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Easy cheesy. He drags that knee while pushing cars around. My ds did that for years, but grew out of it (he's 10). I think he stopped when he was about 8.
Someone here had a spiffy way to keep the knees of her kids jeans from wearing out. I think it was Brenda, but I can't remember. Anyway, when she got new pants, she'd turn them inside out and sew a piece of fabric into the INSIDE of the knee area. She hemmed the top and bottom of the fabric, and stitched it in, only along the side seams of the pants. You could not see the "patch" from the outside at all. The fabric was loose across the knee. The children had to be careful when they put the pants on that that fabric was in front, and not behind.
This loose fabric was free to move inside the pants, reducing the friction between the outside of the pants and the floor. It's sort of like wearing two pairs of socks while hiking to reduce friction on your feet (preventing blisters). The socks slide across each other, leaving your skin intact.
I never tried this pre-patching idea because my son had stopped this type of play before I heard about it. But, it definitely seems like a viable option. I think it would work.
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West Music is a reputable company that has been around for a very long time. They have a large selection of metronomes. I can't recommend a specific model, but I'd recommend an electronic one, with a low battery indicator, volume control, and a light that flashes with the beat. Looking at the West Music website, I'd recommend the Sabine ZipBeat-6000, or the Seiko SQ50. They both have dials to choose the tempo, and lights. The Sabine model has a few extra features (emphasized beats, optional light modes, etc.) not listed on the Seiko, and it costs less. If I were in the market for a metronome, I'd probably go with the Sabine.
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Do they sell frozen green chile (preferrably Bueno brand, or another grown around Hatch, New Mexico) in your stores? It comes in 1 or 2 lb containers.
If not, you can used canned, but it doesn't taste very good. Or, you can buy the chiles fresh in the produce section, and roast them yourself. Just roast them over the grill (they pop, and make a mess, so you don't want to use your oven). When they start to blister, and turn dark (black is okay), turn them over and roast the other side. Roasting the chiles will loosen the skin, allowing you remove it easily under running water. (be careful if you have open cuts on your hands, as they'll burn like the dickens).
Anyway, hopefully, you can get the roasted, peeled, chopped, frozen chile in your grocery freezer. I know Bueno brand exports from New Mexico to other states. Look for that.
The rest is easy:
Green Enchilada Sauce
Dice an onion, and saute it over medium heat until transparent (not brown). Add a couple tsp. minced garlic. Add 1 lb green chile (thawed) and heat thoroughly. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine a two cans of Cream of Chicken soup, and one soup-can of fresh milk. Whisk till lumps are gone. Add the chile//garlic/onion mixture. Add some salt and pepper. That's it! Sauce.
If you want to make a Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Casserole, do the following:
Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Mix the meat of one roasted or boiled chicken (shredded) with the sauce mixture.
Cut about 18 corn tortillas in quarters. Oil the bottom of 13X9 inch pan generously. Lay down one layer of tortillas, overlapping to cover the bottom of the pan. Spoon in one half the chicken/chile/soup mixture, and spread evenly. Sprinkle with about 1/2 cup shredded cheese (cheddar, or prepackaged Mexican blend). Lay down another layer of tortillas. Spread the rest of the chicken/chile/soup mixture, and another 1/2 cup cheese. Top with a third layer of toritilla quarters. Brush the tops of the tortillas with oil (this will cause them to get nice a crispy when they cook -- instead of dryed out). Top with a little more cheese for color.
Cover with foil (make it tight, so it doesn't touch the cheese), and Bake in a 350 oven for 30 minutes.
Remove foil, and continue baking for 15 more minutes, until bubbly.
Let sit for a few minutes before cutting.
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We mainly do co-op for music, and art. We have a homeschool chorus that has about 50 kids. I can't create that at home. We have also done drawing, and art history. I teach Kindermusik at our co-op so that my preschooler will have it, and so that the other kids (who wouldn't normally have an opportunity) will get to enjoy it, too.
They offer other courses, like Latin, and Grammar, and Geography, but we don't do those at co-op. We're happy tackling those at home. They offer several courses specific to the Catholic faith (it's a Catholic co-op), but we're not Catholic, so we don't do those courses either.
We meet once a week, on Friday mornings. The advantages are that my dd gets to participate in choir, for a very low price. I would have to pay big bucks, and drive her all over town, for the city girls' choir. I like this better. Also, they enjoy the social benefits. I believe it's good for my dc to get to know people in another faith, and to actually be in the minority among them.
Disadvantages are the loss of time we could be spending on "real" school. We're done by 1:30 every week, but the whole day is pretty much shot after that. Also, working so closely with other moms and other kids is stressful sometimes, expecially when parenting styles don't align.
I don't know exactly how it got started. I know it started with three families, and has just sort of exploded in the past few years. The leaders aren't quite sure what to do with it sometimes. It's just gotten so complicated. I can see them bowing out in the coming years, but I believe that there are others who will take the baton, and run with it.
