Friday Chatter

Supafly · Guru

RE: Friday Chatter

Sonya · Guru

Laura, I was laughing that the two hurricanes so far this year were Ana and Bill. I wonder if Laura and Kate are coming this year too...

off to check.

apies · Guru

so here's a quick story about how one voice can make a difference. :grin:

our school district decided that they wouldn't bus from babysitters' homes or daycares anymore b/c people were lying about their school districts and sneaking kids into our schools.

i went to a board of ed meeting and suggested that if they weren't going to bus from those places, they needed to extend the before & after school program to the hours of the local daycare centers - 6:00am until 6:30pm.

guess what? they just posted an update on the district website that they're extending the hours of the before and after school program! AND they're not even increasing the tuition rates for the programs!

i'm stoked b/c it solves our daycare dilemma for when matt is traveling and b/c i know it will help out SO many other families who didn't know what they were going to do with their kiddos!

Supafly · Guru

Sonya wrote:

Laura, I was laughing that the two hurricanes so far this year were Ana and Bill. I wonder if Laura and Kate are coming this year too...

off to check.

lmao, I thought the same thing!! Go figure.

I did hear though that while it could still do damage, Bill is a lot less organized than he was a while ago, and they said by the time it makes landfall in Canada, they think it will be down to a Cat 1. So that is good!!

Sonya · Guru

Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda

Hilarious!

You don't mind if we call you Larry, do you?

I have a hard time taking a Hurrican Larry seriously.

Supafly · Guru

apies wrote:

so here's a quick story about how one voice can make a difference. :grin:

our school district decided that they wouldn't bus from babysitters' homes or daycares anymore b/c people were lying about their school districts and sneaking kids into our schools.

i went to a board of ed meeting and suggested that if they weren't going to bus from those places, they needed to extend the before & after school program to the hours of the local daycare centers - 6:00am until 6:30pm.

guess what? they just posted an update on the district website that they're extending the hours of the before and after school program! AND they're not even increasing the tuition rates for the programs!

i'm stoked b/c it solves our daycare dilemma for when matt is traveling and b/c i know it will help out SO many other families who didn't know what they were going to do with their kiddos!

That is great, April!! YGG!!!!

Supafly · Guru

Sonya wrote:

Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda

Hilarious!

You don't mind if we call you Larry, do you?

I have a hard time taking a Hurrican Larry seriously.

OMG, seriously???? Kate really is on the list this year???

LMAO. Larry.

No, you may NOT call me Larry. That's SUPALarry to you, TYVM!!! biggrin

Sonya · Guru

That is excellent, April.

Our daycare hours are 8 - 5:30. It works for us but would be very tricky for a teacher or even a professor who had to teach an 8am class.

Sonya · Guru

I'm naming all my kids off the hurricane list from now on.

Next baby: Larry

Supafly · Guru

Oh, I forgot that I am looking forward to using the new waffle iron we just got this weekend!!! It should be fun!!!!

Juanita · Guru

Sonya wrote:

Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda

Hilarious!

You don't mind if we call you Larry, do you?

I have a hard time taking a Hurrican Larry seriously.

Odette? I've never heard that name! There's a lady that works at the hospital named Onnette, but that's as close as I've heard

Supafly · Guru

Sonya wrote:

I'm naming all my kids off the hurricane list from now on.

Next baby: Larry

LMAO-I was thinking the SAME thing.

Juanita · Guru

April that's great news about the daycare dilemma!

Sonya, I hope Josie isn't sick; maybe she's getting a new tooth?

Hi Laura!

or Larry, whateva wink

happylib · Guru

We are back from all the testing E had done this morning. We won't know the complete results for another two weeks. We did learn a few things.

The Good:
Elizabeth is doing extremely well with her communication and language skills. This makes me feel better. We will need more details about the sequencing aspect of it, but the speech therapist didn't seem too worried about it when I asked.

