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« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2007, 09:16:35 AM »
Quote from: steveg on August 18, 2007, 09:14:22 AM
Meta - you are evil and will roast in Hell for that one - see it's what I have always said... Girls, and women, are far more devious and evil than us wonderful, straitforward, uncomplicated and er.... modest  Whistling innocently Chaps!

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You should have posted this one ages ago in the confessions thread - it is spot on for there

Ah yes but had I posted it in the confessions thread it would imply that I feel guilt or remorse!  Evil
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« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2007, 01:21:09 PM »
Meta....that is absolutely classic!!! ROFL ROFL ROFL

the only mean things I've done were burnt my arm and cut my arm to frame my brother and get him into a lot of trouble.
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« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2007, 03:19:10 PM »
Meta,

Your townhouse is gorgeous.

Regarding schools for Madeleine, have you considered Montessori?  An advantage is that the classrooms are multiage so she'll be able to learn at her own pace.  Emma went to a Montessori preschool in the US and in the UK and we loved them.  Their approach is more holistic, too, so Emma had dance, yoga, gardening, and Spanish.   One disadvantage I could see would be from going from a structural environment to an environment where kids can select want they want to work on when.
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« Reply #18 on: August 18, 2007, 03:26:15 PM »
Quote from: Lotus Freak on August 18, 2007, 01:21:09 PM
Meta....that is absolutely classic!!! ROFL ROFL ROFL

the only mean things I've done were burnt my arm and cut my arm to frame my brother and get him into a lot of trouble.

And I thought I was a cruel big sister!  You two are bad, bad, bad.   Evil
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« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2007, 03:28:16 PM »
Quote from: B.Kay on August 18, 2007, 03:19:10 PM
Meta,

Your townhouse is gorgeous.

Regarding schools for Madeleine, have you considered Montessori?  An advantage is that the classrooms are multiage so she'll be able to learn at her own pace.  Emma went to a Montessori preschool in the US and in the UK and we loved them.  Their approach is more holistic, too, so Emma had dance, yoga, gardening, and Spanish.   One disadvantage I could see would be from going from a structural environment to an environment where kids can select want they want to work on when.

I think Maddy is going into 1st grade, isn't she?
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« Reply #20 on: August 18, 2007, 03:46:19 PM »
Quote from: Clarimonde on August 18, 2007, 09:16:35 AM
Quote from: steveg on August 18, 2007, 09:14:22 AM
Meta - you are evil and will roast in Hell for that one - see it's what I have always said... Girls, and women, are far more devious and evil than us wonderful, straitforward, uncomplicated and er.... modest  Whistling innocently Chaps!

 Grin Grin Grin

Steve

You should have posted this one ages ago in the confessions thread - it is spot on for there

Ah yes but had I posted it in the confessions thread it would imply that I feel guilt or remorse!  Evil

 ROFL I always loved that story!
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The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy, but we're not buying it. Next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser and your daughter's knocked up, I seen it a hundred times.
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« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2007, 03:47:30 PM »
Quote from: Lotus Freak on August 18, 2007, 01:21:09 PM
Meta....that is absolutely classic!!! ROFL ROFL ROFL

the only mean things I've done were burnt my arm and cut my arm to frame my brother and get him into a lot of trouble.


 ROFL ROFL You haven't lived til you mentally and physically torture your brother  Evil
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The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy, but we're not buying it. Next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser and your daughter's knocked up, I seen it a hundred times.
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« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2007, 03:50:29 PM »
Quote from: weesoul on August 18, 2007, 03:28:16 PM
Quote from: B.Kay on August 18, 2007, 03:19:10 PM
Meta,

Your townhouse is gorgeous.

Regarding schools for Madeleine, have you considered Montessori?  An advantage is that the classrooms are multiage so she'll be able to learn at her own pace.  Emma went to a Montessori preschool in the US and in the UK and we loved them.  Their approach is more holistic, too, so Emma had dance, yoga, gardening, and Spanish.   One disadvantage I could see would be from going from a structural environment to an environment where kids can select want they want to work on when.

I think Maddy is going into 1st grade, isn't she?

Well hopefully she will. Since she has completed a full year of formal education here and she is reading and such she really should be placed in 1st grade and not kindergarten but it will be up to the school.

I have considered montessori school but the only hing that holds me back is the cost. Most private and montessori schools in Florida seem to cost around $10k a year which I just dont know if I can do. As much as I resisted having my mother find a house for me at least it is one less thing to worry about when I arrive and I can concentrate my efforts on finding the right school for Madeleine.
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« Reply #23 on: August 18, 2007, 04:03:18 PM »
Meta, I just found this, I don't know if it will help

http://www.scholarshipfunding.org/en/about_children_first_florida.php
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The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy, but we're not buying it. Next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser and your daughter's knocked up, I seen it a hundred times.
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« Reply #24 on: August 18, 2007, 07:40:06 PM »
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 ROFL ROFL You haven't lived til you mentally and physically torture your brother  Evil

hey they did their fair share of torturing me ROFL Like the time we were playing hide and seek and I hid in an old cardboard box and they dogpiled the lid so I couldn't get out. This freak freaked out big time.

Quote from: weesoul on August 18, 2007, 03:26:15 PM

And I thought I was a cruel big sister!  You two are bad, bad, bad.   Evil

hahaha, I could tell you all sorts of stories but my brother truly deserved it. He rammed garden shears through my bedroom door, so he deserved the set up ROFL
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« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2007, 08:16:30 PM »
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 ROFL ROFL You haven't lived til you mentally and physically torture your brother  Evil

hey they did their fair share of torturing me ROFL Like the time we were playing hide and seek and I hid in an old cardboard box and they dogpiled the lid so I couldn't get out. This freak freaked out big time.

Quote from: weesoul on August 18, 2007, 03:26:15 PM

And I thought I was a cruel big sister!  You two are bad, bad, bad.   Evil

hahaha, I could tell you all sorts of stories but my brother truly deserved it. He rammed garden shears through my bedroom door, so he deserved the set up ROFL

Ah, well.  My big sister tortured me so I tortured my wee brother.   Evil 
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« Reply #26 on: August 19, 2007, 03:06:17 AM »
Your new place is beautiful. Smiley   Watch out for the gaters.
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« Reply #27 on: August 19, 2007, 02:56:56 PM »
Wow, it looks brilliant.   Smiley
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« Reply #28 on: August 19, 2007, 07:22:28 PM »
Quote from: weesoul on August 18, 2007, 08:16:30 PM

Ah, well.  My big sister tortured me so I tortured my wee brother.   Evil 

hey, there's nowt wrong with a little brother/sister torture...look at me I didn't become a homicidal maniac...I'm just homicidal Wink Evil ROFL
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« Reply #29 on: August 23, 2007, 02:26:45 PM »
Meta, the Florida home looks really nice.  I hope you will really enjoy being back in the States and that your move will not be traumatic.

Peace,
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