We are also planning to get some of these (when the tax refund comes). I'm hoping they will give 10 yo ds a reason to like math.

I wanna be a larvae too! :(

Yee haw! :D

Hey! I thought this was a poll!?! Chocolate, and escape into the computer.

Smartwool socks are great wool socks that seem to last forever! And you could get a different color for each member of your family.

I don't mind the gray so much, it's the fact that they seem to have a different, wiry texture! I don't want wiry hair! And what's up with those tiny wrinkles that are appearing around my eyes? Edited to add: I decided long ago that I will never color my hair. I want to age gracefully (if possible). Patty Joanna - You're son is very wise! It is amazing how those cute clothes I used to love when I was 20 look quite ridiculous on me now. :( Along those same lines - I tell my sons that when they get old enough to choose a mate they should look at a young woman's personality above her looks; Someday the external beauty will fade, but internal ugliness will always be there!

I'm 36, but today is DH's 39th birthday.

I said 8 years because my oldest is in 7th grade and we had to file paperwork for kindergarten when we lived in FL. SO that makes 8 legal years, but really we've been homeschooling since birth, so it's been more like 13 years.