I saw Mom's Night Out and Draft Day within the past two weeks. Mom's Night Out was AWESOME! Seriously, it was SO funny. The kind of movie where everyone in the theater is laughing uncontrollably. And best part....it's CLEAN! Draft Day....surprisingly decent. I went with DH who is a die hard NFL fan. I wasn't expecting much....it was pretty good though.

I am in bed reading this thread.... I hope I don't have bug nightmares!

St Augustine, FL has a lot of historical things to do/see. Bonus is that it's right near the beach!

We went in October and were very underwhelmed. We're loyal Disney fans....and this just wasn't Disney. It wasn't up to par for us. In fact, my 6 year old was asking when we could leave. We definitely knew it was an amusement park with rides (this also wasn't the first time we've been, but it has been a while)....but built around a marine theme. We thought there were plenty of shows. And plenty of marine life (of course an actual aquarium will have more....because it's not interspersed with rides and stores). But they'd changed a lot of things since we last went. Our very favorite exhibit was the dolphin interaction one....and there's very little dolphin interaction allowed anymore. We were very disappointed. The kids rope course, however, is amazing. But we won't be back for quite a while....we'll stick with Disney. The movie Blackfish doesn't effect my thoughts of Sea World. Every amusement park, company, etc has their "deep, dark" secrets. Who knows what is true anyways.

I'm trying to choose my 4th graders LA program for us to begin this summer. I love how McRuffy combines everything from spelling to reading to grammar. But I love the simplicity of Queen's language lessons (we use some of Queen's other subjects). And then yesterday I looked at Galore Park, and it looks pretty interesting. Any information to share from anyone who's used any of these? Likes? Dislikes? Other possibilities to consider? We use FLL for the earlier years, but I don't care for it past Level 2.

DD was diagnosed as dyslexic at 6 years old (which now I wonder about because she's now 10 and has no lingering issues) and during that difficult time we switched over to DB and A&P. I'd heard it was a wonderful program for struggling readers, etc. Well, after she got past that difficult year, we switched. To us, it was a very boring curriculum. And the stories and sentences were just plain strange.

I've never waited that long and I call Disney a lot. However, they did *just* release free dining, so I'm betting everyone is calling to get that. Although, I have no idea why its so popular....DH and I have done the math and it wouldn't be a deal for us. We'd end up paying more and eating too much.

Us too.....we used their 3rd grade LA this year....DD really enjoyed it!

Darn, they already removed the free part. It says May 6th only. It's only 11:45 EST! It's still May 6th!

We're using The Bible Study Guide For All Ages. It's a bit time consuming (I may end up breaking each lesson up into 2 days in the near future), but my kids are retaining SO much stuff! It's really easy to use though. Very thorough. I looked around for over a year for a good Bible curriculum.

Can you get someone to come and pet sit at your house? Overnight too. That way dog will not feel like he's being abandoned since he's still in his own environment.

About adoption....how did you go about it? I've been thinking about adopting, have mentioned it to DH before, and I'm thinking about mentioning it to him again soon. I've researched....but there is SO MUCH STUFF out there. I have no idea what's legit, what's good, what's bad, where to begin, etc. I have no clue whether we'd want international vs domestic. One strike against me is the fact that I don't fly....so I wouldn't be able to physically GO to another country. Any advice?

Another extended nurser here.....and I'm sure people in real life think I'm crazy. Oh well, lol. 1st daughter - nursed till 27 months....she weaned herself....I was a couple months pregnant and I think my milk must have changed taste and she didn't care for it. 2nd daughter - nursed till her 4th birthday. I chose to wean her because I was pregnant with #3 and it was hurting like heck to nurse her. Hurting as in it brought tears to my eyes! 3rd daughter - she's 2.5 years old right now and still nursing. Funny little thing that happened the other day. DD2 was walking past me in the kitchen. Suddenly, she stopped, waved at me, and said "Hi mommy! Hi milk!" Now I'm wondering if we are separate entities LOL.

"Are you going to try for a boy?" We didn't "try" for a specific gender for any of our 3 girls. We're very happy with them! The perfect family doesn't have to include children of both genders.

My philosophy is....if you have to ask the question, just throw it away. To me, nothing is worth getting food poisoning over.

I have no issues with killing things that enter my house. If it stays outside, great, that's where it's supposed to be. If it comes inside, it's dead. I'd have killed the wasp long ago. It'll answer your question about whether it's the same one.

I do some photography on the side sometimes. No tipping necessary.

Thanks for all the ideas everyone. Lots to think about! I do think I'm leaning towards giving it to the 2 year old. DD10 isn't at the point where she's concerned about her privacy yet. And DD10 and 7 play together all the time. It's bedtime that's the big issue. I'm thinking that I'll move the 2 year old in....and in a few years when DD10 is becoming a teen and DD2 is old enough not to destroy things, I can move DD10 into her own room and DD2 in with my middle DD. At least that's how I'm leaning now. I have a few months to think about it. Right now the room has gray walls and I'm thinking that if I add a lot of pink, it will look really nice with the gray.

