I stack some books horizontally if I'm running out of room on our shelves or they are in a series. Currently, the Lemony Snicket, Boxcar Children, and Little House books are shelved like this.

My dds are HARD on dress shoes. I had given up hope of passing down shoes from girl to girl and instead just hoped shoes would last until they were outgrown. Part of the problem is that there's such a higher standard for appearance with dress shoes, so minor scuffs can make them inappropriate for some situations. Anyway, we have had great success with the little girl dressy style crocs. No scuffing, easy to clean, not obviously plastic (especially in the black versions). I may never buy leather shoes again...at least as long as running and playing tag after church remains on their repertoire.

I'm wondering if this isn't just cultural but generational as well. Coffee reception feels a little old fashioned to me.

Double post.

They sell gauze pads with manuka honey at most big-box pharmacies. I've definitely seen them at CVS. Also, just make sure he is eating well - calories, protein, good mix of vitamins.

Chrome or Safari, depending on device.

I almost always right click and open in new tab manually. What browser are you using?

I would ask, but be open to a vague or non-committal answer, owing more to the situation than his openness with you. FWIW, I would not have been open to these types of questions from my mother, as we did not have a close (read: unconditional, no judgmental) relationship. I hope I'd be able to ask my own children about relationship questions, though.

I almost wish I didn't see them, because the price point is so different that I am willing to take a cut on quality and reliability to get one vs. the hard carrier. I'm​ afraid that we will regret getting the soft carrier, though, or find ourselves in a cycle of getting a new soft carrier every 18 months because of damage, etc.

Meant to quote you in my reply to tag you and didn't. Please see reply above ;)

Would you mind linking or pming me the link for the carrier you purchased? Amazon is irritating me lately: between the masses of storefronts selling exactly the same Chinese-produced goods and the "honest review for free or discounted product" reviews, I'm finding it hard to shop for products that aren't​ very specific or brand-most.

Our budget won't allow for a hard carrier (unless we find one used or a killer deal, neither of which have turned up yet). So, recommendations for soft carriers? Are they reliable? Worth it? Brands to avoid, good experiences? I'm willing to let your anecdote be my data ;) We will use primarily in dry weather, although would like the option to use in sporadic rain. No snow. We'd also use on freeways and in deserts. Thanks, hive mind!

This reminds me of the time the kids and I were having a blast playing with dry ice that came with a frozen food shipment, then everyone got light headed and we had to evacuate to fresh air! But perhaps that (dry icing them out) could work. How much O2 do snakes need?

I adore Wendy Anderson Halperin's artwork!! Even if this isn't your book, it might now become mine :)

Is your goal to get the children thinking like a coder, or to learn a specific language? My oldest two have gone through as much of Code.org as they could stomach. At some point, it becomes very geometry focused - lots of angle measurements and tricky loops. Scratch has been too wide-open for my coding kids. They do well if they have a prompt, like following steps to design a game and then tweaking the code after to make their own. Right now, they mostly enjoy using programs (most listed on the link you provided) and playing around with the logic of coding.

Semester, trimester, quarter...I thought "session" might cover all the options, but it's vague enough wording to be unclear. Sorry!

You can also try a preliminary hearing check at the ped's office en route to a hearing professional. My son has congenital sensorineural hearing loss in one ear, but it was undetected until his 5 year check up. Once he failed the hearing test, he was referred to an audiologist and ENT. He saw both on the same visit, and continues to do so.

I voted "other" as I was a professor in a previous life. I wouldn't say it's the same category as a full-time certified teacher, but I hope it counts for something :)

Prayers for your daughter, family, and yourself.

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We had very similar experiences when we brought our small children to campus while DH and I were at a university well known for many busloads of (predominantly Asian) tourists. Our blonde, blue-eyed, curly-haired babes attracted many cameras. It wasn't as violating as it was inconvenient. Truthfully, if friends came back from a trip to China with photos of cute kids living out a stereotypical Chinese experience, I probably wouldn't register it a unusual. Also, I had posted (unidentified) photos of my children to public online photo albums so family members could see the children, so I may have more open attitude than others on this thread.

Or quarter, or however your group divides its year (if it does). Our co-op is tied to the local university's quarter schedule, as many families have ties to the university, and so we tend to run trimesters rather than semesters.

My thought was to take my 10-week lesson plans and adapt them to the needs of common co-op models. I'd probably not even try to sell them, just offer them to other families who may benefit from it. Why reinvent the wheel if you don't need to?

But is that unexpected? We're homeschoolers, after all!