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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 1:00:02 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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Oh, I believe you Jeanie, lol. If Gabby wasn't such a chunk then we would have plenty of hand me downs, but she passed her older cousin up in size several months ago so no more hand me downs for us. Well... that isn't entirely the truth. Micah's boss gave us 2 big boxes of books and Montessori type toys. Such a blessing! Gabby can't use some of them now but they will definitely be useful over the next couple of years.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 1:06:09 PM
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Room2Grow
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We do three gifts for the girls (Jesus got three, you get three- good enough for God is certainly good enough for our kids!), plus stockings. They get stuff from grandparents, etc, so we feel no need to go overboard. Fortunately, most of our family is good about getting quality toys (blocks, etc.) or books/clothes. Somewhere around Thanksgiving we do a toy purge and pack up that which is good for the next baby, ditch what is broken, donate what is not played with- I have Eleni help (line up three things and she has to get rid of one- I rig this a lot with two favorites and a never gets played with). I am *hoping* that by building this habit early in their lives, they will be used to donating to those who have less- last weekend I got Eleni a "new" back pack with Hello Kitty for 50 cents and she has mentioned three times that we need to get rid of one of her other back packs for a girl who doesn't have one- I hope she keeps that attitude!
I really don't care to get gifts other than from hubby (who usually gets me something I really want but would never get for myself) and my parents- we are skipping adult gifts with several family members which is fine, 'cause it is often just "stuff" and I'd rather not have to feel guilty giving it away...
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 1:18:30 PM
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Oh, I forgot we are also getting the kids their own little brooms/dust pans. They LOVE those and somehow the one I bought Isaac last Christmas disappeared.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 2:40:47 PM
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Ryanne, I'm not sure how much it costs, but my parents have a Canon point and shoot... S-something or other IS. lol It takes some really good photos. It has some manual control on it if you're interested in that at all, but it's still strictly a point and shoot and much cheaper than a DSLR. IMO you can't go wrong with a Canon. My hubby has an A590 or something and it's decent, but the one my parents have is better.
We're not huge Christmas gift givers around here. We do some gifts, but pretty much only for each other (sometimes) and for my parents. I have no idea what to buy this year. I think this year we're going to start celebrating the Biblical holidays, and we'll be starting with Hanukkah. I'm excited.  We've been leaning towards this for years but haven't implemented it yet, but we want to start the traditions now so they'll be in place by the time we're parents.
I like that want, need, wear and a read thing. Good stuff! Though I already know my parents will be spoiling our kid(s).  It's ok though. They'll just have to keep some of the stuff at their house. 
Jeanie, did you try my chocolate cake recipe?? It's the best ever, I promise!
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 3:01:49 PM
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3cappuccinosmom
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Jeanie, we struggled with the Christmas thing too. Josiah still would prefer *no* gifts, but he's loosened up a little. What we finally settled on was that yes, we want to keep it about Jesus and keep the frivolity at a low level *but* it's not all about us. My mom is a giver. Graciously recieving gifts from her is a way we can bless her. I can understand that a little better than Josiah because I am the same way too. I don't care if nobody ever gives me anything again, but they'd better dare not tell me I can't give something to them.
We actually need to have a talk about this again. My mom had been doing pretty well but then started in with toys and stuff and now she's mentally and emotionally fragile and taking everything personally. <sigh> I don't even want to think about it. 
As for us, we do give small gifts, and try to make them thoughtful. I buy through the year and I'm lucky my family doesn't care if they're thrift store finds.  Honestly, though, I know my dad is going to *love* the glove/mittens I found which he's been looking for forever than some fancy brand new heated gloves I could get at the mall. And the gigantic hand thrown teacup. I'm the gift-lady in our small family as well. Josiah just doesn't do it and I understand why an accept it (plus he randomly does gifts at other times of the year). But he doesn't mind if I can come up with something that's super-cheap. And last year I hit the jackpot with an Ethiopian flag blanket for him. I used a walmart gift card we'd gotten the year before, so it didn't cost anything, and he was openly thrilled, which is pretty unusual for him.  This year we have a toolbox for the boys someone gave us, and I found some little bagged wood-working projects for each of them for .49c each.
My gift drawer is completely stuffed, actually, and everything's wrapped and ready. So now I can ignore the "holiday season" until Christmas actually gets close.
Well, that was a book I just wrote.
Josiah is down with a headache this afternoon and I think it's probably due to getting the news of his grandmother's death yesterday.  He loved her and he was worried about just that happening. His dad is sick too. I honestly wish he could just pick up and go for a visit, and we could actually afford a ticket. But he's worried about being able to get back here because he's not a citizen and he'd have to renew his Ethiopian passport anyway, which would take weeks. I feel so badly for him but there's nothing I can do to make it better.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 3:36:07 PM
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Ryanne,
Camera-wise, we *love* Sony Cybershots. Dave has an all-singing all-dancing one for his work, and Sarah has a simpler (cheaper) model which we just bought her for her 15th birthday. The software is easy to use too. Dave considered a Fuji, but opted for the Sony once he'd handled it.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 3:51:21 PM
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A kid can never have to many books, IMO.
