My ds turns 6 in February. He is currently halfway through Saxon Phonics 1. and just finished his Saxon Math 1. In the fall he will be doing... FLL1 SM 1a I thought I'd keep him in the grade one math since we were switching. he can always skip some material if it's too easy. I had let him start working on 2a and it's a little tough for him yet. SOTW 1- he followed along with my oldest son for some of it this past year, but he missed a lot too so we'll go through it quickly again. He might be into SOTW 2 before next fall. Real Science-4-Kids Biology He writes letters to one friend or relative twice a week as it's the only way I can get him to put effort into his writing skills. He will continue with Piano as well and this will be his second year with that. I considered an actual reading program for him, but he reads every book that comes into the house and tells me all about it anyway, so I think making it into more sit down work would just take the fun out of it for him.

I would not get a female. If you get a male your golden will most likely be the dominant dog of the pair. If you get another female you have a higher chance of the two of them fighting over it as the pup ages, and definitely neuter the pup at 6 months. Females tend to be the dominant dogs when paired with males.

If you get a Pyrenees past the 12 week mark then make sure it really becomes a member of the family for it's first couple months and not just a backyard dog. If you end up hitting that 15 week mark I would honestly walk away from the whole thing. I've worked with Pyrenees that had been brought home as older pups and the problems they were having were pretty hard to retrain.

I know a lot of people with Pyrenees have them shaved down in the summer. Being that you already have a mature female golden I would still be inclined to get the pup. Having an older, well trained dog helps enormously in the training process with a pup. You would have to be willing to be fairly active with the dog, but the same goes for a retriever so you should already be used to that. The genetics of the different breeds won't be passed down equally to each pup, which is why I suggest going for the laziest pup of the bunch.

The the Pyrenees in there try to have the pup in your possession before or at the 12 week mark. They tend to bond very heavily in the early weeks.

Three of those breeds are very loyal protective types of breeds and breeds that I recommend for families with children, so long as the family already has previous experience with dogs as they do require consistent training/handling. The wild card in the mix is the malamute. While they can be very protective, they are also stubborn free thinking dogs and tend to require a fair amount of exercise. I love the breed but it is not a breed for everyone. If you live on a farm or acreage I would say go for it, but try to pick out the laziest pup of the bunch.

My 5 year old ds has enjoyed the Alfred's Basic Piano books. The Activity & Ear Training books have been well enjoyed. My younger two kids have both done well working through that series and have picked up the theory fairly quickly. My oldest has done better with the Faber Piano Adventures.

I have psychologist friends who would automatically be calling in Child Welfare over that child because they would be sure that she has experienced some sort of abuse by a man in her household.

I had to pick both killing the laptop and loving the program as I tend to bounce between the two. In the end, I think I'm putting together something of my own on paper. HST+ is good but I think it just isn't what I'm wanting.

1. No, I've never heard of it before and neither has my husband (I had to ask him). 3. We both live in Canada although my husband has spent extensive time in the US with relatives. 4. I'm 29 and my husband is 41.

I co-slept with my oldest and after how hard it was to move him to his own room, I promised myself I wouldn't do that ever again. My other babies had a bassinet right beside our bed. They were close enough I could reach in and touch them. With my daughter she even had her crib in our room for awhile once she outgrew the bassinet just because I found it so much easier to have her close by. Both of the younger children were easier to move to their own rooms when they were old enough though, and both of them slept through the night earlier than their older brother did with his co-sleeping. I found that a child that sleeps well also tends to eat better (instead of constantly snacking) and tends to be easier to deal with.

We do a couple of things together at the table, but I've found with my oldest son's APD that he works better if he is at his own desk. I continue to have together times simply because it's easier for me and he has to eventually learn how to work with other people around him.

Yep! Sounds like a boy. I grew up with 5 brothers and I have two boys of my own and that is how they function. It seems to be their way of getting the contact they need and the attention they need. I regularly will send my boys out to do laps around the house just to wear off some energy. We take on some strange projects around here for them too. We collect second hand lego at every garage sale we find it and the boys create giant structures like forts and such. They seem to like things that are BIG and hands on. This summer they are building a couple different full size siege weapons with their dad and that should keep them busy. Last year they worked on a treehouse. During the winter I keep a stack of large blankets for them and 'Create-a- Fort' stuff for them to 'make' their things. It tends to keep them out of my hair for a little while. I've also learned to get tackle them once in awhile and play a little rougher as it's just simply what they need, then they do it less to their sister.

