Posts by SweetSilver

Thanks for bringing this up.  I think it took me a couple of years,actually, to be fully and completely in love with dd2.  It is not something I shared with anyone, and felt like a bad parent because I was not head over heels...

151.5   Finally, some progress.  Taking out the "big guns": trying to keep a food log because I've been doing some mindless snacking and eating waaaay too many chocolate chips.  Managing to fit it smallish walks here...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fillyjonk    (ooops sorry just noticed this was in the gifted forum, sorry, SweetSilver saw you and think I thought homeschooling! I don't identify mine as gifted or anything...

Hmmmm.... my girls aren't gifted or precocious readers and reading this level of books on their own yet, so that's an issue I can't comment on.  But I read them the Harry Potter series, starting at 5 for dd1.  She liked...

I'm contemplating a Super Soaker, but I don't think my girls like unexpected splashing, so he'd have nobody to play with.  So, I'm thinking of something else.... :(

Quote: Originally Posted by moominmamma    SweetSilver, the story about the birdhouse deserves to be written up as a featured article on some sort of curated unschooling website. Truly, there's so much wisdom...

16.  Groceries 15.  14.   No spend 13.    Co-op stop Another Dancin' Carrot to reward myself for staying in-budget for the week.  Could have been better, too! 12.  Much needed...

You'll need to go back to the contest thread and click on "Post a Reply".  That's right next to "start new thread" at the top and bottom of the page.  You can also just click on "Reply", located  at the bottom of any post.

We are the first drop on the C-2 route, and our guy is on time down to the minute--7am.  Once in a blue moon, he calls in advance to ask for an evening delivery the day before.  Busier routes, a later drop point, when the...

That little downtown is it for Oly proper.  West Oly has some big box stores, the mall, other Stuff.   I'll let someone else answer to live theater.  There is also the Washington Center, which is the main (and...