She has grown so much taller in the past year that I think she'll be taller than me by sometime in middle school. I'm not ready for the boys to notice her, but being here in Evergreen is good since we have my family and so many friends that will happily let the boys know not to try anything untoward with her.
My only advice on potty training is to find a method that works for your kid and stick with it. I tried a lot of methods with Laurel and nothing worked until she decided she was good and ready to do it herself. My mom says it's easier for younger siblings to pick up on potty readiness and I can see it with my niece, who sits on her little potty after her brother goes to use the bathroom.
I hope she does, too! Music taught me a lot of self-discipline and -- as she's learning now -- a lot of my friends are people I share some musical history with.
It's a lot more of a stretch than the flute, which we already have at the house and both of my sisters could offer her help with. Thankfully between relatives and local friends, it looks like we can borrow both 1/2 and 3/4 violins as she learns. (I don't mind budgeting to buy her a full-sized violin down the road when she's ready for one.)
Cutie! Dang! I was much more awkward-looking by that age. Glad you both seem to be in a place you both can flourish! Good luck! I remember reading " nothing's fair in the fifth grade" at her age, and agreeing. It was good preparation for life In general.
I hit my apex of childhood cuteness around four years old and kept the same Dorothy Hamill wedge haircut until middle school, although it wore out being cute somewhere around third or fourth grade.
We are waiting for decisions on the combined state aid application, but I am confident she'll be accepted for the state children's health insurance program. Who knows how the rest of the programs I've applied for will turn out, but this time I am hungry (not physically) enough to sit through hours on hold.
I bought used paperbacks of Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You for Laurel this spring. I saw the cover of Nothing's Fair and it took me back to when my sister and I bought them from book orders and it was antsy taking turns with the books. There's a fourth grade prequel and two high school sequels to them, but I haven't read them. (The high school ones do talk honestly about sex, so odds are we'll have them available to read in a few years. I read Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes and Forever in middle school.)
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My only advice on potty training is to find a method that works for your kid and stick with it. I tried a lot of methods with Laurel and nothing worked until she decided she was good and ready to do it herself. My mom says it's easier for younger siblings to pick up on potty readiness and I can see it with my niece, who sits on her little potty after her brother goes to use the bathroom.
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It's a lot more of a stretch than the flute, which we already have at the house and both of my sisters could offer her help with. Thankfully between relatives and local friends, it looks like we can borrow both 1/2 and 3/4 violins as she learns. (I don't mind budgeting to buy her a full-sized violin down the road when she's ready for one.)
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Glad you both seem to be in a place you both can flourish!
Good luck!
I remember reading " nothing's fair in the fifth grade" at her age, and agreeing. It was good preparation for life In general.
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We are waiting for decisions on the combined state aid application, but I am confident she'll be accepted for the state children's health insurance program. Who knows how the rest of the programs I've applied for will turn out, but this time I am hungry (not physically) enough to sit through hours on hold.
I bought used paperbacks of Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You for Laurel this spring. I saw the cover of Nothing's Fair and it took me back to when my sister and I bought them from book orders and it was antsy taking turns with the books. There's a fourth grade prequel and two high school sequels to them, but I haven't read them. (The high school ones do talk honestly about sex, so odds are we'll have them available to read in a few years. I read Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes and Forever in middle school.)
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