If I had realized that was the style of magic and spells you were talking about I would've voted differently.

Although there are a LOT of different reasons why a dog might start snapping, when a dog first comes here for rehabilitation, there are a few places I look at first. I check for ear infections which tend to be a sign of allergies and can make for a cranky uncomfortable dog. I do a week of energetic on leash and (if possible) off leash work because sometimes the dog is just not getting enough mental or physical exercise to meet it's needs. I usually try and match it up with another dog buddy for a play time once a day or every other day to work through some things. I have two dogs of my own that I use for that. They have tuned in a couple dogs before and work with me and other dogs really well so I'm kinda lucky here with that. I watch the dog for stiffness in the joints, for odd movement, and I check in between it's toes for slivers as some dogs just don't handle pain in those areas very well and can get protective. If I am not seeing improvements, I then take them to the vet to be checked over. I have seen a couple dogs that it was simply a dominance issue and the family was not willing to deal with a dog that needed a firm handler. In those cases I helped them find a dog better suited for their family and found a more appropriate home for the other dog once I had it behaving well in my own home.

:iagree: Good courses and both my sister and my best friend who are music teachers like them, and both would say that music is best in a group when it's small children. My children all did their first year of music in a group, I was lucky enough that my friend was offering lessons.

Wow!! You are my new hero. I wish I could've said it nearly that well!

My cousin had some special insoles put in all his shoes to help him walk heel toe instead of the other way around. Talking to your doctor might not be a bad idea. I can completely understand the worry about her joints, I would be too.

My whole family came down with Whooping Cough when I was a teenager and we had all been vaccinated except the oldest as he was allergic to the shots. My doctor told me, when I asked about my own kids shots, that the pertussis immunization doesn't eliminate the chance of whooping cough, it just lessons the severity of it.

Those late bloomers can be amazing men....some day. But they obviously aren't there yet. If they want to date my daughter, they would be more than welcome to, when they have matured a little, and can prove that they can provide for a family. My oldest son will probably be one of those late bloomers. There's no harm in him waiting to date.

I am a HUGE fan of Norwegian milk chocolate, with or without hazelnuts. There is a lot different foods I enjoy, but when I can get my hands on some of that I'm one happy girl.

Be careful not to assume that just because a boy is traditional would mean that he thinks he runs the show. My DH is about as traditional as they come and treats me like royalty, but every major decision that is made in this house (finances, education, and so on) is a joint decision. He makes most the money here, although I also raise dogs, train horses, and a few other small things, but all the money goes strait to a joint account and we have a budget that we stick to. If I want to do something, I have never had to beg for anything, believe me if I had ever had to do that my 'traditional' style marriage would've ended :D. I've always found that a boy that honestly is fairly traditional and views relationship in the concept of loving his wife as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her, he'll treat my girlie right, and if he doesn't, well she does know karate :D.

Since I think that men are supposed to be able to provide for their families (I am not apposed to women working outside the home), I think that if a man is unable to pay for a date and prove that he is capable of providing for the people in his care, than he is not old enough to date. The girl should feel cared for. A little like a princess. I actually think that a daddy should be taking his little girl out on dates while she is small so that she knows how a boy should be treating her on a date.

My inner reading voice always matches with whatever I'm reading, if it's a guy that the voice sounds like a man's, if a woman than a woman's, if British, than a British accent, and so on. I didn't start to develop that until I was in my mid to late teens. Before that everything was movie/picture scenes in my head. I don't really have an 'inner voice' of my own. I have an unending stream of music that doesn't exist anywhere else. It's kinda annoying, but it varies according to how I'm feeling so it's a good emotional barometer for me.

Took my son out of ps after Christmas. He was being bullied and I was tired of fighting with the school over his apd. I'll be pulling my dd out for next year as I'm tired of seeing a 7 year old curled up in a ball in the corner of her room crying cause she's stressed out. My youngest will never go to the ps. I grew up homeschooled so I'm not completely sure if I classify as new to homeschooling, but I'm new to being back. :D