Curves are like country roads
Monday, January 20, 2014
Is this true in your case?
Sunday, January 19, 2014
How to remove permanent marker from everything
Saturday, January 11, 2014
American Dog- Vs - Russian Dog
The Americans and Russians at the height of the arms race realized that if they continued in the usual manner they were going to blow up the whole world.
One day they sat down and decided to settle the whole dispute with one dog fight. They'd have five years to breed the best fighting dog in the world and whichever side's dog won would be entitled to dominate the world. The losing side would have to lay down its arms. The Russians found the biggest meanest Doberman and Rottweiler dogs in the world and bred them with the biggest meanest Siberian wolves. They selected only the biggest and strongest puppy from each litter, killed his siblings, and gave him all the milk. The used steroids and trainers and after five years came up with the biggest meanest dog the world had ever seen. Its cage needed steel bars that were five inches thick and nobody could get near it.
"When the day came for the fight, the Americans showed up with a strange animal. It was a nine foot long Dachshund. Everyone felt sorry for the Americans because they knew there was no way that this dog could possibly last ten seconds with the Russian dog.
"When the cages were opened up, the Dachshund came out and wrapped itself around the outside of the ring. It had the Russian dog almost completely surrounded. When the Russian dog leaned over to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund leaned up and consumed the Russian dog in one bite. There was nothing left at all of the Russian dog.
The Russians came up to the Americans shaking their heads in disbelief. `We don't understand how this could have happened. We had our best people working for five years with the meanest Doberman and Rottweiler dogs in the world and the biggest meanest Siberian wolves."
"That's nothing", an American replied. "We had our best plastic surgeons working for five years trying to make an alligator look like a Dachshund.'"
Born to create trouble
are your LO's spoiled like that?
Friday, January 10, 2014
Tips for babies good/bad
Some of these are really good, some are distasteful, and some funny,
make your pick, enjoy
Woman Posts Inspirational Video About Finding Herself And Losing Weight By Working Out For 100 Days
Determined to improve her life and regain control of her body, 348 pound Lakeisha Shurn joined in on the #giveit100 challenge. She uploaded a video every day for 100 days of her working out and her commentary on her weight loss journey.
“I have low self-esteem, I am going through depression, and I want to change all of that. Next hundred days I will be on the journey of losing weight and finding myself,” says Shurn at the beginning of the video.
What happens next is nothing short of spectacular. Despite both mental and physical challenges, Lakeisha continues to the gym every day and we gradually see her spirit brighten with each camera take.
After 100 days of pushing herself harder than she thought she could, Lakeisha lost eighteen pounds and two pant-sizes.
What makes Lakeisha’s story so motivating is that she secured a new healthy lifestyle, instead of just focusing on rapid weight loss to show off to the Internet. When it comes to weight loss, most people give up, try something extreme, or look for a short-cut.
Lakeisha, however, is proof that good, old-fashioned exercise and willpower can genuinely improve your mind and body.
The fact that she started at such a low point and got to where she is now all on her own makes her journey even more inspiring.
Lakeisha proves that you don’t need a fancy trainer, expensive juices, or special supplements to lose weight — it all comes down to believing in yourself.
Feeling motivated? Let’s see what you can do in 100 days.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
So this is what national tragedy looks like after 100 years?
So this is what national tragedy looks like after 100 years?
Social/emotional development of 6 year olds
Over these middle years you will see the gradual development of your child's social skills and an increasing ability to relate to the outside world at school and with friends. Children have a great desire to fit in and be accepted by their peer group, and some degree of peer group acceptance is essential for their self esteem.
Try to help them negotiate their way through the peer group 'rules' about what they 'have' to wear and what is acceptable to take for lunch. You can help them come to some sensible compromises between family values and peer group values. Peer group values are sometimes both rigid and superficial, but cannot be completely ignored.
At these ages many children want to play with children of the same sex and sometimes stereotype members of the opposite sex. This is normal, and offers you the opportunity to point out that both sexes are capable of doing lots of different things not just 'boy' or 'girl' things.
While children of six and seven share activities and enjoy each other's company, it is usually not until they are eight that they begin to be capable of truly imagining what it is like to be the other person and forming sustained friendships. They have lots of energy, and because of their sometimes narrow and rigid emphasis on sticking to 'the rules' their efforts to play together in a group can easily go astray. Adult guidance and assistance can help to keep their play positive.
