Posts by Erinz

You have to ensure the kids have shoes before heading into town. We live in a moderate climate so sometimes the kids go days without them! My son does Aikido once a week and we have to do a thorough scrub down before he gets into...

Had to give a big thanks for helping me find BFSU -- I've tried several different science curriculums and all seemed so disjointed and breezy. Nothing has felt solid and interesting, this one is going straight into my cart. We do...

Both of my boys (3.5, 6.5) participate in butchering days and always have (even when my youngest was in the backpack out of practicality because 2 pairs of hands are faster than one). We've only butchered meat we have grown (goats,...

Ponyo scared my (then) 5 year old, but all kids are different. Both of mine LOVE Little Bear (and the kind messages and interactions are so great). I also bought some Magic Schoolbus vids and they both like to watch them here and...

But on a societal level, don't I have some responsibility? It takes a village, right? Gah, it's such an internal struggle for me.

I have told her that I won't be around her kids anymore, a few years ago. The pool day was more of a fluke than a plan. I appreciate the input, and I do think it may be time to call it quits. I can't help to feel a cowardly or lazy...

I have a friend (J) who has similarly aged boys (mine are 3 and 6, hers are 2.5 and 6). We get along great, she is easy to be around when it's just the two of us (which is rare, so we hardly ever see each other). 2 years ago I...

My first went through a bolting phase at 3 years old too, one time I thought I had lost him forever because I was too pregnant to keep up with his speed. Heartbreaking.  I did a combo of setting expectations as Chicky2 explained,...

Thank you for that. I also find myself circling back to Enki, I'm really adjusting to the (exciting) idea that I get to pick his curriculum. I was traditionally schooled so all of this is very new to me.

I'm curious about this too. We just attended our first HS picnic as my son starts K next week and a friend suggested Oak Meadow but when I suggested it to our "teacher" (he's going to a hs charter here in CA, so he'll be in "class"...