Until there are 5 of them, and 8+ years worth of kids books. Yeah...gotta weed through some of them soon. Their bookshelf is overflowing and Noah has all his chapter books in his room already!
Maggie, I'm sorry about Josiah's grandma. That must be hard having family living a whole world away. I didn't realize Josiah wasn't a citizen. Somehow, I thought that happened when you married a US citizen...must not be, huh?
Christmas...we love to give lots and lots of stuff. However, we already have lots of stuff and my kids don't need things that they don't need. So we try really hard to make our gifts be things that they need anyway or things that we know they will absolutely love. This year, Hannah and Noah are getting new bedding that both need. We've picked up a few things already as we've seen them and immediately thought, "OH! Noah/Nick/Hannah/Levi will LOVE that!!!" Not sure about Esther...she's so little. She'll probably get binkies and socks from us. LOL Oh, and Sleeping Beauty because we buy all the Disney movies when they come out on DVD and Hannah will have enough presents already, so Esther will get her first Disney movie.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 3:58:55 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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Maggie, I'm sorry about Josiah's grandma. That must be hard having family living a whole world away. I didn't realize Josiah wasn't a citizen. Somehow, I thought that happened when you married a US citizen...must not be, huh?
I think you can then apply for a permanant residency visa, but you still have to do all the paperwork and wait the allotted number of years before you can apply for citizenship. My BIL was just naturalize about 18 months ago.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 6:15:30 PM
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Jeanie, do you have a flourless cake recipe, too? I would love one...
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 6:16:57 PM
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Lexi- you may need to scrape the dryer with a credit card type scraper to get the crayon off and not have it continue melting on other clothes...
Thanks for the advice! It actually only came off during the load it went in with. I dried quite a few loads afterwards and it didn't come off. It is definitely stained blue now (and it's my mom's dryer!)
Christmas - we don't celebrate Christmas. In the past we've gone to my mom's for lunch and Dh's mom for dinner but last year was so stressful at Dh's mom's I think we've decided to just stay home for the day this year. I'll probably make a bunch of snacks for the day then a nice meal and we'll rent a bunch of movies to watch all day long.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 6:37:09 PM
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So besides playing with mom and dad, what do ya'lls kids do all day that they don't play with their toys? If my kids didn't have toys they would be sooooo bored.
When I'm doing housework Akeelah loves to help. If I'm sweeping she holds the dust pan for me, if I'm doing dishes we pull up a chair and she "rinses." If it's something she can't help me with then we'll sing action songs (Rolie Polie, Twinkle Twinkle...oh and Akeelah loves Shake Your Booty) so she is busy doing the actions. I'll also put on music and she will dance all over the place.
When she plays independently she mostly reads books or she'll colour.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 7:27:41 PM
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So besides playing with mom and dad, what do ya'lls kids do all day that they don't play with their toys? If my kids didn't have toys they would be sooooo bored.
My kids play outside. The weather is agreeable most of the time here, our coldest spells are usually only a few weeks out of the entire winter. Isaac would prefer to play with sticks and string or ride his bike. Isabel fills her little outside play dishes with rocks and pretends they're food and coffee. In the summer we go to the creek and they take their buckets and nets and we catch crawdads and minnows. Isaac's favorite thing to play with at the moment is a flashlight from the dollar store. He likes to take it out in the yard at night.
They like to watch a few PBS shows in the morning, and go to the library in the afternoon. We do that a few times a week.
Isabel was tired earlier and wanted to play outside with her brother, but I couldn't watch her because I was busy, so I scooted a chair up to the kitchen sink and let her "wash" dishes with me. She had a ball.
They love to read books.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 7:53:16 PM
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Crystal how is your ear today?
Maggie I have been thinking of your mum, how are things with her?
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 7:59:54 PM
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/9/2008 10:06:00 PM
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Niece just wanted to play with the gifts she'd already opened. She would say "I'm tired." and that meant the end of gift opening; she's as stubborn as they come, and no one wanted to make a scene over something like gift opening.
SIL actually had some birthday gifts for her daughter that were never opened, but got saved for potty training rewards.
Greg and I are okay. Connection is an ongoing process, two steps forward, one step back.
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RE: SAHW/M Support/Encouragement--4 - 10/10/2008 5:23:23 AM
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Well, we're on our way...all packed ready to go out the door. Just waiting for my sister, she is 2 hours late. (she is notorious for being late)
I think I have everything packed... I just keep thinking if I forget something, they have stores there too, I'll just have to pick it up!
Have a good thanksgiving Lexie, Chelsea and Nicole!!(anybody else?)
Ruth, that is funny about him wanting to be read to. My little guy can't sit still long enough for a book!
Kim, what is your due date? I think mine would be middle of June...
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