I really liked How to Turn Lemons Into Money by Louise Armstrong. We happened across it at the library one day and picked it up and I thought it was a great and humorous introduction to economics and its various terms and definitions, put into a situation a child can understand and appreciate- a lemonade stand.

We use and love Teaching Textbooks. Sounds exactly what you're looking for! (We used it for 5th grade last year, and we're using it for 6th this year).

Yep, unfriendly her. That is not a real friend, and you don't need to subject yourself to snotty passive aggressive negative attitudes from people who can't be supportive of you even if they disagree with your choice. I'd send her an email or message first letting her know you are doing so because you don't have time or energy for people who go out of their way to put you down because of your personal choice to Homeschool and you wish her and her family the best. See ya! This will prevent awkward questions when you see her again- she will already know what's up.

No, I don't think I would. I would worry too much about whether I would need that kidney in the future for my own health, which also serves the dual purpose of allowing me to be there for my kids. (There is no one I feel 100 percent comfortable with in my family to take my kids if they lost me)! Now, if one of my children needed a kidney, I would do it without question.

A hard cover book with a bright orange cover A plastic pumpkin A saltwater fish

Heh, well, I have to confess, I have REALLY enjoyed my hospital epidurals. Try not to hold it against me. haha.

Jenn lol at Medicare. It is nice to have people to check in with. Hope this thread stays active! I am still awaiting a positive OPK. I'm on cd12 and still negative OPK as of this morning, which was what I was expecting, it's still a bit early for me (though I'm not sure exactly what to expect now that I'm post-ectopic, things might not be on the same schedule they were before, I guess).

No. It reminds me of the band Iron Maiden, which I confess I listened to in my early teenage years while in my heavy metal phase lol.

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As for me, I have not read 40 books on my own as of yet, but that's okay, I meant for this challenge to be done with my daughter, and we are keeping up with that. On my own this year, I've read: 1. Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes) 2. The Virgin's Lover (Philippa Gregory) 3. The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood) 4. Mary, Blood Mary (Carolyn Meyer) 5. Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Carolyn Meyer) 6. Doomed Queen Anne (Carolyn Meyer) 7. Zipporah, Wife of Moses (Marek Halter) 8. At First Sight (Nicholas Sparks) 9. Unwind (Neal Shusterman) 10. Lover Unleashed (J.R. Ward) (Black Dagger Brotherhood series) 11. Free-Range Kids, How To Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts With Worry) (Lenore Skenazy) 12. The Fifth Sacred Thing (Starhawk) 13. The Law of Nines (Terry Goodkind) 14. Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs) 15. A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin) 16. A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin) 17. Hit List (Laurel K. Hamilton) (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series) 18. The Help (Kathryn Stockett) 19. Blessings (Anna Quindlen) 20. A Storm of Swords (George R.R. Martin) 21. A Feast For Crows (George R.R. Martin) 22. Darkfever (Karen Marie Moning) 23. Bloodfever (Karen Marie Moning) 24. Faefever (Karen Marie Moning) 25. A Dance With Dragons (George R.R. Martin) (Currently Reading) Started but gave up on: Nights of Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks and Deconstructing Penguins. Next up (when they come in from ILL: Dreamfever and Shadowfever, both by Karen Marie Moning- a fun, urban, paranormal fantasy series).

