I let mine drink a couple of sips out of my coffee cup in the mornings. Its weird to hand it to a 3 year old, and a 8 year old but they love it. Its a stove-top espresso maker, with fresh beans and I feel good about them getting the antioxidants. I will share a little more with Oldest DD when we are working on school. She feels special and it calms her down so she can focus (odd).

I learned how to drive an automatic and my Jeep is an auto. My hubs let me drive his truck with a few words of wisdom by myself and I taugh myself how to do a manual. Mind you it was tough country roads and I had to be pulled out of the mud, snow, and soft dirt. Now I love manuals more than autos and don't mind driving around busy towns in it. I got into a friends truck (auto) just like my hubs and ended up slamming on the brake thinking it was the clutch.

I would of never figured it out. I haven't even hit the big 30 and I feel like a grandma. I know how to knit better than work a microwave...

I strip it off the bone and put it in baggies. Most I freeze for dinners, some I leave out and the kids maul it. Chinese stir fry, salads, bbq, ect.

Odd but we keep real guns in the house and I do not allow toy guns, except water guns on hot summer days. Oldest DD has seen me shoot dear, and goats so guns are not "fun" they are tools. I have let her shoot my .22 while I am still holding it. I have taken hunter safety classes as well.

Don't panic. It looks like you have three young'ins. You are doing what works for you right now and with tweaking and most importantly kids getting older more things will fall into place. I only have a three year old and an eight year old. Mommas with more than that I am always amazed, what they can do with little babies, even if it doesn't look like more than three subjects. So give yourself a pat on the back.

I will often reuse fat once for greasing my pan or a little bit of bacon fat in a soup. I pour it over food scraps and throw it out to our chickens or pour it over dog/cat food. It does burn good in a fire too. I really try hard to not waste anything around this farm, and with all the hungry mouths and different diets someone wants to eat it.

We work 2-3 hours four days a week with a extra day for catch up, educational movies, science experiments, field trips, ect. Our day goes 9-10am I start with bible & language arts. She does AAS, Writeshop, Handwriting, and reading to me. Then I read poetry or a Aesop fable. That takes an 45min-1 hour. Break for 15min-30min. Then its math, Geography, Latin. Later in the day I will do history and our read aloud. I would like to add piano, and ballet but very slowly I add in. Typing is a fun thing for her she can do when she wants 2-4 times a week. Once a week we do art, music, and science.

Thank you

DH just told me that he was Dyslexic. I am also Dyslexic, but was never helped along, always sink or swim. Absolute DHUA moment for me. Anyway I have been :banghead: with my oldest DD, she is 8, and her reading for one thing. Letter and number reversal and checking out websites she has most of the symptoms. So, give me ideas or book titles that might help me work with her better. Helpful ideas with teaching her to read. Another thing I heard that kids with two different color eyes could have eye issues. She hasn't shown any but do you think I should get her checked by an eye doc?

I am both handed and was trained to write with the right so it has more fine motor coordination. Its my sewing hand. I do most things like work a saw or ratchet with the left. I can throw a ball equally good with both hands. Hubby is pure lefty but can still do lots with his right hand. When we switch computers we switch mouse hands. I am using the left and he the right without problems. My oldest picked her hand, right, and has not wavered since. Woogie the youngest goes back and forth but seems to have most control and favors the left. My brother was very lefty and was forced to use his right and hes handwriting and fine motor coordination is horrible.

I have found that a movie in the morning does nothing but make my dd turn into a little monster who is irritable and begs all day for more. My morning routine is a work in progress but so far: you get up, dressed, make bed, chores, food, 15-20min play so I can get school ready, and they can rid of wiggles, then school starts. She only gets electronic rights if the majority of school and chores is complete. The weekends and really bad weather days is more lax but if I let them watch movies too early in the day it can be hard to get them into their own creative space. I need to work on the bedtime routine. We are all night owls so its not easy.