At different ages and according to personality children in these years are likely to be full of bravado and over confidence, or conversely full of grave doubts about themselves.
- They will be beginning to be more responsible.
- They will have some understanding of rules at 6 years and at 7 may want to add some rules of their own.
- They will be starting to be more careful of their own belongings (at about 9 years).
- They will like to win at games but will not yet be able to lose cheerfully.
- They may tell lies or steal. They may not yet have fully developed the adult understanding of right and wrong.
- They will be starting to like team games (8 years).
- They will like going to school unless they have some problem there.
- They may have problems with friends; most children do from time to time.
- They are starting at 8-9 years to understand another person’s view of things.
- Most children enjoy going to a sleep-over at a friend’s house.
Social/emotional development of 5 year olds
The family is still the centre of the world for five year olds. Although they will want to play with other children and may form some simple friendships, their important emotional life is still located inside the home.
They come in contact with different ideas and ways of behaving at school and also have to fit in to a whole new system or rules that might be very different to those at home. This can be confusing and tiring, so don't be surprised if your five year old is clingy, bossy or teary, especially after school. Each child responds to pressure in his own way.
Five year olds can share and often feel sympathetic to others, although they are not able to be responsible for younger brothers and sisters. Five year olds notice a lot about being a boy or being a girl and often the sexes play separately.
- Your 5 year old is becoming more independent and in control of his behaviour. There will be fewer arguments and few tantrums.
- He is beginning to understand what it means to follow rules in a game and to be fair. However expect at times that it may be too much to cope with, and he will cheat or get upset or not want to play. See the topic Winning, losing and cheating.
- 5 year olds love to play together rather than playing by themselves.
- They will often ask for permission before they do something as they are starting to learn about rules and right and wrong. “Can I” can be heard often.
- Your 5 year old can be reasoned with. He asks serious questions, and wants to be taken seriously.
- 5 year olds are still very attached to their parents and may be upset when they begin school. See the topic Starting school.
- Your child will be mostly independent in dressing and eating but may still have some difficulty cutting with a knife.
Developing understanding
Five year olds are beginning to get enough of a view of the world to be able to understand that differences can exist side by side. They begin to understand about values and they can understand that different families value different things.
You can help your five year old understand that difference is not "yukky" and explain to them why you do things in a particular way in your house. They like rules because the world is opening up to them quickly and rules offer a way of doing things that stops it all getting too confusing.
- Five year olds understand a lot more about things like space and time, but most five year olds are not able to tell the time yet.
- Your child will become very good at sorting things by colour, shape and size.
- Five year olds can draw a person with a head, body, arms, legs and features such as eyes, nose and mouth.
- They can draw a house with doors, windows and a roof.
- Your 5 year old can copy letters and write some from memory.
- They can name four colours and match 10 or 12 colours.
- They can recognise letters but do not necessarily start to actually read yet.
- At 6 years your child will be able to arrange objects from smallest to largest, shortest to longest, and lightest to heaviest.
- A 6 year old will understand that the quantity of a thing remains the same when arranged differently, eg that a ball of clay is the same amount when flattened out, or when water is poured from a fat jug to a tall thin one, it is still the same amount of water.
Social and Emotional development of 3 year olds
Your two year old is learning about relationships.
- They are sometimes able to imagine how other people feel, but most of the time their own feelings of jealousy and loving passion for the people in their family are so strong that they don't have room for imagining other people's feelings.
- They are starting to try and keep their feelings inside and can feel very bad if they think they have done a wrong thing.
They can often play together for short periods but easily get upset and cross with each other.
- A 2 year old is still learning to see himself as a separate person and therefore often wants to say "No".
- He knows what he wants and may appear quite bossy and become cross when he cannot do something or is stopped from doing something, because he hasn't really learned to manage feelings yet. As a result temper tantrums are quite common in this age group.
- A 2-3 year old may play with other children for a short while but he cannot share. He acts in response to what he wants and may grab and push.
- A 2-3 year old finds it hard to wait or make a choice.
- A 2-3 year old cannot yet understand reason or control his impulses - he may know what you want him to do but he can't yet make himself do it if he wants to do something else.
- Your child loves to copy what adults do and the way you look, eg making houses out of boxes and rugs, dressing up, digging in the garden.
