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First, sit up front. If it's something happening way far away and everytime the grownups stand up, you can't see a thing ... of COURSE it's going to be boring. If they can see what's going on and be closer to the action, it helps them feel more involved.
Second, make sure that they have a way to follow along. From 2 or 3 years old until First Communion, they used Fr. Lovasik's St. Joseph booklet. From kindergarten-ish on, they liked the Magnifikid weekly missals http://www.magnificat.com. Then after First Communion, when they were reading well, we got them their own Sunday Missals.
For under 5 or 6, we also had other bible stories or saint stories in the bag, one grandma-ish lady gave them a ring of holy cards that was a hit with the younger ones. Anything completely quiet and somewhat church-related was fair game, especially at 3-4.
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I come from a family where for several generations, most dc have just picked it up. We tend to be an unusual bunch in other ways, too, though, so I don't know that it would occur to me to make the generalization that because I never had to teach any of my 4 dc to read (the latest started at 5), that it would carry over that most dc wouldn't need to have instruction. I have no problem with waiting until a child is 7 or 8 to see if they'll pick it up before trying, but even some of my unschooling friends have found that at that point, they've had to step in and say 'let's learn to read' and used some form of curriculum so that the child can then progress again on their own.
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Forbidden Island plays great as two player. Lost Cities is a card based 2 player game that comes out a lot around here. More than Settlers itself, the various 2 player versions like the card game or Starship Catan seem to work better with two. TransAmerica, TransEuropa, etc. in that family play well with two players, and as people have mentioned, the Ticket to Ride series usually has rules to scale down to two players and is still a good game that way. Chrononauts is most fun with two players, I think.
We're always on the lookout, as we're big gamers, and during the day often two people have finished school before the rest. We also have a goddaughter who is a big gamer, but is an only child in a single parent household, so we try to send things that play well with two people, especially since it's usually just the two of them when she ends up in the hospital with her physical issues several times a year.
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Wendi isn't there a part of you that's just hoping that some will say that you should tell her that you've got it and know what it is ... so you can start using it??? :lol: What a great gift' date=' but it's got to be torture leaving it in the box. :)[/quote']
It IS hard to know that it's sitting in my house in a box and I won't get it until Christmas!
I know that I'm getting one for Christmas, but dh decided to get a Fire for me, and since it's at the threshold of expenditures that we need to discuss, he decided that discussion rather than surprise, was the better way to go. And then the box came completely undisguised as to the contents (Kindle Fire written on the side of a box that couldn't really fit anything else), so I would have figured it out then anyway.
He has fallen in love with his friend's first generation Kindle, and so far, I've kept it secret from him that he's getting a basic one.
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The poll would have worked better as multiple choice, but yes, I'd be there for my brothers and they'd be there for me. We're geographically separated by distances that don't keep us close, but any of us would drop everything for either of the others if there was a need.
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Agreeing with your dh that it would probably be better if you just let them make up for it. What you describe is just a little bit of normal sibling bickering. Maybe have them give the first two figures to their little brothers and pick up the rotation from there?
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My 12 year old had part of her exam this year with her sister and I outside. It was just the undressed part, and she preferred the privacy. My boys (13 and almost 11) prefer for me to be in the room, but not where I can see when the doctor checks their boy parts. Both their doctor and I tend to be of the philosophy of letting the child take the lead on what they prefer, as long as it's reasonable (including moving the boys to the male partners in the practice when they decide that they want to). I'm not sure that mine are quite ready to do the whole checkup without me there, but I'm very willing to step out for the undressed part if that request is led by the child. It has really only been a few years since I kept my summer kids and winter kids together ... my summer kids had had their checkups together since their 2 mo/ 15 mo checks, but being boy/girl tweens/teens, it just doesn't work.
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Sometimes mine do too (my older ones often do). I don't really care about the items to wash. Dh handles that, and he'd prefer for them to change. But it's just not a hill I want to climb, much less die on. If I notice they're over 24 hours, certainly approaching 48 hours in the same clothes, I do send them to change. But sometimes I don't think that I notice.
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If you're thinking of an iPad anyway, I wouldn't bother with a Kindle, too, and just use the iPad app.
An iPad isn't in my budget anytime soon, though I'd considered an iTouch, but also wanted an ereader, a Kindle Fire made more sense for the same price.
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I would give a snack. BUT, if one of my dds just picked at her dinner, I would keep her plate in the fridge and bring that back out if she was hungry later. Or else she might get in the habit of not eating dinner knowing she could have something else later. If she ate well at dinner I would give her yogurt or fruit and nuts, etc. before bed if she was still hungry.
:iagree:I'd keep dinner and re-offer it just a little while before bedtime, and offer something else when she eats well at dinner.
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My childhood best friend's dc were all like that. Big when they were born and then HUGE while exclusively breastfed (30 lbs-ish at a year). Once they got up and moving (sometimes on the older side of average, maybe because of their size), they thinned out, and some of them are now downright skinny.
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I have heard of some school districts contemplating lining 12-14 year olds up for STD vaccinations. (I think that part of their reasoning is wanting to get them before most of them are active/exposed.) I haven't heard anything about STD testing on a broad scale here in the US (it wouldn't surprise me if it was available for dc who thought that they might have a problem, though).
They SHOULD be testing the eyes, though. As people go through puberty, there is often enough a big change in vision that I'd think that it would be to everyone's advantage to find and address that as soon as possible.
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Mmm, Nutella...
But seriously, my dh has a degree in math ... two, actually (BA/MA).