My 18 year old nephew (who has lived with us for the past few years) is going into the military and will be leaving within the next few months. This will free up a bedroom in our home. We have a three bedroom home and three girls (ages 10, 7, and 2). Currently DH and I have the master bedroom and the 2 year old sleeps with us. This is fine as we always have our babies sleep with us for 3-4 years. So she'll be in there with us for another year or two. Our 10 and 7 year old share a large bedroom (it's actually two bedrooms but the original owner had the builders make one large room instead of two smaller ones like the house plan called for). The smallest room is currently had by my nephew, which is the room that will become available. I've thought of three options..... 1. Give it to the 2 year old. Though I wouldn't have her sleep nights in there, she could nap in there, as well as keep her clothing and toys in there. Right now she naps in the playpen in our bedroom and her clothes are in my closet. Her toys are divided between the sunroom and the big girls room. Giving her the room would free up my closet space, give extra space in the sunroom and big girls room (because the 2 year olds toys would be gone) and free up room in our bedroom because we could move the playpen into the 2 year olds room. She would also have a place to play without me worrying about what she is destroying. 2. Give it to the 10 year old. I could move the 10 year olds bed, clothing, shelf, and special toys/belongings into the room. Any shared toys would stay in the big bedroom. This would give my 10 year old a place of her own, allow her a quiet space to do her schoolwork (we'd get her a desk), and an easier bedtime routine. I currently DESPISE bedtime....it's such a fight and a hassle. Currently when we put the 7 and 10 year old to bed, they continue to talk or play, which usually ends in late night fighting and arguing (her reading light is too bright, I can't go to sleep.....she's turning the pages too loudly....she's talking and I don't want to). I never get my "me time" at night because kids are keeping each other awake. Having them go to sleep in separate rooms would end that. However, we also may go through the "I'm scared to sleep alone in the room" stuff. They've never slept alone....ever. The con is that the 2 year olds stuff will still be all other the house. She'll still need to go into the big bedroom to access some of her toys, which gives her ample opportunity to destroy the 7 year olds creations (scribbling in coloring books, knocking over doll house set-ups, taking apart Lego creations). This would keep the 2 year old stuff in our room, and she'd continue to nap in there as well. When old enough, she'd move into the big bedroom with the 7 year old to sleep. We'd also likely move the dog into the 10 year olds room. He currently sleeps in his kennel in the living room. We'd move his kennel to the 10 year olds room so she would help more with him and eventually learn to sleep out of his crate (when older and can be trusted not to use the bathroom or chew things up). 3. Make it a playroom. Put all toys in there for all kids. The only things in the bedroom would be a bed for each girl, a shelf for each girl (they could keep their own special belonging on this), and their clothing. When the 2 year old was old enough, she'd sleep in there as well. Three girls in one large bedroom. I'm leaning towards option 1 or 2. I don't know which is a bigger benefit.....giving the 10 or the 2 year old their own room. 10 year old = bedtime is easier, plus a quiet place for schoolwork 2 year old = naptime is easier, plus all of her stuff is moved into her room and out of other areas of the house What would The Hive choose????

We just put down our 14 year old diabetic dog last week :( He was diagnosed December of 2012. He did really well for about a year after being diagnosed but then began to decline during the past four months. Our dog, a Jack Russell, began drinking tons and peeing tons in the house and that's what led us to get him tested. We found that the Walmart pharmacy was the cheapest. We got insulin there (Novalin N for $24). Our dog was on 10 units (down from 14 units when first diagnosed ) so it lasted us over a month per vial. We also got the boxes of syringes there too. The dog will need to have a glucose curve done at the vet several times a year to be sure that his insulin dosage is still correct. Keep karo syrup on hand in case your dogs blood sugar drops. Our dog had a seizure one night and had to be rushed to the ER vet and his blood sugar was 21! His insulin dosage was lowered after that and we purchased karo syrup in the event that it should ever happen again (it didn't). You rub it on their gums. At first it sounded so overwhelming but it really wasn't. Giving the twice daily injections was really easy. If we accidentally missed a dose our dog went right back to peeling in the house though. We do miss our pup. We put him down 10 days ago. :(

I totally know what you mean. I've never been a dare devil or anything. But I did ride faster, bigger amusement park rides (never been a fan of huge, scary ones but I would ride mild coasters and spinning rides). And I raced BMX bikes pre-kids. And I was never really anxious about things. But I really think my mindset changed after I had kids. I think having kids has made me more cautious.....because I wouldn't want to cause harm to myself that would effect how I raised them. For example, I wouldn't want to leave them motherless. Or I wouldn't want to break my leg racing BMX because it would hinder my ability to care for them.

Rainbow loom bands! My kids know that if I find them on the floor, I throw them away. I literally threw away a few hundred when I cleaned up their bedroom the other day.

This year..... DD10 is getting: Mincraft shirt Minecraft Steve figure Egg filled with M&M's chocolate bunny small plush Minecraft squid My Little Pony comic book bunny rabbit jacks game DD7 is getting: small Lego Rapunzel set Pirate Fairy DVD egg filled with Skittles chocolate bunny Anna dress from Etsy tiny Barbie seahorse DD2 is getting: Snow White doll Peeps chocolate bunny Snow White dress from Etsy small princess flashlight small princess bucket Dora DVD Nephew18: lots of candy, snacks, chips, etc. bottle of Gatorade $15 iTunes gift card

What???? I think I'd be speechless! In my opinion, it does have a negative connotation. I mean, when someone says "you're a cow", they mean you are fat. Is this just a new way of telling someone they are fat??? LOL

Honestly, at the point you are at, I'd just eat carefully for the next few weeks. Seems kind of pointless to go through all of that with doctors when you are so close to delivery.