Posts by Turtlecouple

I was exactly like this as a child. I was incredibly shy and would hide behind my parents when spoken to by someone I was unfamiliar with. My 3rd grade teacher made me sit in the corner during class one day because she was sick of me...

We have at LEAST 2 birthdays each month except Sept and Dec. This is just for family and very close friends. I'm not even counting the parties my kids are invited to by classmate and teammates. We don't spend alot per person (about...

DS1 is 7 years old and he gets $7 a week. 50 cents goes into savings, and another 50 cents goes into donation fund. Every March (his birthday) he take the money in the donation fund and finds a charity he'd like to donate to. So really...

I totally get where you're coming from. We went through this when my oldest was born. He was also the first grandchild. My parents used to watch him about 4 times a week and there always was a new toy. It's a hard situation because...

Last year for DS's K teacher, we did a gift certificate to a spa from the whole class. She really enjoyed that. This year, DS has a male teacher which makes it a little more tricky for me to come up with something...for Christmas we...

So this morning at school, DS (1st grade) was waiting in line for school to start. He was goofing off with 3 other boys in his class and I wasn't really paying attention to what they were doing, I was chatting with another parent. Then...

I think what you did was fine! Since this was his first big project, he needs someone to help "guide" him along. It's hard to do something when you have zero experience! And it sounds like he did the majority of it himself! It sounds...

When I can pay for unexpected expenses...the last time we took our car in for an oil change, they found some things that need work. It felt so nice to tell them "yeah, go ahead" and not worry about trying budgeting for it!

Yes FAmom!!!!!! Me too!!   My youngest started pre-school this year, 3 days a week for 3 hours a day. I was panicking at first, thinking what am I going to do the 3 hours?!?!? OMG, I love it! Now I'm counting down the time...

I would put away money as opposed to buying things and letting them sit. My boys are 3 years apart and the improvement on a lot of the  equipment (most of them convince wise) is crazy! Also, products gain in popularity. When we...