Thanks for all the reply's and the links. I was raised with a strong southern accent that didn't get brought to my attention until 8th grade, 'ant isn't a word said my English teacher. I am learning how to "over pronounce" some words to help dd overcome my dialect. Reading aloud gives us a chance to use proper English and I think that really helps us both. Hubs brought it first to my attention then starting AAS really made me realize it. Nobody's perfect, but at least I can see what is going on and work with it. Oh, I have tested a couple of my friends and they to do not have a distinction between pen and pin. I am living in Colorado now.

I am using AAS 1 for my Oldest DD 8 (The Dew). Crazy question, what is the difference between e and i. I know the spelling by heart on most things, and I am an avid reader. I think my dialect is messing with it. I know e's belong at the end of words it’s just the middle like pin and pen, have no distinction to me. Pet and pit have very little distinction. Is there a distinction or a rule that I can help The Dew with or is it something you just memorize?

I am excited for it as well I have to wait for it to pop up on ABC I think online.

I gave dd 2 books to work through. The first grade book HWOT1, in kindergarden, that covered caps and lower case, and Handwriting Without Tears 3 cursive in second grade. Its all she needs and shes has good handwriting. Just watched and corrected a few reverses and backwards strokes. If it works out well I want to teach her caligrahpy for third or fourth grade.

I used core B when I was a baby homeschooler myself. It is a great start and stepping stone to figuring out what works and what needs to go. The read alouds don't match up with history until Core D. Don't get me started on the LA. I think I would rather pet a porcupine then try that again, spelling made us both want to cry and the whole program was so disconjointed. More in detail the spelling would start with little words one week and make a huge leap the next. They also did it by list and memerization. I love AAS. It explains the rules and the whys making it easy to understand and incorperate. Explode the Code was okay but I think AAS/Writeshop is covering that for me. I liked their readers, to a point. The I Can Read it Books started out okay then got really boring and repetive. Another thing is they revamped the lower cores took out some good books and put in a lot of what I call fluff. See if you can find a book list for core A back in 2010. For us using WriteShop for creative writing/grammer is, I think, done in a much more fun for student and enjoyable way for momma (The schedual is much more flexible giving you three ways to follow it). That is just me and what works here. L.A. for Sonlight has worked for others I am just one that has balked and not bought another core because I don't like buying something that doesn't work for us.

Voted!

Short answer: Yes, I got everything I need for the year. Long answer: NO! There is so many more programs, fun things, and books I want to read/try!! I need more shelves so I can buy more books.

I love my galaxy s2. When I went in to get it I wanted an iPhone. The techy guy said that one of the best differences between the two is that iphone/pad charges for most apps. were samsung/google does not! Just a tiny bit to add. :)

DD'S Second Grade Writing/Grammer: WriteShop B, then C Readers 2 and Read alouds: Sonlight core c, I got picking up books here and there (I don't use the IG) Phonics/Spelling: AAS1 then AAS2 HW: HWWOT 3 Cursive Math: MUS Alpha then Beta Science: Burgess Animal Book, farm work, good books, and frogs, butterflys this summer History: Mix of Sonlight core c and Simply Charlote Geography: Expediant Earth, and Geography Songs Latin: Prima Latina Art: Draw 50 animals crafts and sewing knitting crocheting Typing practice Piano: Starts in May Maybe dance and swimming later on

I have been looking at this program and really liking it. Just when I thought I was all set too. I need to stop drooling over every single book!

I am using Prima Latina with my oldest dd 8 and just learning as I go. As long as we practice together and with the help of the DVD I think it works out okay.

I have been lurking around for a while. I am a homesteader on 20 acres of land that I share with goats, cats, dogs, chickens, and just about anything else that needs a warm home and a full belly. I have been homeschooling since the beginning. I started dd when she was six. Now she is 8 and in second grade, with a little tag along sister who is 3. We love reading! DD is still learning how, but she loves it when I read to her. Instead of watching t.v. I will get mauled and held hostage until I read, and read until my tongue falls off. We are finishing Strawberry Girl right now. Anyway, I'm excited to meet everyone!

I tried Saxon for dd's first grade. I dropped it at the end when I realized it was making us both want to cry. We switched to Math U See and she has flourished and finished over half of Alpha without a problem, except for the little one stealing her blocks.