If someone pays money for them, they are likely to used. I'd gotten about 30 prefolds from freecycle, and my aunt had gone a little nuts in the outlet store and I ended up with over a 100 prefolds. So, I didn't Need any of the fancy ones. But, they were so freakin' cute! I bought several. Mine are packed lovingly away. Small brag. DH won us a free all-in-one in a timed Daddy diaper changing contest at the local diaper store. 6.1 seconds, and he was 6th.

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prayers.

Have you tried the Coromega packets for the Omega-3? It tastes a bit like Nutella in a squeeze packet a little larger than a ketchup packet.

http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Mathematics-Teachers-Thomas-Parker/dp/0974814008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398463472&sr=8-1&keywords=Elementary+Mathematics+for+Teachers Is it this book?

We are tickled pink when our 3-year-old eats an entire cup of mac and cheese. But, on Tuesday she ate an entire SOLID Dove Chocolate bunny about 4" tall. That bunny was heavy. When I said, "You ate the whole thing?" She got this dreamy smile. So, I guess my vote is for Dove chocolate.

I voted no, but after reading through your update, I am thinking maybe. I said No because I think garages are essential, particularly where it hails. But, when you said you could add-on a garage next, that changed me to a maybe. I am not sure how much help it will be for you. The two big problems you mentioned are the kids having unsupervised TV time. But regardless of how many rooms you have, if you and your husband are watching TV and your kids are watching another TV, it will be unsupervised. Unless you added a second TV to the same room. The other big problem you mentioned was the kids doing work in their room for quiet, and then you end up doing laps. But, the only way a homeschool room would help that would be if they were able to stay on task in there without your supervision. Like maybe it was a distraction-free room. What about building an outbuilding for schooling and storage? Detached spaces don't normally effect the living space for property tax purposes. You could put a half bath and a fridge and microwave out there. And have warren-like rooms so that each kid could have their own little tiny room. You could make it a rule that they had to stay there until their schoolwork was done for the day, and then they could go into the house and play xbox. I have noticed that living space seems larger when you store your stuff somewhere else.

Seems like that would be a money saver too. Both husband and I have math minors, so one overview book to get us into the Singapore mindset (aka drink the kool-aid) would probably be more than enough.

How did WH end? I know I finished it, because it is just what I do. But, I don't think I cared by the end. But, now I am curious. Did they both die painful deaths? No, they weren't That bad. Did they both die pitiful and alone?

I knew that pretending everyone is the same has seriously hampered the American schools. But, I not realized it went so far back in time. I always supposed that the grass was greener a hundred years ago.

I like to cut up the potatoes into squares, then cook in milk and mash in the pan. No starch is lost, and potatoes don't get water logged.

It is dawning on me that the next ten years will probably be the Golden Age of homeschooling. I feel so lucky.

I got in trouble for mowing around some pretty wildflowers. They weren't dandelions. They were pretty enough for a bouquet, but even in water they didn't last long. During the short time that they bloomed, I mowed around them but left them blooming. I was informed that they had to be in a garden type arrangement with edging.

So, the teacher has to drink the kool-aid, or have the TM?

Oh, good. Chapter 2 ended with "Dad died. You are poor. Feel grateful"

On a History channel show on Prohibition, they said that before then people loved the police. Even the criminals didn't have a problem the police. They didn't want to be caught, but it was like today Arsonists don't have a problem with Firefighters or Investigators. But, that changed when your average citizen became a criminal. I have a personal theory that the same applies today based on things like this, and stupid traffic tickets. I am a straight-arrow. If absolutely everything were legalized tomorrow, I would have no desire to do anything I'm not doing now. Yet, while driving, when I see a police car my chest tenses up. When I see someone pulled over, I totally feel for the citizen. It doesn't even matter if I am under the speed limit and doing everything completely legal. I know that being legal is no guarantee that I won't be pulled over for something and ticketed.

We are going to try Paddington next. Pippi made me want to stab my eyes. I liked Pippi as a kid. DD has liked the TV show. But, she is such an annoying character. We are also doing the Great Illustrated Classics version of Little Princess. Might not have been the best choice since the little girl is now orphaned.

I have had that experience, but it was more in having to edit myself. I have a graduate engineering degree, and most of my fellow students didn't read the same kid's books as I did. So, I had to stop myself from making references to childhood literature, like the Emperor's Clothes. Sometimes literary references are a vivid way of quickly getting across an idea. But not if the other person hasn't read the story. I loved Mythology as a kid. One of the very important books was written because people weren't reading the myths in Greek or Latin and therefore were missing the literary references to myths. So, he basically wrote a Cliff's Notes of myths.

That brings up an interesting point. Some parents just aren't suited to homeschooling. I think I would have thrived doing homeschooling high school completely independently. But having my mother be my teacher? Not so much. I was glad to be a latch-key kid, and I think I turned out better because of it. I am making my mother sound horrible. She wasn't at all. She is just a fuss-budget, micromanager and I am a laid-back independent person.

I've done that sort of thing. Boring, but not soul-sucking. I worked in one place that I called the sweat shop, although we had air conditioning. We sat in rows of folding tables. you had a computer and a headset and you had no control over the calls. They just came to you. I once fell asleep sitting up. Note, to sleep on an airplane I have to take a double-dose of Ambien to get 3 hours of sleep. But, my friend neighbor elbowed me asking if I was "on strike". She watched me completely not respond to three calls. I did that when I was in college, so i had plenty of mental stimulation elsewhere. Being on auto-pilot was nice.

I don't see college and retirement happening at the same time to be that much of a drawback. Income will be considerably less, which means that there will more need-based funds available.

And if the author wants to say something in their books, they will tell you about it. Probably in a preface or notes at the end of the book. Or a preface to a later book. Finding what the author wanted to say should be like an Easter Egg hunt setup for 3 year olds.

I agree that the lack of independent friendships is a tiny drawback to homeschooling. Especially for the parents that are introverts. It is one of my concerns about our upcoming move to a 3,000 person town. Normally I wouldn't give a fig what other people thought of us. DH and I are naturally hermits with a few very close friends. We've always lived in large areas, and even went to large schools, so there was always the option of starting over with people that didn't know you. But, in a small town, if we were considered to be unfriendly weirdos, then other kids would be steered away from playing with DD. Whereas at the public school, her happy, bubbly personality would win her friends, and those friends would tell their parents how great she was. We will still be moving, and we will still be homeschooling. But, actively thinking about "fitting in" is freaking me out a little. I didn't even do that in public school.

Thanks for the recommendation. There is one bad review, by someone that loved the book and is annoyed that the e-book version can't be loaned.

:iagree: I particularly hate the whole deconstructing idea. I think that you aren't going to find any hidden truths in literature that weren't already within you, otherwise you wouldn't find them.