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I'm not sure if it's the same film, but we watched the PBS American Experience film called Benjamin Franklin. We enjoyed it very much. I say "we" because dh and I enjoyed it. I think we lost the kids about half way through. :tongue_smilie:
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I'm glad you stood your ground.
Just one other reason NOT to leave your children with their grandfather: They have told you how he treated them. They expect you to protect them. If you send them back into the fire again, they will feel abandoned by YOU. They'll feel vulnerable, and unprotected, and unable to trust you to keep them from danger. They need to know that you will stand by them and protect them from the meanies in the world, even if the meany is their grandfather.
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I wish I had the weighted Base-10 blocks. Each little cm square weighs exactly 1 gram, tens weigh 10 grams, etc. Very cool
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Thanks everyone. It's good to know it's fairly normal for her age. I will stock up on "girly supplies", and pay special attention to her eating and exercise habits.
Have a great day!
Suzanne
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I agree. The dance class seems to be the crux of the problem. You might want to clear it with her counselor first (is dance therapeutic in some way?), but it seems to me that she needs to decide how important that dance class is to her right now. If she absolutely loves it, or needs it for some reason, then she needs to be willing to deal with the inconvenience of getting there (staying overnight with her aunt, or finding another ride). If staying put at your house is more important to her, then she needs to think about giving up the class for now.
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My dd will be 12 in July. She used to only need 10 hours, but now she sleeps 12 to 13 hours a night! This has been going on for months. Is this a hormone thing (she hasn't started menstruating yet)? Or a growing thing (she does seem to grow about an inch a night)? How long will it last, through her teen years (I've heard teenagers sleep a lot)?
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I had no problem with confusion, or idol worship, or anything of that sort when we studied the ancients. My dc were then 5 and 6. If anything, it helped them to understand the ancient Israelites better. They knew the Egyptian gods, and the Greek/Roman gods, so they understood the polytheism that surrounded the Israelites better than if they had never heard of another god.
They're now 10 and 11. Their faith is strong in their one true God. They have never been impressed with Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny, or even the Tooth Fairy -- the icons they see every day. They certainly weren't the least impressed with Ra, or Baal, or any other god that they only heard of once upon a time, in a picture book.
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The Vol. 4 Activity Guide DOES have Additional History and Literature suggestions, for every chapter.
Why does everyone in this thread say they aren't there?
Just wondering.
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My ds is doing R&S4, and he gets stuck frequently. I've found that if we go through and label each word in the sentence first, before diagramming, it helps him a lot.
So, for each sentence:
We find the simple predicate (verb or verb phrase -- he still has trouble with these) and underline them twice.
Then, we find the subject, and underline it once.
If there are any prepositional phrases, I put them in parentheses, and tell him to ignore them (we're not doing them at this point of book 4).
We find the direct object/predicate nouns, and identify them.
Then, we find the adjectives/articles, and draw arrows to the nouns they modify. (We'll do the same for adverbs, in the next chapter.)
Once we're satisfied that we've identified the purpose of every word in the sentence, he sets up his diagram, and plugs in the words. Everything goes in easily at that point.
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I never made rice until I got my rice cooker (about 10 years ago). Now, I use it at least once a week. The rice always comes out perfect. It stays warm and moist for hours. And, it's easy to clean and use. It's a Zirojoshi (?) brand (not sure of spelling, but I'll go check if you're interested).
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I've read an article that said that rewarding all the time is counterproductive, but that rewarding developmental leaps is acceptable. It helps them get over the hump, giving them just the little boost they need to stretch their wings a little more.
It sounds like your ds is becoming more independent, or you see that he's able to do so. He's a little reluctant, not sure he's ready to go it alone. I don't see that a reward right now, to get him over this developmental hump, would be a bad thing. As he show you (and becomes convinced himeself) that he's capable of doing this on his own, you can phase out the reward, or change it to something healthier ("We're all out of candy, how about some peanut butter crackers instead"). He'll know that you know he doesn't really need the reward, and he'll stop expecting it. He knows you well enough to know that this isn't a long term policy. :)
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Mine are listed below, in my signature.
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I used Base-10 blocks, too. We did it that way for a very long time before introducing the algorithm. When it got boring, I made it into a game. Using construction paper, I cut out about 5 "boats" (just flat paper, shaped like a boat -- no sides or anything. I also made a "dock" out of brown paper, and a bunch of little men (like stick figures, but with their long legs folded opposite each other so they would stand up). One of the little men had a hat, he was the loading boss. The others had big muscles.
Anyway, I laid out two boats on some blue paper (water) next to the brown paper dock. I placed the "cargo" boxes (Base-10 blocks) on the dock (hundreds, tens, and ones). Then, I told ds that "These 246 boxes needed to be loaded evenly on two ships. You are this little loading boss. You must decide how many boxes go on each ship, and tell these other little men to load them."
Then, we'd go through the steps, first loading the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones.
When he got the hang of that, I'd add another boat, or I'd make it so that we had to break up a hundred or a ten into smaller units. He liked pretending the little burly men were carrying those hundred-flat boxes all by themselves.
Eventually (after a few days of this), I started writing down the steps in the algorithm as we did them.
