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Heather...I emailed you direct...tt ya soon!!

Joy

mamaof3peas and Jessi

I'm in Illinois...sounds like 1 1/2 hours from you Jessi?? We are in Bloomington. I was hoping HOD would go somewhere reasonably close also!!??

That's so sweet...you just never know what to expect out of those adorable mouths....

Mine is a tip...I think? Just do it ....but the way that fits YOUR family...there's the beauty of HOD. I spent DAYS looking and watching the "scheduling thread" that went through....printed out people's schedule...tried to make ours have all those great ideas....and that just wasn't working...so the...

It's completely true...that's so funny....I get done with school and claim....15 minutes mommy time....no kids aloud near me...before the baby wakes up...and I must read as many as I can...then as soon as the last child is sleeping blissfully...I'm off to finish...which my dh does not understand wha...

That is so sweet!! Thanks for sharing...I love stuff like that.

Tiffanie You are right on! I think our children are the lucky ones! I sit in amazement at the conversations I can have with my 8 year old about God...how amazing is that? She can talk about it...she can use the verses that we are memorizing...it is just a part of her day as math is....I LOVE that......

So you all seem like incredibly AWESOME mommies...and we are here in the midst of UTTER chaos most day....created by a toy dropping, screaming, yelling, foot stomping, toy throwing 16 month old....HOWEVER...we had a great moment today in LHTH with my almost 4 year old. As we read the stories for the...

I also must admit....we are truly blessed in that our family on both sides are extremely supportive...so I'm not sure what I would be like if I felt them bashing me in some way. I just wanted to say I wasn't "bashing" how you handled...I've never had to wear those shoes.

I don't know if this helps or not...but I have also learned NOT to answer in a question...so instead of saying, "yes why?" I go with..."I hope so." or "wherever God leads us." This seems to either end it for the party bc they don't know how to respond...or it gets a conversation started that I'm com...

This gets me so excited to start DITHR...I know my oldest could "do" it this year (2nd/3rd grade) but she can't take on any more "work"....so I'm going to start next year...YIPPEE...I'm so glad you are enjoying it...threads like this get me so excited!!

God is good!

Blessings to you and your family....I will keep you and your "wee one" in my prayers!

My heart and prayers are with you... I have a very distractable oldet child as well...I completely second doing as much work as possible when the baby is asleep...we have a 16 month old...it's a sprint to the finish line when he is asleep and NOT destroying everything!! Also, with my distractable ch...

My girls do each have a binder. We put their copywork and poem activities in it.

HTH

Oh I can SO relate...I have at times this weeks had a 15 month old "circling" the table yelling "ball ball...ball ball...ball ball" while we look at the globe for history....are we really learning when I have to raise my voice OVER him??? It's insane some days...and then he takes a nap....aaaaahhhhh...