[Just for Fun...What was your very first date movie?]

Rugrats in Paris because his little sister was our "chaperone." Haha

[Debating whether to put DD into PS for middle school.]

We are seriously considering public school for next year, seventh grade, not because we nolonger want to homeschool, but because I will have to work.

 

I have some of the same concerns as you. My daughter knows many girls at her future school through dance and church so that is helping.

 

It is a good school.

 

Public school was just never in our plans.

[I want to learn about Vikings]

We own The Historical Atlas of the Viking World.

 

My husband says that the religion didn't completely die out and that there are still people worshipping Thor. He says that you need to read The Prose Edda. It is one of thr most comprehensive written collections of religious stories of Asatru, the Old Norse religion.

 

He jokes that our boys are part Viking.

[Tell me about getting another college degree]

You shouldn't have a problem getting an MA in Library Science without a 2nd BA. Paralegal won't need another BA or an MA.

 

As a librarian would you be interested in a public library? A school library? A university library? They are different degrees.

Probably a public library or university library. I'm not sure. Libraries are my happy place so part of me thinks I would love the job, and another part of me thinks I should be a paralegal so the library can stay a place of refuge.

[Tell me about getting another college degree]

I requested information from colleges and already have two appointments on Monday. One has a progran on site in my city and the other is an online college. Both offer Associates degrees for paralegal. I'm still in "do I really want to do this and how will I" research mode and those colleges contacted me very quickly.

[Tell me about getting another college degree]

I'm currently in school. I think an important question to ask would be whether it is more beneficial to pursue another Bachelors or better to look at getting a Masters. What was your original degree and what do you hope to do?

My degree is in education. I hope to do anything other than education. I've been looking into other things, perhaps library science or becoming a paralegal.

 

In theory, I "could" get a master's in education. But I do not want to have a job in any field relating to education. At all.

[Tell me about getting another college degree]

I have a degree in a field that I absolutely absolutely hate. Long story.

 

How does going back to school work? Does getting another bachelor degree mean another four years of school?

 

I'm willing to go back to school if it means getting out of our crappy situation in the long run. I've been a stay at home mom for years now, something I love and find very rewarding. But my husband doesn't have a degree, isn't willing to get one, and is having a very hard time finding a good job. But that is another post that I may or may not ever write.

[After Teach Your Child to Read...]

I'm not sure why you'd go through two different phonics programs, unless I'm missing something. Does OPG have things that 100EZ doesnt?

[Hand Foot and Mouth Disease]

Do you think we'll know by now if it was the worse strain? This is day 3 and he doesn't seem to be in any pain. Eating fine. The rash is worse around his mouth and diaper area, but mild everywhere else. He has it on the soles of his feet even!

[Hand Foot and Mouth Disease]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-more-virulent-version-of-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-hits-kids--and-parents/2012/09/16/63807780-f5f0-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html

That sounds terrible.

 

Poor baby has no fever and no sores though so I'm wondering if it is what he has. My sister said that the sores could show up in his mouth later though. He is also getting over the double ear infection that he had last week. We can't catch a break.

[Hand Foot and Mouth Disease]

Any experience?

 

My two year old has it, according to his doctor. He is absolutely miserable, has the rash, but no sores in his mouth or a fever.

 

I've been trying to keep him comfortable with oatmeal baths and children's advil if needed. Just waiting for it to run its course.

[Is anyone using MP's Preschool program (ages 2-3)?]

We are. I had bought it too early and shelved it for nearly a year. It is the bulk of our special morning basket time when my daughter is doing independent work.

[Updated, updated first post: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry]

How's it going for her, Kristie? Did she end up putting it aside?

 

With my kids, I tend to talk about how important it is that they not look away from injustice. Obviously, this is a fictional book and it's historic but I think this is how we get context. I'm white, my kids are white. We've talked a good bit about how we all have the privilege not to look at the history of racial issues or at racism today because of our race. If we choose to, we can ignore it, and society won't punish us. But others don't have that privilege. And to make the world a better place, we should take a role in being witnesses. And for kids, it starts with books, I think.

She put it aside, for now. She is interested in reading The Help but hasn't started yet. We put the DVD on hold at the library. She grabbed There Eyes Were Watching God from my shelf and put it aside after a few chapters after she realized it was a love story and said "I have no interest in love stories right now."

[Updated, updated first post: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry]

Yes, it's for my 12 year old. What do I say when we discuss it?

[Updated, updated first post: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry]

She came to me in tears after chapter 5 and does not want to finish the book. I'm torn between gently convincing her to finish reading it and telling her that she can stop. I assigned it because she needs to know that things like this happened (happen?) and that things like this should not happen. She is taking the mistreatment of the children because of their race very hard.

[Using YA Novels to Talk About Sex, Consent, etc.]

I own Speak, and the movie. They did a good job with the movie, I thought. I didn't realize that what I went through was what it was until I read that book. Not too many people know that my tree tattoo was inspired by that book and what I survived. My tattoo cover my entire upper arm like a sleeve and when people ask about it I say it represents strength.

 

My daughter needs to read it and understand, I'm just not sure when.

[Updated, updated first post: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry]

Your daughter is asking good questions, which is wonderful.

 

As an aside to the book, because your screenname suggests you may be in Florida, have you thought about visiting some historically black colleges in State?

Two that come to mind are Bethune Cookman in Daytona Beach and Florida A&M in Tallahassee.

 

There's also the Gamble Plantation off of I-75.

That is something that I never thought of. We live near an area that was named after a plantation that was once there. I just did some research and the original maim house is still standing. They offer tours there on weekends.

[If you were going to give a new mom one book on child care/development]

Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5. It's an easily readable, complete resource from the AAP.

Yes, this. I still have the one I read cover to cover 13 years ago with my first and I referenced it again just the other day. I have referred to it over and over.

[If you have read Anna Karenina]

I finished Anna Karenina while in line for rides at Universal. Good memories.

 

I liked Kitty and Levin the best. Anna made me very mad.

[How's my lineup look?]

This is only my third year too, however sixth if you count after schooling. I think your plan looks good.

[Spelling Foes]

We switched to R&S cause we needed something that would get done.

[For those of us who aren't really "typical" moms]

Well, one of my sisters is one of those magazine moms. House is clean, crafts are done, her house is amazingly decorated, she has two side jobs that bring on some extra cash, my nieces are always dressed nice with cute hair.

 

I feel like the complete opposite most of the time. I'd say I don't know how she does it, but she has been like this all her life. Her side of the room was always clean, she was always put together, got straight As, etc.

 

Edit... oh yeah, my hair was green when my daughter was born, it was dyed black until my daughter was around 5 and i grew it out, I have tattoos, and my daughter fits into my prepregnancy goth clothes. So I guess we are weird. I won't let her wear my tall boots with the spikes though and she hates that. Although I'm pretty sure I will never go to a goth club ever again.

[Since so many of us have lost parents and miss them terribly...]

"My baby has your eyes."

 

 

 

Okay, now I'm tearing up.

[logic in the logic stage.....]

We skipped then but we aren't starting logic (Art of Argument) until this summer so I don't know if it was a bad idea yet.

[Bible question/opinions]

I don't think so, but it was three years ago so my memory is fuzzy. We only used the first year of the curriculum and it was an introduction to the Bible. We memorized the books of the Bible and learned about how we knew the Bible was true.