Old navy runs bigger; you might have better luck there. You are bringing back bad memories of how frustrating it is to find decent looking maternity clothes! Good luck!!

If you are 5'3" a maxi dress will be way too long. You would have to hem it. I'd suggest looking in the regular Women's sections, not maternity. A lot of the summer dresses should be loose enough to fit over the bump if you get a bigger size. That's what I did last pregnancy when I got so disgusted with ugly maternity clothes. I am 5'2", all done with pg. Would be happy to mail you a couple of dresses to try. No strings. No expense. Only thing is I'm very small. Normally a 0 or 2 (or at least, I was before the last baby). Might work for a size 4.

Aubrey, What size are you when you aren't pg? You can PM me if you like. :001_smile: And when is the wedding?

Yes, I should have said you have to open the app and put in your info

Just download the kindle app on your iPad. It will automatically register the device. Then, when you buy books, you can pick which device to "send" it to. The one you send it to will download the book automatically. If you want it on a device you havent sent it to, just go to archived items and you will see it there. If you click on it, it will download in seconds. Hope that helps. I love kindle on my iPad!

Homeschooling with Ease/Skill/Style Classical Education with Style More tag lines than titles, I guess.. The original title does have charm. Might be hard to market to those who aren't "in the know" :001_smile: Don't know why "the Well-Trained Rabble Rousers" keeps popping into my head...:001_huh:

I developed it at age 38, while I was nursing our third child. My journey was from my doctor, to a dermatologist, to an allergist, to a dermatologist that specializes in eczema. Along the way, I discovered I am now allergic to a couple of chemicals common in personal care products (like Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo!), yellow dye (can't wear yellow, orange, or brown clothes anymore), and borderline a few other things. I only use tide free also. And if you look up Vanicream, you will find the name of a company that makes products that are probably safe to use. I think they are called Pharmaceutical Specialty, Inc, or something like that. I use their soap and moisturizers. What the various professionals all said to me is that if you have any allergies at all, you are always susceptible to developing more. If you don't get answers from a dermatologist, you might try a nutritionist/elimination diet. W have a friend who went through a similar thing, although it was hives, and it turned out to be celiac, developed when she was pregnant with her first. Good luck; hope it is something minor.

Or you could order Lively Latin already printed? At least, that's what I did for 1. Came in a nice binder... Although for a bright 7th grader, I think there are better programs out there.

Around here, some of the local kids gym type places (kids u), art schools, and ymca's, have "spring break week" camps next week. They are kind of like day care, but you sign up for just a week and the kids go there for most of the day, and they do planned activities. Maybe that would work for you?

I don't know your piano teacher, but last year for Christmas I got ours two books and she loved them. They are by Madeleine L'Engle and are about a pianist. A Small Rain and The Severed Wasp. They are beautifully written, wonderful books.

FYI, I just booked a room at the Radisson at the convention price. I booked through the convention website link, and did it all online. Hey, was anyone else a little freaked out by their "themed suites" which have "no windows for privacy", and are on the 15th floor, but the elevator only goes to 14? :eek: Weird, weird, weird.

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I'd be interested in trying it also. DQ is sitting on my shelf, feeling sad, but not lonely, since the next three books from TWEM are sitting there too...wondering when/if they will ever be called to duty... Yahoo group is good for me, but not Facebook.

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Hi Korin, Sorry I can't be more help - most of the books I like are girls books, or fantasy, or both! Here's what I thought of: -I also think Sherlock Holmes is a good bet -Did you do the sequel to the Mysterious Benedict Society? -The Lost Prince, by Frances Hodgson Burnett -Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh -Books by Roald Dahl - would they be too old for these? I know I was probably about 12 when I read James and the Giant Peach, and loved it then. -There are a couple of books by Stephen Hawking's daughter - George and the Cosmic Key to the Universe, or something along those lines. Fun quick reads, although my daughter bailed on the second one. -I just got a bunch of books about the history of plumbing and sewage (don't ask :)) - they are surprisingly fascinating. Maybe some non fiction stuff like that - things they might be curious about? -Short biographies about people they are interested in, not necessarily "great" people. I am constantly amazed at the range of biographies available at the library (Miley Cyrus...really? she needs a biography?). But people like tennis players, baseball players, musicians, etc. Any interest at all you could tie into? -Can't remember what age Encyclopedia Brown is good for, but I remember enjoying those. -I also just got a bunch of "picture" books - small coffeetable type books - each two page spread is a beautiful picture on one side, with a brief description/explanation on the other. There is a whole series of them; many are available at bargain prices - Earth From Above, 365 days; Underwater Eden, 365 days; The Universe, 365 days, etc etc -Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin (as long as evolution is not an issue) -I haven't read these, and they sound wretched to me, but what about The Hunger Games and sequels - I saw kids scooping them up at a book fair last year. Hope I am helping and not contributing to your head exploding...

