Everyone understands:grouphug:

Glad to hear you got your books! Never heard of the p.o. marking up the dc#...what's up with that?

dd (age 9) would also give me some fancy gymnastic moves before giving the inevitable wrong answer. This was particularly frustrating because her two older siblings are sponges. Always have been-I could read something and they would narrate it back perfectly. Not so with my dd. What I did was increase read alouds with her. After a couple sentences I would stop and ask her "what did I just say?" At first, she could not answer because she wasn't listening, but then her competitive side took over and she began paying attention (her older sibs would shout out the answers and she hates when they know more than her.) I still will not read more than a few paragraphs before stopping to ask if she's still with me, but she has made definite progress. Come to think of it- I did also carry this over to just about every time I talked to her. "Ally, go brush your teeth and put on your pajama's" "Yes, ma'am" "Ally, what did I just say?" She would have no clue:glare: so I would have her repeat me frequently throughout the day while she maintained eye contact. Eye contact was key to get her attention. Interestingly, she is my strongest math student and has a fit when she gets a math problem wrong. She will not let me check her math until she has checked and doublechecked her work. I still can't get her 14 y.o. db to do that! So anyway, I would agree this is not a curriculum issue, but her own sweet personality. Persistence on your part and maturity on her part will equal progress over time.

I'm one of the few who do not like chocolate. Once in a while I'll take a bite, just to see what all the fuss is about, but it's easy to toss it. There...now you know me :-)

instead I'm in a sad mood. Ugh...all day. I even left my step class because I was too sad to finish! Tomorrow's another day, right?

she would have had no problem finishing it, but I got busy and let it fall by the wayside. We'll probably finish it this spring. Language arts is this particular dd's strength-I probably will not introduce it to my younger dd in 5th grade.

Now I'm going to be wondering what it could be!

We are Christians and teach our children there is a difference between our souls and spirits. Briefly, our souls refer to our personality, whereas our spirit is where our conscience resides and what allows us to communicate with God.

that's not looking good is it? Did she ever give you the delivery confirmation # so you could verify? That would seem like the reasonable thing to do. Is there a "problems" board where you saw this posted? Or maybe you could ask for a reference on her name? I've seen that done in some places. I've never had a bad transaction, but have had purchases where the mail took a long time, (but never more than three weeks) or where the seller did forget to mail the item(s). In all instances, I sent emails every couple days-if the item wasn't received by 10 days- and the seller(s) were open to discussing what could have happened. The fact that she's not checking in with you would raise alarms with me too. If you paid with paypal I would initiate a claim now. Hope you resolve this soon.

I'm wondering the same thing. It was in my parents' attic until they got divorced, and then...I think I need to make some phone calls:blink:

Dh can't watch Mr. Dreadlocks without calling him John Travolta!

have started violin at age 5 and neither of them have ever mentioned sore fingers. My younger one is a drama queen-she would definitely have mentioned any discomfort. I would take her into a music store that sells violins and see if they have any advice for you. Hope you figure it out.

downloaded it and put it in Windows media and we can listen to it fine from there. Maybe you need to do something similar? I would never have known to do that-he did it without consulting me and that was probably a good idea:001_rolleyes:

Continuing to pray for you Claire.

((Claire)) God's Peace, Sophia

My first HAH conference was 10 years ago! After I moved to Ga. I would still fly up there for it, but have not been able to for the last few years. Enjoy..it is a great way to re-charge:001_smile:

My husband is white, I am hispanic. My parents are "Tex-Mex" as Virginia Dawn put it, which I think means they identify more with Texas than Mexico (my dad would be very proud to own the Texas sink someone posted awhile ago.) My children are also confused when people label them hispanic.

CW-classical writing.

Thanks! My kids love these :party:

I've actually been waiting for one of these:D funny:)funny:)funny:)

you're a classy lady;) I've been enjoying your blog, but I find THL kind of confusing to navigate. That's o.k., I confuse easily:p Hope your baby gets well soon!

but, have you seen the habit training cards over at notebookingpages.com that she created to go with this book? Looks really good and had me considering purchasing the book last night! Like you, I'm curious what others have to say about it.

http://www.libraryelf.com/ Still haven't tried it and yes, still getting overdue fines here:rolleyes:

Praying for Barb and Claire. Waiting is the worst part.

My friend and I were just talking about how clueless kids can be about things we think should be common sense. We were talking about our 12 y.o.'s who are really bright, sensible girls, yet sometimes are just...clueless. So sorry to hear about that boy.