DD will be going into 2nd grade this fall. Summer plans: - Finish reading SOTW1, do some of the activities and read supplemental books to go along with it. - Daily Geography (not daily, though :) ) - Science projects from the curriculum that we used for her hs'ed kindy year - Possibly start piano lessons, if finances allow - Field trips to zoo, children's museum, state parks - summer reading program with public library Mostly, though, lots of outside play and independent reading.

We homeschooled for kindy and then switched to public this year for first grade. DD is very shy and had problems with me even leaving her one hour a week for a church activity until she was 5 or so; she would cry when I left the room and refuse to talk to anyone until a couple of months into that activity. So I was worried that the same thing would happen at school. Nope, turns out that she loves school. She is still very quiet, but she thrives on being around the other kids even if she doesn't interact a whole lot yet. We were lucky in that we ended up with a small class size and a teacher who is very sympathetic to shy kids and willing to give out hugs as needed when she was teary, and both of those things really helped. As for preparing, I think what helped the most was the once-a-week activity that I mentioned above. It doesn't sound like much, but it really helped her to practice being away from me in a class setting even for short periods of time. I also talked up all the positive aspects of school (art, music, gym class, recess) and didn't say much about how kids can be mean beforehand. I figured we would cross that bridge when we came to it. We've had a couple of minor mean-kid issues, but most of the kids in her school have been great. Good luck! :)

DD (7) sleeps about 9-10 hrs per night. Which isn't really enough for her; she needs about 11 hrs to be at her best. She's on a much better schedule now than she was when we were homeschooling, though. Less sleep, but more normal hours.

Don't know yet. I'm still adjusting to the idea of DD going to public school at all, since I always thought I would homeschool her all the way through. One step at a time, for me. I'm brand new to this.

He's full of it. I live in a double-wide that has spongy areas in a couple of rooms. It's not normal; it's because that part of the floor is rotten and needs to be replaced.

Not 100% positive we're done, but DH will be 35 and I will be 31 when this 3rd baby is born.

5 am in the Midwest. I'm reading from my phone in bed because DH accidentally woke me up when he got up for work an hour ago. I'm 8 months pg and starving, but I don't feel like getting up to eat so I'm hoping for a couple more hours' sleep.

Math Science Language arts Close 4th would be history

I voted egalitarian. We each have certain areas that we are in charge of, but still ask for input from the other party.

Any age. It is inappropriate for a doc to pressure a kid into allowing an exam they're not comfortable with. Kids have a right to bodily autonomy just like adults do.

I cut back to almost none during the first trimester, but since then, I'm back up to 2-3 cups a day.

I can't complain about our health insurance, but our vision and dental are both very minimal, so we limit that as much as possible. I take both kids to the dentist without going over what they will pay, but neither DH nor I have been there for years. DD will need orthodontic work due to having teeth pulled as a toddler, and it doesn't pay any of that, so yikes. I space out my eye appointments to about every 3 years. I suspect DD needs glasses, so I will be using the bulk of our reimbursement on her needs this year for sure, and will try to keep my zenni optical glasses hobbling along until next year.

Ours are all separate. Health is through my job, vision is a reimbursement plan through my job (doesn't cover much, but better than nothing). Dental is through DH's job.

My plan is going up by about 20% this summer, but they are offering "wellness initiatives" which will knock the increase down to only about 10% if we participate. My deductible and OOP max is rising as well, but not by a huge amount. We have it pretty good compared to our previous insurance. I work in large part for the insurance, since it eats up quite a bit of my paycheck. DH works for a small business, and each year the coverage gets worse and worse, or sometimes is dropped altogether when his boss can't afford the premiums. At one point, our old coverage stopped paying for the baby's immunizations, which meant nearly $500 OOP per visit (and in my state, they passed a law that even those w/ high-deductible insurance can't get shots at the health dept anymore). :glare:

I wear shorts at home, but I feel much more comfortable in capris if I'm going out in public.