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  1. I love an S helper for breakfast. 1 whole egg with some additional egg whites for more protein, and a slice of toast with butter. I also often do cottage cheese with berries and cinnamon. That's either a FP or an E depending on the type / amount of berries involved. There are a lot of carbs in the cottage cheese as well so it's a good blend for the morning.
  2. For a 4th and 5th grader I would start with LC and do it at a one year pace. You can buy the lesson plans on their website which I found very helpful when scheduling out our lessons. The actual student book is only 2 pages per lesson, but if you add in the review worksheets and Ludere Latine and they will have plenty of practice. LC II was from before they developed the Forms and is no longer really used. Once you get LC down you should go right into First Form. There is a track for LC to be taught over 2 years, but that's for younger (3rd grade) students and still only uses LC.
  3. I love Everydollar. I don't use the paid version, I didn't see the linking of my bank account as something I needed and it's pretty $$$ IMO. The free version is great and DH and I both have the app on our phones for changes on the fly.
  4. I have a savvycents wallet I really like. It's not real leather, but soft and wipeable. It's held up well. Mine is hot pink, not the color I probably would have chosen but it was on sale. https://www.savvy-cents.com/
  5. I know this was posted a long time ago, but I just reserved our room :) I was also considering going to the nationals next month, but I just found out about it, and it's a lot of logistics to work out. Can you tell me how the past national events you've been at have been? The local club director was talking about supernationals last weekend at a tournament and talking about how amazing it was to see a football field of kids all playing at the same time. I would love to get my son some experience at a large event so he can see what it will be like before supernationals but I'm not sure if it's worth it.
  6. I have some friends who have one who says it works really well. I have been looking at it, but we don't have any apple devices and at the moment it can only be programmed with an Apple device (although it works with other ones). I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Android version.
  7. I have done Dietbet several times and enjoyed my experience. As long as you remember to check in and get the photos done it's legit. One thing I didn't realize at first though is that if you're doing one of the longer goal ones (6 months) they don't pay out until the end, so even though you're earning money for meeting each monthly goal you won't see the money until the end of the 6 months.
  8. Yes you can hack the system, but honestly I haven't found that necessary. Most pods I think that you buy now have the "ring" around them so there's no need to hack it. Even the cheap pods that we get from Costco (the Kirkland brand) that are my favorite have the ring. There are variety packs available and you can buy them and find out what you like. DH and I have decided that we actually really like the Costco brand, so we usually just get that, but there are others like my parents who are constantly buying different varieties. You will need extra filter cartridges, I think they usually come in like packs of 6 or so. Also, it used to be when you registered a new brewer you got a buy 2 boxes get 2 free discount from the Keurig store, so it's worth registering.
  9. I really like the everydollar.com website. There is a paid version, but honestly it doesn't do anything I have found necessary (mainly links to your bank account) so I did the free trial but have never paid for it. It's quite $$ IMO. The free version gets everything done I need. My only complaint is you can't use it with android systems, but if you have an iphone/ipad there is a free app I think would be very helpful.
  10. I haven't seen Peanuts, but I wasn't a fan of The Good Dinosaur. It was not at all what I had been expecting, and I found it very strange and sad. I wouldn't see it again.
  11. Thank you so much for all of the suggestions!! I need to look into them more. Singapore is intimidating to me, which is why I haven't looked into it more. I'm good with math, and don't mind teaching it, but from what I've heard it's just so different. I'll look into it more. I also looked into Beast Academy, which I really thought would get his interest but they start assuming they can multiply which we haven't gotten to yet. He does love math and logic games. He's a whiz at checkers, and love mancala and sudoku. I haven't ventured into chess because I don't know how to play it, but maybe it's time to remedy that :) I really appreciate the insight from "down the road" so to speak! That was one of the reasons I liked Horizons. The lessons are only 2 pages, even at the 2nd grade level so hopefully the workload won't be to overwhelming. I'm going to look more into Singapore, it's just not something I'm familiar with so it's been a bit intimidating to me. I am looking forward to completing grade 2 this year so we can venture into Beast Academy!
  12. DS is 5.5 now. He seems to have a gift for math and an intuition for it that neither I nor his older sister (7) have. I already jumped him ahead by starting with a Memoria Press core for grade 1 (by age this should be his K year) and it seems to be a great fit for everything except math. R&S (which is what they use) has him bored to tears. It's really beneath him, when he sets his mind to it he can complete the entire lesson in 5 minutes or less. My instinct is to switch to a spiral program with more variety and move up a level. I used the online horizons test and it looks like Grade 2 will be a good fit. He flew through the placement test, aside from the < and > symbols but that isn't something we've covered, he does know which number is larger / smaller though, just not the symbols. I'm worried about him being this advanced in a subject though, are there any issues I need to watch out for? How has working ahead affected your child down the road? Are there other programs out there that are better for younger children working ahead? This is all very new to me, my 7 year old is pretty much on age/grade level.
  13. That is very true. My youngest sometimes gets dressed before coming down in the morning because he likes to sleep in his underwear and knows he can't come down like that. It does tend to go a little smoother then. I just need to have DD lay out her clothes at the same time. Thanks for the suggestion!
  14. I may try and send them up individually. They're both pokey, but I could probably solve that with a timer (I already have been using that when I sent them up together).
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