have a relationship with her birthfamily. As of right now we are the middlemen merely because she cannot read or right but we do not discourage her from having a relationship with them in any way. Adoption is not the perfect answer just as WIC/EBT/Sponsoring an expectant mother or abortion are not the perfect answer because we are not one size fits all. But the conversation and the feelings of those in the triad need to be considered, discussed and changes need to continue to be made.

If you head up toward quechee/sugarbush there is billing farm which has an 1918's house and usually has horse drawn hayrides. There is also the Monteshire Science Museum which kids love. There are quite a few pick your owns up that way too (PM if you decide to go and want to know what they are). If you head up 89 further there is Rock of Ages which is a granite quarry totally fun or you can keep going for Ben and Jerry's (who doesn't love ice cream). There is an aquarium in Burlington.