Posts by Super Pickle

This is our first year in OHVA with my 5th grader. He started homeschooling last year after Thanksgiving, but because I got pregnant, we decided to enroll in OHVA this year in order to lighten my load a little. We knew several families...

Take what the Director said with a grain of salt. She's going to have her own views and preferences about Waldorf and Montessori. She's also going to have an interest in encouraging you to enrol your daughter at the school earlier...

Like mom2qts, I've had 2 with epidurals and 2 unmedicated, and all 4 times birth was good. My second epidural I didn't need for pain management, but my midwife mentioned that it might help prevent shoulder dystocia, which I'd had with...

If a parent starts a child in school and then pulls him out, as opposed to being a homeschooler from the start, it's usually because there are problems at school. We pulled ODS out 1/3 of the way through 4th and don't regret it,...

Thanks for the tip, Satori. I will see what I can do to bypass some of this busy work that I feel he doesn't really need to do. Mostly the vocab, spelling, and grammar. And the art projects drive us crazy---does he really need to do...

Hold On To Your Kids is probably the best parenting book I've ever read, and I've read a LOT. I always recommend it whenever anyone asks for suggestions for reading.  As for feeling guilty when you're not playing with your kids,...

This is only my second year homeschooling my 11 yo DS. Last year we did our own thing, but since i got pregnant and knew I'd have a new baby this year, we decided to enroll in K12.  I agree that it is an awful lot of work for...

I'm not interested in the SAHM/WOHM debate...I've been a mom for 11 years and have been a SAHM, a WAHM, and a WOHM at different times.  Each situation was appropriate for our needs and wants at the time.   However, I do...

 means no spending   2/5   $25 for a performance raising money for a children's choir  2/6    $10 at a coffee shop; $16 at Target on snacks and laundry detergent 2/7  2/8  2/9...

  Quote:   208 + 19 = 227 CANCELLED 1 Security alarm system = 1 fewer bill REMOVED myself from 2 mailing lists = less junk mail RETURNED 5 library books TRASHED 2 toys 1 bag...