After what seemed like forever, it clicked. We no longer needed the manipulatives, and he could do the algorithm by itself. He loves long division now (go figure). He actually gets excited when he's doing a word problem and realizes he needs to do long division! "Oh! Long division! Okay!"
This might not exactly work for your son, but it just illustrates how creative we can be if we think outside the box. :o) FWIW, my dd figured out long division in about a week. It took this ds about two months. But, he got it! He's flying through 4A now.
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She'll be three in July!
Ack.
What's even harder to witness, is that A will be 12 the same month!
Very strange.
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Actually, I read the original document, and I believe he was quoting a case from the 1950s (using it as precedence in the current case). So, your guess of 1961 was very insightful!
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I'm sure it's just an old policy (that needs to be revised). Back "in the day", all new bank accounts started with check #100. It was less risky to only accept higher numbered checks because it showed the "stability" of the check writer. About 20 years ago, (I don't remember exactly when), they changed that policy and made it possible to order any number checks you want. I remember my credit union then started printing the mo/yr that I opened my account up in the corner of the check. They've since stopped doing that, too. I'm guessing that they made the change because we'd become such a mobile society. Just because a person moves doesn't mean that they don't have money in their bank account. People move all the time, for all sorts of reasons (better jobs, etc.) Anyway, you're right. Check number means nothing at all anymore. It's an obsolete policy.
So, I'm thinking a letter to Pizza Hut is definitely in order. They need to be advised that their policy is ineffective because check numbers don't say anything about the check writer, or the number of checks you've written, or the length of time you've had your account. Times have changed.
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I got some great maternity clothes second hand. They're usually not worn out, because they're only worn such a short time. And the prices are much better. Check consignment shops, if you have them. They charge a little more than thrift stores, but the quality is usually better.
http://www.BreakoutBras.com has a great selection of nursing bras. Free shipping. And, excellent sizing advice. I've had great service from them for several years.
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I'd love to just have the opportunity to "visit" with the baby.
When I was pg with my last, I contracted Fifth's Disease, and had to have weekly untrasounds for two months (to check for anemia and swelling in the baby -- who turned out to be fine). I LOVED those ultrasounds! I loved seeing the changes, the growth, and new position. Plus, my doc was into 3D imaging, so he liked to try to get those "baby book" shots. It was fun to try to see the baby in 3D. (of course, the baby always moved, so the 3D images were always distorted and wierd).
I'd say, don't worry about it. Just go, and say "Hi" to the baby from all of us! :)
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You might not be able to install your Windows XP if it is already installed and registered on a different machine. I think they have to be licensed to run on more than one machine at a time. I'm not sure how that registration number thing works. I just know that you have to enter the registration number from the back of the CD sleeve when you install the Windows software. Then, your computer "phones home" to Microsoft and registers the software.
I feel like I'm talking in circles. Has anyone tried using their re-installation software from their PC to put Windows on a different computer? Will Microsoft let you do that?
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Ah! I think most people use R4H for Reason for Handwriting.
I posted above about HWT, because I used it with my kids. It's an excellent program, especially for beginners, and lefties.
I'm using R4H now, but only because both kids were finished with the HWT sequence, and I felt my 10yods needed more work. I got him R4H Level D. 11yodd loves copywork, so I got her Level F. (both cursive) Both of them wanted to learn a more traditional, slanted style of cursive, and they like the Bible verses. It was an easy transition after HWT cursive.
I'm not sure R4H would work as well for a leftie because there is only one model for each letter/word, and it's on the left side of the page. As your dc writes, his hand will cover the model, and he'll only have his memory to serve him. He'll have to keep picking up his hand to see under it. Even righties, in this format, end up copying their own previous attempts, and their writing gets worse and worse as they go across the page. HWT is better because there is a model to the left AND to the right of the space he's writing on. He'll always be able to see a perfect model, and have more success copying it.
Anyone have a recipe for green chili enchilada sauce?
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Ummm. That would be regional thing. Around here, green chile enchiladas are always made with green chiles. You'd be hard pressed to find a tomatillo anywhere. (there might be a small basket of them in the specialty sections of large supermarkets. I don't know, because I've never bought them) :) Green chile, OTOH, is sold by the bushel when it's in season (in the fall). And, it's roasted outdoors, on street corners, in special flamed baskets (like bingo balls). You can buy 50 pounds of it (or just a couple pounds, if you have a small freezer ;)), take it home, and put it in bags in the freezer. The smell is everywhere! It's wonderful.
Then again, New Mexico famous for our chile. There's no other flavor like it. People come here from all over the world to eat the chile grown here. It's part of the culture. You can even get green chile on your hamburger at Wendy's. Some like it green, some like it red (the chiles turn red when ripe, and the flavor changes completely). "Red or Green?" is like a motto around here because that's the question always asked in restaurants when you order just about anything.
Anyway, I'm sure that's more than you ever wanted to know about green chile in New Mexico, but we're kind of proud of our claim to fame. And, we love our chile! If you're ever in the area, please stop and sample some world famous green chile. Or red. ;)