I don't have poo Christmas ornaments, but we do have a special poop emoji pillow in my dd's room. A nice lady at the Children's Hospital gave it to my dd after spinal fusion surgery, where once pain control is achieved, they focus on asking if you're still constipated. For days.

I did want to mention that in way upper level math, it can be perfectly acceptable to write your work left to right, but you do have to put an arrow between each step. It means "if that, then this." Also, college level proofs in analysis are written in paragraph form, so left to right isn't such a terrible habit, IMO.

Hi, bluebonnetgirl, I just wanted to encourage you to embrace the hands on stuff for Geometry. I bought a ton of manipulatives and "learning centers" and shapes and whatnot from Lakeshore Learning, and we used them a LOT when we did MUS Geometry. Also, a cheap quick manipulative for lines is pipe cleaners ("chenille stems") and pompoms for points. A flat piece of cardboard is a great "plane." Best wishes!

Noooooooooo. Fireplaces in Texas make everything better! When it's under 70 degrees outside, I can throw in a Duraflame log and watch it burn warm and cozy. And if I didn't have a fireplace mantle, where would all my holiday decorations go? I love my fireplace in Texas!!! And I would insist on a fireplace if we ever moved.

Okay, this is weird. It won't let me do a new reply in a normal way. Candy train is cute and much appreciated: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/115334440440745923/

You might like Language Smarts from Critical Thinking Company. Here is the 3rd grade book: https://www.criticalthinking.com/language-smarts-level-d.html

Chester Comix has some cute Virginia stuff, plus a chart where he shows how it allows with state standards. https://www.chestercomix.com/standards-va/ (Amazon carries them, typically.)

Yeah, but them putting icing in a ziploc? Sticky.

The homemade gingerbread wouldn't bother me, but I would be icked out by the parceling of the other items. I just envision a child with sticky fingers handling all of that. Eww. Sorry.

Vegan taco salad? I'm having the non-vegan version of that tonight.

Yes! Our allergist just had my dd switch to CeraVe body wash for the shower and Cerave moisturizing cream (in the jar) for after. It's been great for my dd's eczema!

I would find another place to live that accepted cats with claws.

I have heard that having a bidet is a good idea for seniors. Allows them to take care of personal hygiene for much longer.

I have a bachelor's degree in math and some graduate-level math courses, and I had never heard the phrase "Parametric Equations" until you mentioned it. I googled it, and I may have worked with them ever so slightly in my courses, maybe. I have no specific memories of them. So my vote is skip 'em!

Bumping for you. Science has been a bear for us every year, so I doubt I'll be much help. My dd is not dyslexic but she is "right-brained" and a heavily visual-spatial learner. We used Hoagland's Biology for Science with lab suggestions from the quirks and quarks website. We used Singapore Chemistry Matters for awhile and then Holt Chemistry and bought a Thames and Kosmos Chem kit. For Physics, we are currently using a myriad of resources, including Tiner's Exploring the World of Physics, DK Science Explorer, Usborne Science Encyclopedia, Basher Physics, and Power Basics Physics. For labs, I bought an Optical Science kit and snap circuits. We also did a semester of Paleiontology and a semester of Astronomy, for which I just pulled together very visual books. Oh, and we did a semester of Apologia's Anatomy and Physiology. Best of luck!

No cinnamon in them. Here's the ingredients. If anyone can identify what type of cookie it is, I'd be interested. I never know what to call them. You make the dough, roll it out, and cut it into shapes with cookie cutters. Oh, and actually, the recipe says roll to 1/2 inch thick, not 1/4 inch. I was mistaken before. Grandma's Plain Cookies 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3/4 cup shortening (Crisco), 3 tsp baking powder, 1 cup milk, 3 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/4 tsp lemon extract, 4-6 cups flour.

No, some cookies are just soft. Sugar cookies, for instance, or some cookies my grandmother made, which we call plain cookies but I have no idea what they are. Similar to sugar cookies, but less sweet. Not savory, just less sweet, made with shortening. We actually prefer soft cookies to crunchy cookies at my house. As I think about it, maybe the fact that they are thicker helps them to be soft. They are maybe 1/4 inch in thickness.

Another follow up question... so only crunchy cookies and crunchy crackers seemed to be allowed during Biscuit Week. What would the week have to be titled for soft cookies to be allowed? Cookie Week seems too limiting, unless you all have other things you call cookies, too?

Since no one had suggestions, I am going to throw out that I really like Remedia Publications two workbooks, Beginning Outlining and Outlining, to teach this skill. They obviously have examples in their books.

If you are disliking Singapore Math and your ds is hating it, I think it is a good idea to switch. Try BJU if it looks good to you. I don't think it is a mistake to try. You can always switch to something else if that's a no-go but maybe it will be the right thing. I do have to say for math, occasionally there is a "magic bullet" curriculum, one that just works really well with both teacher and parent.

I think crackers are also biscuits. But I have a follow up questions to cookies as biscuits: Do British people not eat soft cookies? And are soft cookies biscuits?

This is even easier if you buy Lil Smokies and throw those in instead.

I do not think that word means what the teacher thinks it means.

I would pull him out now, too. It's still early in the semester, and you can just start a fresh freshman year at home.

((hugs))