The not so good:
Elizabeth's motor skills are a little behind. We know after briefly talking to the occupational therapist that they are sending in a "script" to have physical therapy testing done. She apparently is toeing out a little when she walks/runs and they are concerned about her "w" sitting. She also is not quite as coordinated as she should be. My dh has agreed to proceed with it but he is not convinced it's a problem

But at least he has agreed to do it. They will decide if she should have occupational therapy from there. It sounds like she will be getting some services from the physical therapy center.

I am sure there is still some more that we will find out in a couple of weeks.

We also found out something interesting about iron. Apparently you can be low on iron and not be anemic. They have been doing studies and children that are in this low category often have trouble sleeping. By giving the Flintstone vitamin with iron it often helps or solves the problem. They also did a study on college women that fell into the low category and when those women took iron their scores and perfomance at school improved. It apparently helps with memory retention.

So that was our day so far. I am tired now and trying to get some energy going so I can go out and do yard work while it's still cool.

sappy · Guru

it's quiet hour in my house.

ben is sleeping & the little kids get to watch a movie.

in a bit i think we're going to the library.

i hope they behave enough for me to get a book or two also.

my ex-sil lent me a bunch of books but most of them are from the same series and i started reading one and couldn't get past the first 2 chapters. rediculous, silly, smutty, trash. i just can't force myself to read them.

apies · Guru

thanks girls. i'm happy to have that weight off my shoulders.

i don't understand why they decide all the hurricane names in advance. i wonder how that started. and who picks all those names?

sappy · Guru

apies wrote:

so here's a quick story about how one voice can make a difference. :grin:

our school district decided that they wouldn't bus from babysitters' homes or daycares anymore b/c people were lying about their school districts and sneaking kids into our schools.

i went to a board of ed meeting and suggested that if they weren't going to bus from those places, they needed to extend the before & after school program to the hours of the local daycare centers - 6:00am until 6:30pm.

guess what? they just posted an update on the district website that they're extending the hours of the before and after school program! AND they're not even increasing the tuition rates for the programs!

i'm stoked b/c it solves our daycare dilemma for when matt is traveling and b/c i know it will help out SO many other families who didn't know what they were going to do with their kiddos!

april i am SOOO thrilled to read this!!

wtg girl!

sappy · Guru

Sonya wrote:

Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda

Hilarious!

You don't mind if we call you Larry, do you?

I have a hard time taking a Hurrican Larry seriously.

fred doesn't seem like too bad a guy either ....

apies · Guru

libby, glad to hear the day went ok.

interesting about the iron! one more reason for me to remember to give the kids their vitamins everyday!

Juanita · Guru

happylib wrote:

We are back from all the testing E had done this morning. We won't know the complete results for another two weeks. We did learn a few things.

The Good:
Elizabeth is doing extremely well with her communication and language skills. This makes me feel better. We will need more details about the sequencing aspect of it, but the speech therapist didn't seem too worried about it when I asked.

The not so good:
Elizabeth's motor skills are a little behind. We know after briefly talking to the occupational therapist that they are sending in a "script" to have physical therapy testing done. She apparently is toeing out a little when she walks/runs and they are concerned about her "w" sitting. She also is not quite as coordinated as she should be. My dh has agreed to proceed with it but he is not convinced it's a problem But at least he has agreed to do it. They will decide if she should have occupational therapy from there. It sounds like she will be getting some services from the physical therapy center.

I am sure there is still some more that we will find out in a couple of weeks.

We also found out something interesting about iron. Apparently you can be low on iron and not be anemic. They have been doing studies and children that are in this low category often have trouble sleeping. By giving the Flintstone vitamin with iron it often helps or solves the problem. They also did a study on college women that fell into the low category and when those women took iron their scores and perfomance at school improved. It apparently helps with memory retention.

So that was our day so far. I am tired now and trying to get some energy going so I can go out and do yard work while it's still cool.

Anemia is abnormally low red blood cells, or hemoglobin.

You can have all kinds of different anemia's: Iron deficiency anemia, Folic Acid Deficiency anemia, Vit B12 Deficiency Anemia, etc.

You just hear people talk about their "iron" being low, but that's not always what's causing the anemia

And I'm glad you got some good news. Why do they think the "w" sitting is a problem?

-- Edited by Juanita on Friday 21st of August 2009 02:01:41 PM