I really like the maxi dress style that has become real popular during the summer. They come in floor length as well as knee length but they do a great job of hiding extra tummy weight without making you look like you're wearing a ton of material. They're also very comfortable. Most come sleeveless and I wear mine with a short cardigan or sweater top. Also a lot of them are v-neck and so I wear a nice lace topped tank top to match underneath (so to avoid the plungeing neckline). Great for weddings. I recently bought an all black one from Ross that has black tulle roses on the top half. Dress barn has some nice ones too in a variety of sizes:) I know it can be so frustrating to find the right fit when you've got extra weight on. I hope you find the perfect dress for the occasion :grouphug:

Super cute!

One of my favorites is "The Kissing Hand" - Great for children that are really nervous to be away from mommy. I used this with my daughter when she went to public school pre-k but even now that we homeschool we still do our kissing hand when we leave for any amount of time.

My son had similar problems. He needs more hands on curriculum where he can use more than one of his senses to learn something. We switched to MUS Alpha - if he already knows his numbers and counting then Alpha focuses all on single digit addition subtraction. I love that it is a mastery curriculum and so we can go as slow or fast as we need to. :)

I teach beginner piano lessons and I've used both Bastien and Alfred's series and both are good. I recently began teaching some younger students with Little Mozarts by Alfreds and it teaches piano and music theory through a story about Mozart Mouse and Beethoven Bear. This might be too elementary for your children though. The newest books I just began using with my 5,6,& 7 year old are the Faber series: My First Piano Adventures for Beginners and it's great very colorful and has cool characters that teach different elements of music. Hope that's not too much info. Your best option is to go look at a music store that sells piano lesson books to give you a chance to look through them yourself and see what appeals to you and would fit your kids. Just like school curriculum some fit you better than others :)

I'm considering starting Spanish with my elementary aged students and have no idea what curriculum to look for. I would like something that's pretty reasonably priced or that I could find used that would work well with children. Thanks ahead of time for any suggestions :bigear:

Good to know :)

Nice :) Looks like it worked

Good to know the story behind it...I was putting it together but didn't have it all yet :)

Still working on a picture signature

and a signature....yeah!

Got my Avatar up :)

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need to get my avatar on here

It's been a while since I messed with this stuff

Ok, that one didn't work :001_huh::001_huh:

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I'm new too and still trying to figure it all out :)

Welcome!

Thanks for sharing your ideas :) We just started homeschooling last year and so we haven't done preschool but one of my favorite books for little kids was The Kissing Hand - it helped my daughter who is very attached to me feel more comfortable if I had to be gone for a few hours here and there :)

Thanks for all the different ideas with AAS I'll be using it this year with one of mine

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I think American History is very important but I also have a huge appreciation for World History. I'm using Mystery of History because as a christian I want my children to have a Bible integrated view of World History and how they took place at the same time. I went to public school and didn't have the opportunity to see that perspective until I was an adult :)

Great Poem :)