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[billie]

Hugs mellym, that's so scary

Yay for awesome teacher 186momx!

Glad DS is doing good and praying for a good surgery for your DD k3am

[twinmomma]

Kindergarten week 1 went so well! We had open house last night, and the teachers were both saying that the girls are doing fine, not phased at all to be apart. And DD2's teacher actually has twins herself, so she was all about making me feel more comfortable with everything. I feel like I can breath now that we made it through the first week with no issues. It'll only get easier from here!

I hope everyone's kiddos are feeling better soon!

[akafred]

Hard to believe Harvey is still wreaking havoc as it comes as far inland as Tennessee, but parts of Nashville are badly flooded. My house didn't flood in 2010, but much of the neighborhood did. Hopefully it won't come to that. I feel so bad for everyone affected in Houston (how tragic) and everywhere else.

[librarychica]

akafred, it's so heartbreaking. It stormed here for 4 hours last night and as I was laying there listening I kept thinking "imagine days of this, a week ..." I have been through hurricanes but, luckily, no major flooding.

I hope your house stays dry.

[librarychica]

Kindergarten is going well here, after a bumpy first couple of weeks. Idk if DD1 will ever really love school the way her father and I did but she seems resigned to it. We are practicing seeing the positive. If anyone has any ideas for helping cultivate a positive outlook, I am listening.

I want to get her involved in some volunteering too but I'm not really sure what to look for. We aren't members of a church and my office volunteering events are usually 12+. She will be 6 in the winter.

DD2 is trying to drop her nap. I don't know how I feel about this. She's almost 3. They get so big so fastZ

[billie]

Sept 1, 2017 6:35:15 GMT -5 twinmomma said:

Kindergarten week 1 went so well! We had open house last night, and the teachers were both saying that the girls are doing fine, not phased at all to be apart. And DD2's teacher actually has twins herself, so she was all about making me feel more comfortable with everything. I feel like I can breath now that we made it through the first week with no issues. It'll only get easier from here!

I hope everyone's kiddos are feeling better soon!

Not really relevant to your post, but this reminded me. My DD's teacher has 10yo twins. Early this year when DS was a newborn I frequently had to bring him to school events, and the teacher commented on how hard it must be to have one kid at a time! Lol

[twinmomma]

Sept 1, 2017 9:18:09 GMT -5 billie said:

Sept 1, 2017 6:35:15 GMT -5 twinmomma said:

Kindergarten week 1 went so well! We had open house last night, and the teachers were both saying that the girls are doing fine, not phased at all to be apart. And DD2's teacher actually has twins herself, so she was all about making me feel more comfortable with everything. I feel like I can breath now that we made it through the first week with no issues. It'll only get easier from here!

I hope everyone's kiddos are feeling better soon!

Not really relevant to your post, but this reminded me. My DD's teacher has 10yo twins. Early this year when DS was a newborn I frequently had to bring him to school events, and the teacher commented on how hard it must be to have one kid at a time! Lol

DH and I tell people this all the time! After you survive the first year of two infants, life is so much easier with twins! Automatic play mates, you don't have to go through all the terrible stages over and over, school stuff is essentially the same... It definitely seems easier to have two at once vs. spacing them all out. I highly recommend it!  

[k3am]

librarychica , some volunteer ideas that we've done with DD:

1. Neighborhood cleanups. These get posted on our nextdoor page a lot.
2. Race volunteers. They always need volunteers for various parts of each race. We did only this once, but my running partner does it pretty frequently with her daughter. (Honestly, she wasn't much of a help, but she enjoyed thinking she was helping) (ETA: This is really more you volunteering and them tagging along)
3. Making cards for kids in the hospital (http://www.cardsforhospitalizedkids.com/) or service members (http://www.operationwearehere.com/IdeasforSoldiersCardsLetters.html)

At this age, I think it's less about what you do and more about getting them involved in the idea of doing something for someone else.

[2chatter]

librarychica - we did most of our little kid volunteering through Girl Scouts. They have done litter clean up, food banks, hospital care packages, animal shelters, homeless support, trail maintenance, various drives (like blankets, coats, canned food), neighborhood projects, school projects like beautification and decoration for events like red ribbon week, planted trees for Arbor Day...you get the idea. I really like it for younger kids (elementary). DD in 8th is no longer in a troop but I'm her leader so she can continue on her schedule. Scouts can open doors where kids don't usually get to volunteer. Example: in elementary DD led a project to make tug toys from old shirts for shelter dogs. That led to a tour. Then she got donated and installed play structures for the dogs. Things like giant tires filled with wood chips and sand and plastic play structures. Some take adult help, but it's great for them.

[186momx]

librarychica try the human societies or animal shelters. Ours does a kid read to dog/cat thing. For our shelter you have to be 6 and it is only to cats. I just wish it wasn't Tuesdays from 2-4pm as DD was super interested but I can't get her there.

You my try the school PTO, they get the kids at DD school to help make posters and the older kids sometimes get to help at events too.

[mommyatty]

I ordered a new sewing machine that can do embroidery too. I'm so excited. And DH said that the little stuffed animals I've made the kids really were a huge hit while I was out of town this week. That made me really happy. I think he's trying to be very supportive of this hobby and me taking time for me, even if he thinks said hobby is pretty stupid and makes his house messy.

Next thing I'm going to try is getting the large riding toys out of our home office (which is separated from the house by a breezeway) and turning that into a sewing and craft room. I think it's a good use of the space and would be an excellent selling feature in the future. It was built by a woman who had a home business as an interior decorator, so it's well-suited for the purpose.

[twinmomma]

mommyatty, What kind of machine did you end up getting?

And if you're looking for a handy table for your supplies, this one is super easy to make. DH made it for me for my birthday one year. www.ana-white.com/2010/10/plans/sewing-table-small-spaces

[mommyatty]

twinmomma- I got a Brother SE-400. I liked my old Brother, and I really wanted to be able to do the easy appliqués. I showed DH a YouTube video, and he asked "Why don't you get a machine that does THAT?" When I said it was about $140 more, he laughed at me. It's paid for if I can just fancy up DD's school sailor shirts.

[librarychica]

There was seriously a Girl Scout recruitment event down the road last night. LAST NIGHT.

I am always late to these things. Lol.

I did just get an email that her class is adopting a classroom in Houston so we will build on that and maybe explore the GS idea. I had a not-great scouting experience but that was almost 30 years ago.

[librarychica]

Thinking of y'all, k3am.

[mustardseed2007]

k3am, I'm glad to hear she doesn't remember the last time. Hugs to you guys, I'm praying for you. It's a lot going on right now.

mellym, that sounds terrifying.