Why is that? Will the recipe turn out weird if I use Adam's natural instead of Jiff etc? This is one of the recipes I found on food gawker and I must make it! http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/08/peanut-butter-cheese-ball.html

Yeah, I'm envisioning a big spoon, straight up. :)

Weird website! I am obviously very uncool because I don't think I've ever had Nutella. :eek: I'm convinced of the error of my ways after reading this thread, Nutella is a need not a want right?! :tongue_smilie:

What type of writing should a student be able to do at the end of PR4? 5 paragraph essay, single paragraph, 2 page paper? Writing isn't my strong point. :) I did fine with academic writing in college, but I don't feel like I really understand the writing process beyond some basics. I especially don't feel prepared to bridge the gap from basic punctuation and dictation to final draft with well stated thesis statement. I'm considering using MCT when we finish PR4, but I think I am like some other posters who need more explicit writing instruction than what is given in MCT. So I'm wondering how far PR4 will get us so I can have an idea of what kinds of writing materials to consider after it since I need some hand holding. :)

We're in the same situation with my oldest, 1 shot when young and not anymore. I would expose or get her titers checked since she may have immunity. When my girls are closer to puberty we'll check titers to see if they are immune by then.

I'm pretty sure that the dvd says to have the child write the words for that day on the clipboard and then each day write them on the spelling list paper in their best handwriting.

That's the list I used. :) I made most food from scratch. I only used things like condiments if they stated on the label that they were gluten free.

I like the new acronym! Maybe we can get a big girl/boy kilt smiley, instead of big girl panties. :)

Since you are doing a big diet change I would make sure to go gluten free not just wheat free. When we were dealing with allergies my girls even reacted to non gluten free oats. Gluten can be in all kinds of weird things like ketchup etc! I kept a list that I had googled of things that gluten can be in.

What a terrible thing for him to say! Being an OB I would think pubic hair would be something you should be ok with. I can't imagine my midwife caring about my hair or stretch marks or cellulite. :)

We have that set and love it!

You are certainly the cool mom! It looks lovely. :)

I faxed dd1's birth certificate to our homeschool charter. I didn't need to give them her SS# which I don't like to give out.

Haha! I know the mods and SWB are busy, but if there is ever extra time I think a big girl panties smiley would be wonderful. :) It's my favorite smiley of all time. Some posters may be familiar with the mothering.com forums. A lot of the posts there make the general board here look tame. I saw a humorous post similar to this light bulb post: OP posts that the sky is blue. Next poster says it's more cerulean. Another poster says it's turquoise. Another poster says that it's rude to claim a color for the sky when her husband is color blind. Final poster agrees it's very rude because they have a blind family member. Thread gets locked :)

Hooray! :party::party::party:

When I had 4 of mine taken out I assumed I would be in pain later and swell like my best friend did. I was awake during the extraction and heard the teeth cracking. I didn't have any pain or swelling at all afterward! I was surprised, but grateful. :)

That's awesome! If we had a hospital like that in our area I would probably deliver there since it would be so much cheaper without needless risk.

A neighbor had a vbac with her second at the closest hospital only because she stayed home as long as possible and arrived far enough along that the baby was born soon after. Her doctor said that he might allow a vbac, but probably not. It was ridiculous because she was a good candidate for vbac, 1 previous csection, newer incision etc.

In my area it means increased risk of having serious interventions like csections when they are not truly needed for medical reasons. DD1 was born in the hospital. I got off lucky because the doctor decided to do a vacuum extraction instead of a csection. I had issues with dd1 latching incorrectly and finally one of the nurses was helpful right before I went home. I hope that in the future hospitals in our area will start to be more evidence based and supportive of natural birth. DD2 was born at home and we are planning another homebirth with this baby. It costs us more to have a homebirth, but I would have to fight for nurses to quit offering me an epidural just because everyone gets one etc. It's not worth it since I'm low risk.

What a great memory! Happy Birthday! :D

:drool5: Drool!

I once saw a knock down drag out fight on another forum arguing whether or not breast milk was vegan! Very entertaining. :)

Like the PP said, do you have a teacher or someone assigned to your family that you could talk with? We used a K12 state charter last year. Our teacher contact sent me a demo K12 password so that I could look through the subjects to decide which level would be best for dd. For example, art K level, math 1st grade etc. If the charter won't budge then I would probably not enroll him.

I would assign seating to avoid the fighting. Both of our girls are still in carseats so I put them where I wanted them to sit.

Like the other posters I hope that my children will have an occupation that allows them to provide for themselves, is something they like and the obligatory no drug dealing etc. :) Other than that we wouldn't have objections. Although, I would prefer something that is not dangerous.