Excellent post! Thank you :)

Yes! I posted a WTB and have a bunch I am waiting for my tax return so I can pay for them. I can't wait to start getting everything to look through!

Laura's Hot Cocoa Mix( I wish I knew where this came from, but I found it online somewhere) 2 cups powdered milk 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 1/2 cup powdered non-dairy creamer 1 dash of salt Miniature marshmallows or cream, optional Combine all ingredients and store in a in tightly sealed container. Makes about 4 cups of hot cocoa mix. Directions Add 3 to 4 tablespoons of mix to a mug and fill with hot water. Stir to blend. Add some marshmallows or cream. Bulk hot cocoa mix 16c. powdered dry milk 1 ¼ cup cocoa powder 5 cups Sucanat ( or regular sugar) ½ t. salt In a large bowl mix all ingredients well and store in an airtight container or zip lock bags. To use measure 1/3 cup of mix into a cup and add hot water and stir.

I am actually considering enrolling in a few writing courses in order to teach me how to write better and therefore teach my children.

Thanks for the replies. We are considering something like this for my upcoming 12th grader. He will be 17 when he graduates, so I think this might be a really good idea for him.

Congratulations to your DD and to you! 91#s is amazing!!!

We started schooling with September-June, then when we were in Maine we did Oct - July so kids could work harvest. Now we are August -May to stay with my college age kids. We did try all year one year and it just didn't work for us. I need summer to rewind.

Thanks for the update. Please let us know what you find out.

Very funny, thanks!

I am making pizza for them and bought chips and soda ( rare treat lol). I have no idea what I am eating yet.

The biggest area for us is food. I have always been frugal and cook from scratch, but everything has gone up in price so it makes it even more challengng to be thrifty.

Thanks! :)

Do you just do one more year of highschool work? Take a year off? Or...?

Yes, please post the recipe.

I am speechless and that's a rare thing LOL.

I, too, recommend an eval asap. Your pedi should be able to get you on the right road. I regret not having my son evaluated sooner and recieving ST sooner.

Thanks for the links and book recommendations. We will be busy :)

I like the looks of the Stock Market Game, but we didn't want to pay yet. Once we gets usd to the free one we might try that. Getting the WSJ is an excellent idea, as is tracking WM stock :D

We just did this on Saturday! My oldest has been sharing a room with her 2 sisters and really needed some personal space. So we moved the 3 oldest boys from their room and put them into the dining room ( had to run to Lowes and buy 2 doors, but it works nicely) and we moved my DD into thier room. Then we moved our dining room table to the living room and moved the books shelves and my desk from the school room into the new dinning room, creating a nice sized, new school room. Next we moved the living room into the old school room/family room. Confused yet? :D So we went from a 4 bedroom house to a 5 bedroom with a larger school room all in days ( very hard) work.

Thanks! We have been playing around with the vse one. He said it looks interesting.

any good web sites he can use? ( Google pulled up too many choices) I'd love one of those sites when he can do mock trades. Thanks!

We did the same thing!

The kids did have fun playing outside this am and are enjoying cocoa before we hit the books.

I agree with this. My son is 8 and has some similar issues as your son's. I would get an eval and go from there.

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