We did the same thing.

I LOVED A Short History of Nearly Everything. And he has lots of references to other books. I think science books for laypeople would be a great way to learn about science for your son. And then you could go more in depth in any subject that catches his fancy. As someone else mentioned elsewhere (how is that for vague?) there are some off color references to the personal lives of some of these scientists. I have a whole list of science books for laypeople - let me know if you are interested and I can compile. Some might be too much for an 11 year old.

SWB's writing lectures?

How about the George Gamow books? Mr. Tompkins, etc.

I don't Like to slow them down. My daughter raced through Singapore from 2a through 6b in her second grade year and the summer after. We did just the workbooks. CWP was out of print so we didn't do those either. Since she finished, we have been slogging through CWP6, and we have done the first three books of Keys to Algebra. After looking at and trying a few different options, we ended up with New Math Counts from Singapore Math. Our problem was not that she couldn't handle the math. Our problem was that she couldn't handle the textbooks. What would have been perfect is a workbook based algebra program, but I could not find one. New Math Counts is the secondary math program for the "normal" stream in Singapore (NEM is for the accelerated stream). It's five books instead of four, and everything is in the book - self teaching, exercises, answers, tests. It's working great for her. Our (current!) plan is to go through all five books, hopefully in 2-3 years, and then start with the AoPS curriculum in 5th or 6th grade. In the meantime, we are also focusing on problem solving. After we finish with CWP6, we will move on to the problem solving books put out by AOPS, starting with the Math Olympiad ones. As PPs have said, I don't see running out of math as an issue, although, yes, when you map it out, it looks scary!! My biggest priority is to get her comfortable with tackling difficult problems. The only way to do that is to do lots of problems! And slowly but surely, she is improving! So, that is a long way of saying, that it may look like your young math student has hit the wall, but in fact the curriculum may just be linguistically too difficult for him/her. Its worth looking around until you find something that works, without sacrificing the level of rigor you are looking for. Hope that helps!

Singapore Primary Math only runs through 6th grade. Not sure it would be worth it for you to jump into it for just 6th grade. Bit of a culture shock. But, you said you are doing pre-algebra this year, so you may not need it. Which means you would be looking at their secondary math programs, either New Elementary Math or Discovering Mathematics (both of which start with prealgebra review). In my opinion, if your son loves and is good at math, you should try Singapore. It's a great, in depth program. The caveat is that it is an integrated approach, so if you think your son may go back to school sometime in the next few years, it may rule this out. But, if you go through all 4 books, I think you come out on the other end ready for Precalculus. Another option worth looking at for you would be Art of Problem Solving. If the algebra looks like too much, maybe start with their pre algebra, supposed to be out in the fall. I don't imagine it would be redundant. In my world, if my kids can handle Art of Problem Solving, I go with that hands down. :001_smile: Hope that helps a bit.

I found these on an amazon search Testaments of Courage: Selections from Men's Slave Narratives, by Gerald Horne and Mary Young All My Trials, Lord: Selections from Women's Slave Narratives, by Mary Young They appear to be for young adults. Sorry I don't know how to link. Hope these help.

If you PM me your address I will mail you mine. :001_smile: It wasn't for me and I couldn't get through it.

I think #3 is your best option. Rod and Staff is lots of writing; you would have to do it orally, which takes away the independent thing. WWE and FLL are so short and sweet and easy to accelerate.