Can't believe we've made it to 40 weeks! Doing this challenge with my daughter (who just turned 11), we've read: 1. The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster) 2. Skellig (David Almond) 3. Ida B and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World (Katherine Hannigan) 4. The Gawgon and the Boy (Lloyd Alexander) 5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling) 6. The Girl With the Silver Eyes (Willo Davis Roberts) 7. Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt) 8. Sounder (William H. Armstrong) 9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl) 10. Treasure Island (adapted, Illustrated Classics Edition) 11. All-Of-A-Kind Family (Sydney Taylor) 12. The Midwife's Apprentice (Karen Cushman) 13. Surviving the Applewhites (Stephanie S. Tolan) 14. The People in Pineapple Place (Anne Lindbergh) 15. The Prisoner of Pineapple Place (Anne Lindberg) 16. By the Shores of Silver Lake (Laura Ingalls Wilder) 17. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling) (audiobook) 18. The Safe Zone, A Kid's Guide To Personal Safety (Donna Chaiet and Francine Russell) 19. Harriet Tubman, Call To Freedom (Judy Carlson) 20. The Long Winter (Laura Ingalls Wilder) 21. The Return of the Indian (Lynne Reid Banks) 22. The Secret of the Indian (Lynne Reid Banks) 23. Robinson Crusoe (Retold, Scholastic Books Edition) 24. Ben and Me (Robert Lawson) 25. Bridge To Terabithia (Katherine Paterson) 26. Frindle (Andrew Clements) 27. James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl) 28. In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid (Penelope Lively) 29. Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli) 30. The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (retold by John Yeoman) 31. Shiloh (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor) 32. Mr. Popper's Penguins (Richard and Florence Atwater) 33. 2000 Leagues Under the Sea (Retold by Diane Flynn Grund) 34. Little Town on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder) 35. These Happy Golden Years (Laura Ingalls Wilder) 36. Maniac Magee (Jerry Spinelli) 37. The First Four Years (Laura Ingalls Wilder) 38. The Inheritors (William Golding) 39. The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker (Cynthia DeFelice) 40. The Egypt Game (Zilpha Keatley Snyder)

Can't he just ask them? "We would love to have you over for dinner- please let us know if there are any dietary restrictions so we know what to plan." seems the simplest way to me! I'm sure they would appreciate the invitation and the thought.

I never should have shown my husband this video. He now has a "man flu" and he has my 11 y/o daughter and my 5 y/o son trained to come to him every time he rings a bell to rub his forehead and say "Poor little bunny, is there anything I can do for you?" I don't know whether to :lol: or :boxing_smiley:

My daughter just turned 11 and I wouldn't want her to read those books yet. Maybe 12 or 13? I don't know.

Hm. I just reserved this one at the library, planned to start it this week. Will have to see how it goes.

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She is so adorable!!!!

:grouphug: Had an ectopic this summer and I'm ready to start TTC again this month. Just started using OPK's again this morning, in fact. Fingers crossed for both of us!

Anybody's kid play Plants vs. Zombies? My son wants to be a "bucket head zombie" lol.

Thanks again, all! I really appreciate the feedback and nice comments. :) Kristinannie, that stinks! My blog comments are 'screened' and have to be approved but hopefully it won't come up. I guess some people are just really against homeschooling in general and look for opportunities to trash it, unfortunately. I'm glad I haven't encountered any of that in my real life, even though I see it online sometimes!

When my daughter is done with something, she brings it to me and we check it over together. If there are things that are wrong, I point it out to her as we look over it, and she fixes it on the spot. If it's something that needs to be rewritten due to too many things that need changing, I might circle some things to indicate where the errors are, and then she'll go redo it.

In our den/computer room, I have a few bookshelves, a china cabinet that has been taken over for school and art supplies, a small closet that has been taken over for school and art supplies and board games etc. When we need to sit at my computer desk to do schoolwork, we do. When we need to do written work, we do it at the kitchen table, carrying stuff in with us and out again as needed. When we want to read together, we sit on the couch. If it's nice out, we might go out on the patio. It's been working out just fine this way!

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:iagree: Go with what you love- but don't let it stop you from doing ALL of what you love- such as having a family/kids. Like somebody else said, that's the sort of thing where if you keep waiting for that "perfect" moment or putting it off "until" (fill in the blank), you may find yourself regretting having put it off so long, or resenting having put it off so long, or never doing it until it's too late, etc.

:iagree: This is just tragic. I'm sitting on my fingers right now to not say more. But I agree with you.