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  1. Cecropia

    That deep sense of foreboding when everyone in the household is miserably sick, except you and the little baby...

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      :( Hope everyone is on the mend by now!

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  2. idnib

    13 lbs of candy gone in just over an hour!

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      Was that before or after the trick-or-treaters started showing up? ;)

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  3. purpleowl

    DD#2: "Mommy, I accidentally touched three cookies instead of just one. May I have them all?" Nice try, kid.

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      She's only 4...she has time to learn the advanced strategies. ;)

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  4. HeWillSoar

    I'm drowning in curriculum!!!

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      But what a way to go...right?

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  5. ScoutTN

    Too much Harry Potter? A friend asked ds about his science for next year (chemistry) and he called it Potions!

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      This is awesome. :)

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  6. idnib

    "Mom, how do you spell 'time?' I mean the 4th dimension, not the herb."

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      LOL!

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  7. purpleowl

    I had been thinking how nice it was that the toddler was quietly occupying himself while I focused on school with his sisters. Then I saw this: http://goo.gl/7LpP2F

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      True, chiguirre! All those things are in the school room supply cabinet, so I'd've seen him get into those...it could easily have been something like shampoo, though!

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  8. purpleowl

    I had been thinking how nice it was that the toddler was quietly occupying himself while I focused on school with his sisters. Then I saw this: http://goo.gl/7LpP2F

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      I got it cleaned up relatively quickly, though I'm pretty sure some puzzle pieces ended up in the wrong boxes. ;)

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  9. Momto6inIN

    My DD is arguing with me that pi is not an unending nonrepeating number. Because, you know, her 6th grade brain and reasoning skills are obviously superior to centuries of mathematical geniuses and thought.

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      I so want to have a conversation with her to explore her ideas! Does she believe there's a biggest number out there as well?

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  10. Momto6inIN

    My DD is arguing with me that pi is not an unending nonrepeating number. Because, you know, her 6th grade brain and reasoning skills are obviously superior to centuries of mathematical geniuses and thought.

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      I desperately need to know how she was arguing her position!

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  11. Slache

    It's a boy due some time in mid June. We're thinking Alexander James.

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      Congrats! Lovely name choice. :)

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  12. purpleowl

    DD#2: "Three plus five again? They asked me what three plus five equals YESTERDAY! Why do I have to keep answering the same questions?"

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      @JodiSue: And that would be why--to make sure she still knows it! She doesn't have any problem with 3+5, but 3+4 tripped her up for a while. I think she thought that if she answered 6 enough times for that one, maybe it would become true, lol.

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  13. Heidi

    To go to graduate school or not go to graduate school. That is the question.

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      I would say to go ahead and start taking 1-2 prereq courses and see how that goes. You can get through anything for one semester. If it goes well, great, keep going! If not, you'll have that credit and can come back to your plan in a few years if you want to try again.

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  14. purpleowl

    DD#1 looking at her school list for today: "You know, Mommy, I really like Language, Latin, and Logic." Somehow, the other items on her list for today became LMath, LPiano, and LReading. ;)

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      She did, but I don't think it'll work two days in a row, lol!

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  15. Chrysalis Academy

    What is worse than a leaking roof? A leaking roof that you just paid $8000 to repair. So it wouldn't leak.

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      Yikes! Is it under warranty?

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  16. purpleowl

    Just overheard my 3yo ask her sister, "Are animals real?" Homeschool fail.

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      And just for the record, yes, we point out birds and squirrels and lizards outside, and she has been to zoos. Maybe all those animals were just actors, though...

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  17. Colleen in NS

    Someone please cheer me on - I'm in the thick of finalizing writing up high school course descriptions, textbooks lists, and "letter from the educator about the curriculum you followed." My brain is fried!

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      You can do it! You've got this! Go you! :)

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  18. purpleowl

    Just spent 20 minutes chasing a rabbit trail - Fibonacci rabbits, to be exact - with DD#1. I love homeschooling.

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      Actually, I was just showing DD the rabbit problem and helping her work through it, then going on to look at golden spirals. What's the book? I'd probably like it!

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  19. Kerileanne99

    Tomorrow is my first 'official' day of homeschooling dd! Feel like we have been doing it for a long time, but now it is for real:) I have butterflies?!

    1. purpleowl

      purpleowl

      Have a great first official day!

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