Match to the top, or pick a pair of darker brown shoes that match the tone of the beige. I think black shoes, beige pants, a black blouse and a beaded necklace would look sharp. Same with taking out the black and doing a nice white for shoes/blouse. Any other color, go with a brown or white shoe (or something strappy and multicolored).

DS's team moves to the next round, through a combination of luck and work. They were not at their best, but they had enough determination to see it through. I'm currently making second dinner, getting ds to finish his homework, and then I still need to help put sheets on the bed.

No? I'm so confused. LOL

No sleeping in here. I helped ds stay focused to clean his room, cleaned mine, and did the towel laundry. We're getting ready to head to his playoff game and it's promising to be a doozy.

I didn't think it would ever be a thing in my house, either! Oldest ds will eat pretty much anything, but as an adult he's more inclined to buy whatever he wants and moderate well. He's my one that doesn't like a ton of sweets in the first place. Youngest ds is very picky, but the bunnies fit one of 3 chocolates he chooses (plain, truffles, or Kinder bars). The rest he could give or take, it doesn't matter to him, as long as it has absolutely no peanuts or peanut butter. I don't get it. This never would have been me as a kid.

Have you considered Moving Beyond The Page? They have a single year high school study. Not my favorite books, but they are modern. https://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/purchase/sku-detail/2113/high-school-1-full-year-language-arts-package/

I was planning on grasshopper pie (chocolate, mint, hint of marshmallow). My children have requested NO SWEETS for Easter, though. The oldest just had a birthday and his community came through abundantly: ice cream cake from us, homemade cake from his gf, a chocolate pudding pie and 3 dozen specialty cookies from his work friends and something his Friday night group calls 'tea jellies' to round it all out. It's bad enough that last year's chocolate bunnies are still in the fridge, lol. So. New plans. There will be no baskets or egg hunt. We'll take our annual hike and airplane contest, and then I'll make: chicken crepes with root veggies and a light cream sauce green salad rice pilaf asparagus Dessert will most likely be coffee and a cheese board, if anyone is interested, with a few spreads to complement it.

I could say the exact same thing today. *sigh* On the upside, at least one young adult in this house has learned? I overheard this exchange today in front of the dishwasher: It's clean. I know. Then what are you doing? Um, putting the dishes away? I wonder how long it would have taken the other to hone in on that idea.

Yesterday - a cute look at what would happen if almost nobody remembered who the Beatles were IIRC. Rescued By Ruby - a state trooper wants to train for the K9 unit, but his dog is, um, hardheaded Finding Ohana - a search for treasure. Cute, no deep thinking involved They're all on Netflix.

Good morning...er, almost noon! send kid to competition, after arguing about the need for proper shirt and tie run to the grocery store rsvp to a gethering next week start the dishwasher make chicken enchiladas: make the sauce, slow cook and shred the chicken pick up ds have a new friend come over to chat dinner family fun time? Maybe

Beef stew and bread? Dh would probably lean toward a pork loin stuffed with a goat cheese and spinach mixture, glazed spiced carrots, and a pearl couscous or mashed potato.

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Are you insinuating that the creation view is a theory in your #3?

Good morning! Today is deep clean day. Oldest ds and his gf are hosting a large group of friends to celebrate his birthday this evening. coffee violin clean the living areas shop for a shirt for ds14 (he has a competition tomorrow at Harvard and we've hit the sweet spot of last year's is too small and the one we bought this year is too big) help ds14 deep clean his bathroom set up for an early morning tomorrow: backpack, umbrella, warm jacket in the car leave. LOL We're making sure ds25 has the home to himself, so the other three of us are heading out for dinner and a movie, possibly a stop for dessert after.

I just want to say, closely examine the quality of the relationships and groups. Kids at this age are really pushing to not just socialize, but develop bonds based on working toward common goals together and produce some sort of result. It's not enough to be friendly, it's the developmentally appropriate need to find purpose together that develops a lot of their relationships. When other kids are complaining about school/talking about experiences, it's signalling a need to find that deeper common bond of relating to each other in her.

DS loves his Crocs. I really wanted to like the Sketchers slip ons, but if you have narrow heels you might not get the fit you want.

I think because it's a stroller, I'd hit it with an enzyme remover first, and then a stain remover.

This past time we went through, we used Hakim's Story of Science series along with Potentially Catastrophic Science as an activity spine.

Good morning! run to the store for cheesecake and get cashback clean the house 13000 steps violin run a few loads of laundry take oldest ds out to dinner Not a whole lot going on today. Classes start Monday and the rest of this week is filled with running around, so today is an off day.

Yeah...we found out more. He has been insinuating and straight out saying ds was trans for a while now, as he's grown his hair. Not in a "hey, that's cool" kind of way, but a misogynistic crude sort of way that not only negated who he was, but also any competent girl on the ice. And ds looks like the poster Victorian child with long cherubic ringlets and big eyes. DS is not trans. He just got tired of the homophobic/anti-trans rhetoric directed at him and snapped. I'm okay with focusing on the aspect of "team practice was disrupted and that was disrespectful to your coaches." and not giving empathy to the kid that he pummeled. I'd be glad to explain that to the other kid's parents, too. It explains why ds didn't ever want to wear his team jacket. That kid's parents paid for them all. But we're working on trust issues again and how to deal with big feelings and bad situations. Parent teacher conferences went well. Very speedy: "not living up to his potential, has a tendency to rush through his work, but is very bright, animated during discussions, and keeps himself out of the drama." (I nearly snorted at the last part) The rest? I definitely knew.

Good afternoon! I'm still processing the fact that my 14yo attempted to beat the tar out of his teammate during practice last night. The kid ran his mouth often, ds had enough of being the target. So.........*sigh* We're working out a plan today. It is an unusual situation, in which no one who was there is feeling sorry for the kid that ds laid on the ice. Up next: parent teacher conferences. Laundry is in the wash. Dinner is BLTs and leftovers.

I will get more info from dh later today. He buys them at the local bike/ski shop. I don't know what they taste like, lol, but I know ds will eat them when he is struggling. They look like regular ones, maybe smaller? About 3-4in diameter.

My purse is set up for sports: Lots of Kleenex (because of ds's nosebleeds) Powdered electrolyte packets Children's scissors Nail clippers a crochet hook wallet small coin purse with bandaids, neosporin, iodine packets small bottle of Motrin fruit sticks & protein stroopwaffle about 8 pencils, a black pen, a blue pen, and two dry erase markers

Oh, I think you misunderstood! I absolutely do not mean debate them! I mean things like, "This sounds important to you." And letting the conversation get carried a little more. "Where did you hear about this?" And letting them talk some more. You start to see motives and who is pushing them to solicit donations, and it gives you more of a chance to talk to your young neighbors, not at them. Going door to door is hard. Kindness isn't. You can absolutely respectfully decline anything you want, but it is worth it to see why they're out there in the first place.

I'm going with borderline inappropriate. A safe neighborhood, with an ambitious 10yo leading the direction is different than two kids being sent off meekly to wherever. This might be the older kid's idea. We get the occasional kid coming by. Usually a scout or kids looking for school donations. Most of the time I take a few minutes to talk it out with them and see what they know. Today we had our own weird solicitation. Dh and I were a little on edge by the black SUV that slowed its roll down our street and checked out our property clearly. That was followed by a white car 10 minutes later who hung a little bag on our front door. Inside was a pair of socks and a card from the local realtor, promising if we went with them we'd get rates that would "knock our socks off." Ha. Ha.Ha. Never mind we have no intention to sell. DS14 is thrilled he has a new pair of bbq grill covered socks, though.