He doesn't use it a whole lot. I mean, math is everywhere, but it isn't more involved in his day to day job than anyone in a semi-technical field (he's a project management specialist for a large orthotics/prosthetics company). He wouldn't have the job he has without some kind of degree, preferably in a technical field, and he does tend to make more than some of his peers because of the masters.
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My girls are more or less those grades
8th grade dd:
Where Brook and River Meet Anne of Green Gables Unit Study -- includes Literature, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary, History, Practical/Homemaking, Art
Life of Fred Beginning Algebra
Spelling Power
Prentice Hall Biology with Kolbe syllabus (this is advanced for 8th, but this is also her passion, and she's combined with her older brother)
3rd grade dd:
Brain Quest 3rd grade (I need something for her to do while I work with the others)
Listening in to Junior Great Books, SOTW3 and RealScience4Kids Chemistry 1 with her brother and joining in as able
Singapore 2B
A Reason for Handwriting
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I have been doing HEB's .11 off per gallon.
I usually send my dh to HEB when I can. :001_smile:
I'm up in a little bubble by CPHS and venture out as little as possible (saves on gas LOL), though I do go by an HEB on my way to/from church a couple of times a week.
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It varies from parish to parish. At my parish it works the same way that you describe. Those who approach with their arms folded are given a blessing.
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I filled up at the N. Austin Costco on Research for $3.00 ... I'm usually not down that way, there's a station at 183 and Cypress Creek that is usually similar, or I do the Randall's discounts and pay a cent or two or three for the convenience.
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The picture on my wall of my extended family is 7 years old, taken at my grandfather's 80th birthday (his last). My brother's then-girlfriend was included in the picture, and at the time, I thought how awkward it would be if things didn't work out. Fortunately, they did, and they got married that next winter. But I didn't really know how to broach the subject at the time. My dh had to work and didn't come on that trip, so when I set up the picture, I had in mind my brothers and I, my 3 dc (I was newly pg with #4 and constantly running to the bathroom). Then my parents decided that they wanted to be in the picture, and then my grandparents ... and then someone decided that it was awkward to have my brother's girlfriend just watching (to her credit, she refuted this, but was kind of forced into the picture ... by my grandmother, I think.) But if they'd broken up, especially if he'd married someone else, would I still be able to have that photo on my wall?
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Hmm, not sure how to answer.
I'm not close to my siblings in terms of 'we talk every day, know everything going in in each other's lives'. We're spread out (Austin, Knoxville, Miami), but grew up Navy, so we don't have a physical sense of home. But we are of the 'drop everything to help each other out' variety of close, even if we only talk a couple of times a year and might only see each other every couple of years. We get along fine when we're together, and enjoy each other's company.
Growing up, my youngest brother and I were pretty close, considering the 8 year difference. The one who is 3 years younger and I fought more, but since we moved a lot (sometimes every 15 - 18 mo), we were sometimes each other's only friend until we got settled and made new friends.
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If one of your children gets extremely carsick and it is the only thing that keeps her from throwing up constantly on any length of car trip, then a dvd player in the car is worth its weight in gold. Ask me how I know.
It made one of my carsick kids even sicker. He's the oldest, and would sit up with us while his siblings watched.
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We had one for a while (removable). We only used it on trips that were 6 hours or more. At the time, most of our road trips were 4 hours to dh's parents' and the dc could entertain themselves well for that amount of time (maybe with an audio book), but for the 30+ hours to my parents (especially with a demanding toddler), they were definitely worth it. The dc got two or three movies per 15 - 17 hour driving day. Our car DVD player broke before our last road trip (16 hours each way, broken into 2 days), and the kids did fine without it, even when we just had the younger two (10 and 6) on the way home. They've also done fine on the way to see my extended family (8 hours), though if I ever decide to drive the 17 hours to my parents without dh, I might consider getting an inexpensive replacement. I wouldn't bother with a built-in one, as we wouldn't use it enough to justify that much of an expense, not only initially, but to repair. I'd much prefer something I can just put in when warranted.
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...I am actually wondering whether they could oblige me to testify?!?
The e-mail very much made it sound like I had a choice...
I would never ever lie in front of a court.
So, in case I go, I won't wonder a second about what I'll say - I'll just say the truth.
The problem I am having is, whether I should make myself available to the betrayed ex-lover...with knowledge I gained through a friendship... (again, in case I really have a choice)
Asking is usually a first step to be nice. His lawyers can issue you a summons, which would force you to appear or face contempt of court. I agree with the ones who say to talk to his lawyers and see if a deposition might suffice to keep you from having to testify in open court. It should be just his lawyers and the ex-friends' lawyers, none of the principal parties to the case, which would remove that aspect of the tension.
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My parents and my grandmother are VERY supportive. My brother, now that he has his own child who has some of the same issues that have mine at home, is pretty receptive ... it's not really on my other brother's radar, one way or the other.
Dh's parents are neutral on the topic -- not unsupportive, but not completely sold on the idea, either, even after all of these years. One sister is much like her parents, the other is a little more hostile to the idea.
It's really such a foreign concept to the rest of the extended family that they don't really don't know what to think, but they're used to it after 9 years, and they're generally far away, so we don't have a lot of contact with any of them.
S/O: Teacher and Santa
in General Education Discussion Board
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I don't think that she even had to perpetuate a lie. I think that it was perfectly fine (if asked -- otherwise, I just wouldn't go there) to say that when the scientists/adventurers went there, they didn't SEE Santa's workshop, but also point out examples of things that are hard to see/camouflaged, etc., maybe bring the concept of snow blindness/things being hard to see on an ice shelf, and leave it as a 'who knows' kind of thing.
I'm in the apology is enough camp, BTW. It was in poor taste, but not the end of the world.