Officials: Foster care system frequently neglects dental needs

Officials: Foster care system frequently neglects dental needs

There is just not enough time in the day to coment on this. As a supervisor in child protective services, it is very fustrating to me to have to remind Foster Parents that part of thier responsibility of caring for a child in thier home is making sure they get to the dentist. Just make the appointment please and take the child....this is part of what you agreed to do when you signed up to be a foster parent.

New School, New Grade, New Year!!!!

Tomorrow marks the begining of a new school, new grade, and a new year.  Steven will be starting private school tomorrow at "First Place Acadamy" (http://myfbct.com/776488)  in Trenton, Fl and in the 2nd grade. I am hoping that the smaller class size (only 8 in his 2nd grade class), new curriculum, and more one on one attention will allow Steven to excell. Last year he was in a classroom of 18 and though VERY capable of the work, was not finishing classroom work, staying in his seat, or listening to his teachers directions. This year Steven will be learing from the "Abeka Academy" which is a comprehensive virtual distance-learning program for Kindergarten through grade 12. This academically-challenging, college preparatory education features high quality video instruction and uses Christian character building textbooks from "A Beka Book". Each child will have thier own wireless headphones, and are supervised by thier classroom teacher while completing thier lessons. I am very hopefull that with the smaller classroom, more one on one attention, and with the curriculum being taught with the wireless headphones, that he will be able to focus more on completing his work.

I'm also happy about the fact that he is now wearing uniforms because it makes it so much easier for mom when it comes to laundry, and what to wear to school the next day :)  One less thing is ALWAYS a good thing.

Back-to-School Free Printables! | Scholastic.com

Please enjoy these 100 specially selected, free printables to help get your classroom back in the swing of the new school year.


Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Back-to-School Free Printables! | Scholastic.com

Worst Shopping Run Ever | Break.com

Worst Shopping Run Ever Break.com

Yes, this guy is unbelievably hammered, but check out the date and time. This happened at 10 in the morning...on a Tuesday.

Pinterest Is The Devil!!!

I am loving this website so much that I hate it!

 Pinterest is a virtual pin board. Pinterest allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. You can browse pin boards created by other people to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. This is all done by images! It's like "Google" but created by us.

You are able to create your own 'Pinboard" by giving it your own title, and then you can add images that relate to that pin board, that take you to the website. You can search "Pinterest" for anything and everything, and your search produces images that relate to your topic. These images are uploaded by other users of Pinterest. You can follow other "Pinterest" users, and also "Pin" other people's boards that you like, and it will be added to your board.

There are so many uses that this will have, I can't even imagine! Enjoy!

Wii Just Dance Kids 2

Here is an adorable video of Steven dancing to a new Wii "Just Dance Kids 2" game that he got from his "Grandma In the Woods". He could not wait to show me how he knew how to dance to all these songs! I tried so hard not to laugh when he was dancing because it was too cute.