Posts by LuckyMommaToo

Oh, Jen Muise, you reminded me -- if there's a Fresh-and-Easy in your neighborhood, they do an easy and fantastic fundraiser where you save receipts for a few months. We netted around $3000 from that.

Our school (public elementary, also in L.A. area but more Valley-ish than you, I think) did a really successful fundraiser with this eco bag company last year: http://fundraiser.mixedbagdesigns.com/ Their phone covers are...

I agree with Miranda. What a gift to give your child a second language! Also, I lean toward schools with a slightly larger population. My daughter, an introvert, struggled a little socially in a small preschool (only four other girls...

Thanks for all of these great suggestions! Most of them are new to me. Can't wait to go to the library! -e

Some of my mom friends and I were discussing this -- many of our second graders have recently finished the Harry Potter series and LOVE it, both boys and girls. We are all scrounging around looking for other series to read, and HP is a...

At the end of first grade, DS took a computerized Lexile reading comprehension test, but up until then there was no standardized reading test. So his K and first teacher knew he was above grade level, but perhaps not exactly how above...

We're currently reading All-of-a-Kind Family and everyone is enjoying it. Caddie Woodlawn is another one I'd recommend. (Both of these are books I loved when I was little!) -e

Thanks for starting this interesting discussion! I was just thinking about how my gifted, extroverted, stereotypically boy-personality second grader has more true girl friends than boy. Right now his best girl friend is over for a...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Village Mama   I buy organic green coffee beans for 1/3 of the price of fancy ones and roast them on my front porch weekly. Um, care to tell a bit more,...

The answer varies on time of year. DS (age 8) plays soccer in the fall and baseball in the spring -- baseball will start next week. Currently, DS is also doing three after-school activities (I LOVE these b/c he goes straight to them on...