Petrichor
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I voted "under a certain age, yes" but I really mean "under a certain maturity level, yes" meaning, if they can't handle losing, I will play less aggressively. BUT, I don't just throw the game, though I might under certain situations (like if he is in a bad mood, and I want him to stop whining about something else.)
But especially with some kids games (eg. candy land or chutes and ladders) where there is no strategy, I can't help it, and I'm not about to cheat to let myself lose, if that makes sense.
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Do they sell hangers for frames at craft stores?
I've bought cheap frames at the local h4h restore or thrift shops if you are in need of a new frame...
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Thank you all!
Off to try some new egg recipes :)
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Do you have a toddler? Because in DS' German Learnables Basic Structures book, the mom is always giving eggs to the toddler, who then either drops them on the floor or throws them against the Windows. Boeses Baby! Probably not a practical idea, but if you get sick of eating eggs, it's an option. :)
LOL
Nope, no toddler here :)
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Yay for cleaning the house for fun!
Sounds like a mild cold to me. We haven't gotten sick recently, but I usually get sick at the drop of a hat.
Hope you're feeling better tomorrow!
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I have 50+ eggs in my fridge. One carton is at it's sell by date. The rest were accidentally broken, then left in a car overnight and froze. I'm assuming those need to be used right away.
Will angelfood cake do well with previously frozen eggs?
We could eat french toast or omelets for the next week, but I fear the broken eggs especially might go bad by then.
Other ideas?
Can I freeze omelets or scrambled eggs in small batches for later?
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Or tighten the seat to non-coat wearing tightness, then squeeze the puffy coat wearing kid into the seat(dont losen the straps).
But its easy to just take the coat off once you get to the car, then put it back on like a blanket after kiddo is buckled in.
We also heat the car before driving, or, just deal with the cold for the first 15 minutes or so.
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Wunderlist. Its on app store and android.
I don't know if it notifies you when a task is added, but it does notify you when a list is shared with you. And it notifies you when a task is completed. And you can add comments, and you can add subtasks.
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The other thread had me thinking... if you've read your child's diary, how did you go about it? Did you find the diary, tell them, then warn them?
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I've kept diaries at various points in my life, but feel the same sense of apprehension over privacy concerns. My parents read my diaries and snooped through my room - things would go missing - but they would never tell me. I may have confronted them about a few things and at least one time something was returned to me.
Like others, I want my ds to have a sense of independence which, in my mind, implies not forcing him to share thoughts that he doesn't want to share, so no, I wouldn't read his diary unless there was serious need to. I would hope that such an invasion of privacy would be preceded by conversation and being explicitly told that his diary was going to be read.
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My DS is much younger than yours but we find that (personal size) whiteboards are great for us. I still haven't introduced paper and pencil to my 5 yo, and it was only recently that I introduced marker and paper.
We use the whiteboard for phonics and math lessons, and we use dry erase sleeves for workbooks a lot of the time.
At your DCs age, you could use a whiteboard for spelling tests, dictation, grammar work, paragraph planning, math, and really anything that you plan to trash right after the work is done. Like others said, it can be a break in the tedium that pencil and paper can be. Mistakes are easily erased with no pencil smudges to frustrate, and there are many color options so writing can be even more enjoyable (especially if it is a less enjoyable writing task to begin with).
And of course, they are super easy to take with you if you want to school away from home.
I can't see many uses for a large classroom size whiteboard though.
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My 5yo still loves his balance bike, though he has a regular bike (I'm assuming its 10"). I'd go with something a bit bigger than a strider for a 5 yr old, but my 5 yo is very tall for his age, and you have a 2 yo to pass it on to if it is too small for the 5 yo. I like the light weight of the strider though.
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Google cal lets you share all the calendars with each other with the option of clicking off each individual cal. So I have 8 calendars all color coded . When all are turned on, you can easily see by the colors what's what. Then you can click off separate calendars if you only need to check in with some every so often and not daily. They all show up together and it looks like one calendar. I don't have to tag anyone. I make an appointment and click which calendar to put it on. Then it shows up on that person's calendar and everyone else can see it if their filters are set that way. My hubby doesn't keep up with the holiday, housekeeping, or bill calendar daily. But every so often, he will click them on and they show up with the rest of his calendars . I don't keep up daily with his work cal but I can click it on whenever and see what appointments he has and then click it off. My son only looks at his cal and the family cal and then checks the work cals every so often. Nobody looks at the housekeeping cal. :(. Including me it seems some days ;)
So son 1 and dad put all their events on their own cals. Son 2 just puts his on the family cal. I put anything that affects us all and the younger kids on the family cal. My work and his work are separate.bills separate. Housekeeping separate. I view them all at one time. The rest click and choose based on their needs. I think they all now have figured out to have the family and my work schedule always on. No matter how many cals you have going,they all display as one. There's no duplicate events because everyone has access to all the calendars and know which to schedule on.
I may play around this year with lesson plans on google cal.
Yeah, this.
A "calendar" in google calendar is basically like a profile. I have different calendars for different people and different organizations, types of events like bills, community, to do list, a daily schedule for me, etc. If I'm not interested in seeing events of a certain type (like bills or daily routine when I'm trying to plan a lunch date with friends) I can turn those calendars (profiles) off temporarily with one click (per profile). It works the same way on my phone in ical and on my android tablet in the google calendar app, making it really convenient!
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we use google calendar, and make separate calendars for each person.
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I think it would be ethically wrong to back out IF you had already been paid for the job (and had no intention of giving back the money).
In the case of the quilt, I think it it more ethical to tell her now that since you probably wont get to it, you really can't keep the responsibility, and give the squares back so she can possibly find someone else to do it.
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I guess it depends on how well someone "knows the guy". I'm siding more with the cynic though.
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I heard of a mom being handcuffed the other day for letting her 7yo walk a half mile to the park in a nice neighborhood. And then some news commentator talked about it like that was the epitome of careless, loveless parenting. I find this trend (toward criminalizing normal childhood activity) to be very disturbing.
That's what I was thinking about. It feels like things are getting so ridiculous with, as you stated, the criminalization of normal childhood activity.
We live in a nice community. The houses are very close together but there are no defined backyards (more like condos actually). The best place to play nearby is around on the other side of the houses, so I can't see DS5 most of the time if I let him go there. In this age of calling CPS at the drop of the hat, I'd glad to see that letting a 5 year old play outside by himself isn't something that would concern most people.
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OR, at what age of child would you not bat an eye at if he or she were playing alone unsupervised? Alone meaning no other kids or adults.
It is a safe suburban area, and the playing area in question would be similar to connected backyards/front yards (no gates/fences and no traffic to worry about).
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Wow, I don't think I'd like that at all.
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He is coming from a good place <- I would assume that to mean he has good intentions.
She is at a good place <- I would take that to mean she is comfortable financially or otherwise at peace with her situation.
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I'm muslim. The culture varies. I probably wouldn't get a gift. I'd just give them one (cash) at their marriage/moving in together party. But if you really want to give a gift, a gift card to a restaurant, theater (if they watch movies) or similar seems like a great idea. It wouldn't be a big gift, maybe a $50 or even $20 gift card.
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Reading frequently increases exposure to words even if the reader doesn't make the connections externally it really should help with spelling, at least with the more common words.
Maybe try sticking with a phonics based program, like Spalding?
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Eid Mubarak!! And thanks for all the well wishes :)
When you play games with your kids, do you let them win?
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My DS5 sometimes freaks out if he can tell he is about to lose, but in the past few months, after playing more and more games (and letting him know that it's not fun if you throw the board across the room and that we will not play with him if he does that) he's gotten the idea that sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose.