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A brag about me and not dd. I finished setting up our montessori-inspired homeschool this week and if I may say so myself, it is wonderful! DD3.9 loves it and spends most her day there. I am planning to start a separate thread on setting up a homeschool and posting some pictures and notes on how i went about it. I am still waiting for a couple of the materials to arrive by post but it is such an inviting place, even my dh loves to spend time in the homeschool.

And now a quick brag about dd. I asked her how we were going to split 7 apple between the 3 of us and she said, "mom, you can't. There will be one left. But then, you can cut it into 3 pieces so everyone gets 2 and 1/3rd."

Oh, congrats lovemydd! I know you've been working on setting up a prepared environment quite conscientiously. It must be satisfying to see your hard work paying off. Will be eager to read about your approach.

My DD14 has gotten 'specialty' invites for ultra-early application (the red-carpet apps) from a handful of elite schools during the past two weeks...

RPI among them, which is deeply ironic since they chased me, too.

Yes please! I need some inspirations and encouragement. DD was happy with her playroom/homeschool room for about 2 months then she got over it. Now, she's asking me to clear the room, install a ballet barre and sprung flooring so it can be her home ballet studio.

Grrrrrrrrrrr.

Yay for your DD! I hope she's excited about some of the schools that are courting her.

That's wonderful, HK!!

She definitely is tickled pink!

I feel a little bit like Cinderella's Godmother-- I knew it would happen-- but she (seriously) had NO idea. It's amazingly sweet to me that she's that self-effacing and lacking in arrogance, even while it can be exasperating that she shrugs off the amazing things that she does.

Congrats to your DD, HK. If she does decide to go to RPI, welcome to our neighborhood! I would love to help you guys settle in the new place.

Thanks, aquinas and Mana. I will start the thread soon. Mana, it has only been 3 days since the homeschool is open, so only time will tell how successful it will be in holding dd's attention. BTW, I love the idea of a home ballet studio.

This summer I've been having DS do a workbook that helps him with reading comprehension.

Typically, there's a story (in this case non-fiction) and a set of questions (a,b,c,d choice) and one "essay" question.

Today the subject was Presidents' Day. The essay question was: "Do you think it's fair that Washington and Lincoln are the only presidents who have a holiday? Explain.

DS wrote: NO! 2P/43P is 0.8% of the presidents have holidays...that is NOT fair.

Originally, he wrote that there were 130 presidents (but oddly, his original percentage was correct for the correct-ish answer of 43/44!) We went online and I showed him that actually there have been 43 individuals who have held that office, even though there have been 44 terms.

I was proud that he used his math knowledge to support his answer.