Which reminds me, I need to order books!

Btw, erika, Emmett likes to watch Celebrity Deathmatch and a recent one was Piven v. Adrian Grenier.

Aims, DC has put out some awesome kid level comics with Batman!

I hate the ads that are on around here, for "Your Baby Can Read!", where these morons blither on about how their darling 18-month-old is reading at the 2nd grade level. As Hubby says, "Great, so long as you don't mind that the kid will never walk quite right or will have a speech impediment because you fucked up his proper brain development."

But Little Johnny can read before Little Janey next door, and you can brag about it at church on Sunday, and we all know what's really important, don't we.

Oopsy, spilled some chlorine in the shallow end of the gene pool.

I take cranberry concentrate tablets every day and I've not had a UTI in years

This is very useful thing to know about. I hate cranberry juice, but I'm always having it recommended for UTIs. I'll look into the tablets thing.

Can you replace Buffista-assured with self-assured? I have faith in you.

Aw. Heh. Thanks. I shall try for that. Buffista-assured!

Aims, I echo what everyone here is saying. I am not a mother, but I've been an English teacher, and I was a nanny before that. In the US, Britain and some other countries, we expect our kids to be reading much earlier than in other places, where they start school around 7. (Sometimes I wonder if that isn't better for them. In the UK system, we're currently pushing our kids through a punishing schedule of standardised testing almost every year, in order to meet 'targets' on their learning. I've seen some kids get turned off learning, long-term, by that experience.) At 5, enjoying stories and knowing letters sounds like a good place to be.

Yeah, I saw that one. I sent it to Fay, too. She has been very British about not mentioning it...personal favorite moments include Emmy-as-weapon and finding out Grenier has powers over the fish concession. Even though I did want them to give the guys a break, I've seen the show before.ETA; Seska, me too! You could cheat and put citrus soda in it...Sprite or whatever that's lemon-lime in the UK. Or take the capsules, which are the same as one glass,iirc. Because I already found the juice too tart, and now it reminds me of doctor's appointments...sexy! With the soda in it, it's a bit like a wine cooler or something, though.

Aims, DC has put out some awesome kid level comics with Batman!

I'll put Joe on it!

Funny story - Santa brought Emeline one of those ginormous coloring books. It is all DC characters. When she wouldn't clean her room and was therefore not allowed to leave her room on Sunday, she colored. She colored Green Arrow. She colored Green Arrow pink and magenta and gave him blue hair. Boy, talk about Joe's issues having to be held back. I thought he looked awesome. Oddly, Joe's face was the same shade of blue as GA's hair.

Can you replace Buffista-assured with self-assured? I have faith in you.

IME, Buffista-assured is the first step to self-assured. It's not a replacement but it certainly helps get you there.

She colored Green Arrow. She colored Green Arrow pink and magenta and gave him blue hair.

That's...actually fairly apt for him.

I just ordered $60 worth of books from the Scholastic school ordering thingie. Overcompensating much, Aimee?