Living in America... visitors welcome

[SuperBunny]

East Coast
MaNanny - Boston
Twinmommytobe - Boston
MuminCT - CT
Greatgooglymoogly - NY State
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Brooklynmom - NYC
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MKG - New Jersey
Mummimamma - PA
Poetmum - PA
Twirl - MD

South
Earlybird - TN
jabberwocky - AR
Sunchowder - Florida
Marls001 - Bentonville, AR
Tinpot - NC
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Midwest
SuperBunny- Chicago
Dodgykeeper - Dayton, OH
Chocchipcookie - Ohio
MonkeyLover
KickAssAngel - Ann Arbor, MI
MumofFivemeanschaos

Rockies
Alipiggie - Boulder, CO
Ribena

Northwest
AnnieLaurie - Seattle, WA
Dooneygirl - Oregon City, OR

California
SittingBull - nr San Francisco
Califrau - Milpitas
loopsngeorge - Brentwood, LA
Syd - Manhattan Beach, LA
SofiaAmes - LA
LATyke - Redondo Beach
CarmenSanDiego - San Diego

Texas
Texan - Dallas
Tiggyhop - Houston
Vixie78 - Houston
BananaPudding - Austin
Cosmicdust - East Texas

Canada
Hellish - Ottawa
Shouldlistenedtomymum - Hamilton
Nooka - BC
Jacksmama - Langley

Exotic Islands
Anorak - Bermuda
cp - Trinidad
Barefeete - BVI

Brazil
Albert

Yes, but I've probably heard "Quack" a few thousand hundred times today.

Quack

Dooney, do you really play golf?

Yeah, I'm weird like that. I don't like coffee or scrapbooking, so don't fit in with the majority of social opportunities around here.

I had no idea!

Not that I should know everything about you. Just that, well, you're a dark horse, aren't you?

Doesn't bother me. I'll post almost anything about myself, good, bad, or ugly.

I don't know about dark horse. I'd say more that I can be a list of walking contradictions sometimes. Or just plain crazy.

I'm still hearing quacking from the bedroom. I guess a nap was a bad idea today, but I really wanted to exercise in peace.

dd is not convinced that we're living in real life. she said, i half think it's real, but i also think it might be a story.
i asked if she meant that we were in a book/film, and she said yes.
thing is, i remember feeling like this - how do we KNOW our life isn't a dream/story etc, and that one day we'll wake up? of course, this is just a pretend life, but when i wake up to my true self, i'll be a princess!!
so, are dd & i the only ones, who went through this phase, i don't think dh ever did? are we freaks

lol, I can remember feeling like that

old macmumsnet had a farm ...

I can contribute 1 tootybootyhead to the farm

Oh, it is a good thing that this is a farm, as this morning Colin decided he was to be called "The Farmer". He farms ducks, just so you know.

Good good, we seem to have a nice plan and Colin in charge.

I went singing

I don't get to have these games at first hand anymore. dd plays them with her buddies (we get second hand stories instead)

Having Colin in charge is good????

Happy singing.

Colin is lovely. Dinner loves him. They could play chase all day.

And Caitlin would be running along a good 40 to 50 feet behind. But she'd be having fun, too.

could dd bring her fairies?

ok, a couple of questions.
Cali - do you have any idea how i could make 7 fairies for dd? we recently bought her the rainbow fairies books & having read them numerous times, she's now using thme as toys. i thought she might prefer 7 fairies in red/orange etc dresses? maybe i could just make 7 oufits for her barbies? (she has 3, all presents, she rarely plays with them)

everyone - i think dd is being taught at a level WAY below her ability. her reading is great - can read chapter books all to herself, completely unaided (i think like an 8 yo ability) her maths seems to have really suffered - she's doing stuff well below the level she had achieved in the uk, but doesn't always get it right, although she used to be way better than she is now.

any idea how i raise this with the school? we have an assessment sheet to send in before easter. her report seems not to recognise her ability at all, says she deons't yet know all the right names for letters of the alphabet!! (she uses english, not american sounds), and that she doesn't recognise all the numbers up to 100, but she can count, add, subtract, and used to multiply up to 200 or 300.(e.g 2 x 60 =)

so, it's my word against the teacher's. argh.

I know how to make faeries - I made several last week. But mine are flower faeries. Basicly:

Fold a long pipe cleaner in half, put a wooden bead on the top, over the loop of the pipecleaner. Push it down a cm or 2.

Cut yarn for hair and thread through the loop of the pipecleaner - push the bead up to the top to secure.

Cut 2" off the legs - use one for arms - twist just under wooden bead head. Then use a fabric flower petal for a dress, decorate with ribbons etc

Here for inspiration

Oh, excellent blog with instructions and photos here

My experience of US schools is that they are way below UK equivalent levels so I am not surprised that your DD is not being challenged. I do not know how to raise it with the school though - the places I have taught wouldn't care that you raised the issue, they'd just continue not teaching the way they always have.

Do you have any examples of her work from England? Or old school reports?

I do like Cali's idea of informing the school/ teacher of language differences. It would be very unfair for a child to be marked down for saying 'egg' instead of 'ayg' for example