Social emotional development to a 1-2 Year old kid
It is in the course of this year that your toddler understands that he is a completely separate person from you. This not only causes him to worry about the possibility of you leaving him but also causes the much repeated words "me" and "mine". The whole notion of owning something needs first to have a self to own it. Having his "own" way or declaring an object "mine" is, by repetition, a way of coming to grips with this exciting and rather frightening new idea. It is hard to understand what something is unless you also know what it is not, so your toddler may also be into opposites - probably mostly the opposite of what ever you are suggesting at the time!
Although they can often understand many words, children in their second year cannot grasp abstract concepts - they are strictly concrete thinkers. They often do not respond to spoken commands and need to be lifted down, moved away, distracted from and picked up very often indeed - even though they seem to understand 'no' they are unable yet to control their impulses so they will still do the forbidden. Parenting an 18 month old is physically as demanding as a strenuous course at the gym.
- Your child will be curious and energetic but he depends on an adult's presence for reassurance and needs a lot of adult attention.
- Your child is very attached to and dependent on parents and likely to be afraid of separation because he does not yet fully understand that you will come back.
- He enjoys playing with an adult and likes repetitive games.
- He shows interest in other children but usually plays alone. He has no idea of sharing at this age and cannot be expected to share.
- He will imitate actions and games of others, eg talking on a toy telephone.
- He may be more cooperative in dressing because of a desire to imitate adults and "do it myself".
- He may want to "get it right" and experience unbearable frustration if he can't achieve mastery over a task.
- His ability to feed himself is slowly improving and he is likely to be choosey about what he eats.
How old will your LO be when you will put him through religion?
To some kids that maturity happens at the age 10 and to some, a little later.
What would be taught to kids before that would be an imposition and could attract a counter effect of defiance to what they have learned previously and come totally against it and start living in the opposite direction.
Another thing to think about prior to dressing up for Sunday church
Social and emotional development of 4 year olds
Four year olds are moving out into the world and can usually play happily with other children and enjoy lots of physical games as well as stories.
- They are learning to understand about the feelings and needs of others, and their behaviour shows that they can feel sympathy for others and can share their toys and take turns, at least some of the time.
- They may sometimes feel jealous of their parents' relationship.
- Parents can help by letting them know that their relationship is important to them, and that each child will also have the opportunity to find their own special partner when they grow up.
- They often develop favourite games like "mummies and daddies" and "superman". These games allow them to try out various adult roles for a while.
- Sometimes the roles they take may conflict with your values as a parent, but if you allow them to play without making them feel that it is wrong, they usually let go of that role once they have worked through what it means.
- The world can seem like a scary place to four year olds. They need their parents to provide a pattern of daily living that gives them a safe basis from which to explore.
- For example, children need to know what happens at breakfast, what they will be doing during the day and what special things happen at bedtime.
- They also need to know that their parents will set safe limits to their behaviour.
- Even though they may seem confident, it is very scary for young children to feel that their parents cannot manage them.
- Four year olds begin to organise games and make friends.
- Four year olds can be quite bossy with other children and may still have a few tantrums when they don't get what they want.
- They can usually separate from parents/carers without distress. This may not happen if there have been upsetting separations in the past.
- Their sense of humour is developing and they are likely to laugh at funny situations.
- Some of their behaviour is "over the top" - noisy, boasting, exuberant.
- They play quite complicated make believe and pretend games, eg fathers and mothers.
- Some have imaginary playmates. This is more likely if they don't have other children to play with. This is not a sign of developmental problems.
- They have not yet worked out what is real and what is fantasy and may tell stories (lies) in order to please parents.
- 4-5 year olds can go to the toilet by themselves, use toilet paper properly and flush the toilet.
Monday, January 6, 2014
The most touching love letter ever
My Dearest Susan,
Sweetie of my heart. I've been so desolate ever since I broke off our engagement. Simply devastated. Won't you please consider coming back to me? You hold a place in my heart no other woman can fill. I can never marry another woman quite like you. I need you so much. Won't you forgive me and let us make a new beginning? I love you so.
Yours always and truly,
John
P.S. Congratulations on you winning the state lottery.
25 Manners every kid needs to learn by age 9 (part 2)
I received this thought I should pass it on
25 Manners every kid needs to learn by age 9 (part 1)
I received this thought I should pass it on
Funny marriage quotes
Many a wife thinks her husband is the world's greatest lover. But she can never catch him at it.
Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give. -- Cass Daley
Marriage is a mutual relationship if both parties know when to be mute.
Marriage is a rest period between romances.
Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.
Marriage is a trip between Niagara Falls and Reno.
Marriage is an institution--but who wants to live in an institution?
Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo...
Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Here's an interesting food fact
Sausages are a variety of foods. Therefore not introduced all at once in the baby’s diet. You start giving those who chew more easily, such as cooked ham. They should be selected which have less fat to provide the baby. Some types of sausage, prosciutto and are difficult to chew and swallow, so we should not give up completed one year of age at least.
- They are derived from meat and offal. It is a very heterogeneous group in terms of its composition.
- The ham has up to 40% protein.
- Other products have only 20% protein and a higher proportion (20 to 50%) of saturated fat.
- Some include in their manufacture: flour, spices, flavorings, dyes, …
- All contain enough salt.
In general, the sausages are a good source of iron, but due to other excesses (salt, fat, cholesterol), should be taken in moderate amounts.
Most suitable for children are some ham and turkey products with low fat.
Fan question Leslie J
My 11 year old step son who lives with us full time cannot get it through his head that he needs to flush the toilet. At least three times a week we find poop left in the toilet after he's been in there. We have talked to him repeatedly about this. He is also not wiping his butt. We are so frustrated, help!
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Choice of gifts for 2 year ols
A 2-year-old is bursting with energy and curiosity, so you'll want to find activities that grab his attention. As he gets more mobile, he'll take an interest in toys he can push, pull, and drag around with him, like a pull-toy duck with flapping feet or a mini shopping cart with his favorite Barney safely installed in the seat. He'll also get a thrill out of things that challenge his mind, like tray puzzles or large construction blocks. Read on for our list of choice gifts for 2-year-olds.
Tricycle
A toddler will delight in tooling around on her tricycle — great for building her sense of independence. All by herself she can go like the wind (or a light breeze) as she learns to pedal. Choose a model with a wide base for stability. Some have adjustable seats or other options like under-the-seat storage. You can also get a tricycle with a detachable push handle and a pull-down foot rest so Mom or Dad can take over when she gets tired.
Wagon
What little one isn't charmed by a classic red or earthy green wagon? Tired from the park, she can sit back and enjoy the ride home while mom knows she's safe right behind. At home in the yard, she can push and pull the wagon herself or just pile her toys in it.
Birthday Time Machine
Find out what happened in history on your child's special day.
Art supplies
How we treasure those early scribbles! They go on Grandma's refrigerator, and Mom's wall at work. So how better to encourage a budding O'Keeffe than with an art kit? Give her the tools she needs — markers, crayons, watercolors, and construction paper — and watch her go. Don't forget to check labels to make sure everything is nontoxic and washable.
Play kitchen
Get your child ready to be Rachael Ray, Jacques Pepin, or Emeril with a play kitchen. Toddlers enjoy playing with plastic fruits, vegetables, pots, and spatulas. Food toys let him imitate what grownups do in the kitchen and will hold his interest for a couple of years even as his play gets more sophisticated.
Sand toys
Sandbox time will be more fun with a pail and shovel — she can build a castle or just make piles. For added interest, consider a bright yellow dump truck or front-end loader. She'll have a grand time loading up trucks and dumping her cargo.
Books
A gift of a book is fitting at any age, but for a toddler you should be looking for books with more than just a few words on each page and more complicated story lines than basic baby books have. Search out some well-tested favorites, such as Eric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar or Dr. Seuss's There's a Wocket in My Pocket. Or visit a bookstore and pick out something new that catches your eye.
Bath toys
It's easy to turn bath time into fun time (or even zoo time!). Beyond the requisite rubber duckies, you'll find bath toys that can help get a child clean. Look for hippo or tiger bath mitts or fish or bear soap.
Large construction blocks
A phenomenal favorite, blocks are perfect for building a toddler's growing skills — grabbing, stacking, and sorting. Make sure the pieces of the set you choose are big enough so a toddler can't fit them in his mouth. You want to avoid a choking hazard. He can experiment with how many blocks he can pile up before his tower topples, or just enjoy sorting by color and shape.
Pull toys
You might remember dragging an old chime toy around behind you — pull toys have endured as a universal toddler pleaser. Most of the toys in this set have at least one bell or whistle — some also have flapping ears, wagging tails, or slapping feet. It's a good bet that if you find one you like it will also appeal to the 2-year-old in your life.
Puzzles
Toddlers take great delight in the intellectual challenge of puzzles, and he'll learn shapes and colors along the way. Choose one of the many beautiful wooden animal puzzles in your local toy store or check out a map of the United States puzzle, and give him a head start on geography.