***Disney Design Addict's Chit Chat,Designs and Pixie Dust! Everybody WELCOME!*** Part 3

[Glynis]

Glynis - I am glad your weight is coming down!!! I think you are very brave and am glad we can all be here for you!!! That is why the DDA rocks!!

to add the new signature

you will need to go to your user cp - then choose edit signature then paste this in your signature

but delete the three !!! -

then save your new signature and you should be good to go!!

Thanks so much for your support and for my beautiful new siggie!!!!!!!

You truly are the queen!

 

[my3princes]

Hey thanks guys for pointing out that I got tagged. I hadn't posted today so I didn't even notice. Thank you tag fairy, I'm not invisible!!

I have a delicate issue that I'm trying to deal with. I'm not sure why I'm having issues with this as nothing has really changed, only my perception. I had my teacher conferences for my older 2 sons yesterday. My 8 year old was first. It started out like all my other conferences as he has had this teacher for the last 2 years. She then starts to tell me that he has solved some difficult math problems in his advanced math group. I was proud of him but didn't think too much of it as he loves math and is always figuring something out. Then she went on to say that he has an extraordinary vocabulary and is always blowing her away. Ok I was getting even more proud, but that embarassing, I don't know how to act feeling was setting in. She then gets up and calls the guidance counseler to have her join us. This was very odd. She is also the coordinator for his advanced math group so I assumed it was to talk about that. Well, apparently, they now consider him gifted and used terms like brilliant to describe him. They actually spent more time talking about there concerns of how my 10 year old was adjusting to his little brother. He is solving 6th grade math puzzles in 2nd grade. To be honest we hadn't noticed what was going on. He never brags or rubs it in to our older son or his classmates. He is very social and he is a very good athelete. The guidance counselor said that he is very advanced accross the board. He has much better hand eye coordination than most boys his age (she was amazed at how he could jump rope with the girls as that is apparently something difficult for 2nd grade boys). I had to laugh as I knew that he was jump roping, but he is doing it cause he likes girls. . The teachers want us to make sure that the older son gets involved in something that he can excel at. The problem is that they do everything together and there is no competition between them. How do I tell one that they can't try something because the other needs and activity of his own. They wouldn't understand as we have always encouraged all of our boys to try everything and have never told one that they couldn't try. My older son is not atheletic and doesn't care about sports. He does well at school and his teachers said that he is doing his 4th grade work at the appropriate grade level. I'm proud of him as he really doesn't like school. Older son has joined band this year and really enjoys it. I told the teachers that maybe middle son wouldn't like band and we would have separate activities there. They informed me that he they wouldn't be surprised if he could already read music. I know that this is getting long and I'm not bragging or complaining here. If these were your children and they are as close as two boys could be, would you leave things alone and just see what happens or would you start to encourage individual interests at the risk of not allowing one to try something new. I am inclined to forget about what I was told yesterday and go on with life as it has always been. We've always known that He was athletic as he could do head stands at 2 and he was doing 100 piece puzzles by 4. To make things more challenging he would do them cardboard side up. This doesn't bother older brother so why should it bother me. I hope this makes sense as I feel like I am rambling. What would you do?

Deb

PS. We haven't mentioned any of this to either of the boys as I don't think they need to know.

 

[bear74]

Holly Cow! I got off at around 5pm when DH got home to spend time with him and of course to watch LOST! So I check my email this AM click on the link in my email notification and find out we have moved again.

 

[Tammi67]

Deb - my thoughts are always that you know your family best and textbook answers are not always the appropriate ones. From what you describe, I would leave things as is until it becomes a problem in your house. Like the old adage goes: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

OK, I have to get ready and head to work. I will check back in with you all later. Have a good day.

 

[bear74]

I forgot to say congrats to all of you that got tagged. I proablly will never get tagged as my life is quite boring.

 

[Steffy]

OMG!!!!

you guys should read what they are saying about us on the scrapping board!!!

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=954249&page=4

HELLO!! Who are the ones acting like they are in High school!!!

I love you Kate, but no. I don't want to even look at any negativety. None. We haven't had any, I'm not going looking for it.

I am just so happy to be here!!!!

And just want to thank you for the new logo! It's da bomb......

 

[disneyeveryyear]

I live about an hour south of Springfield. Maybe we could meet with DisneyEveryYear there and have a dda meeting!!!

Sounds awesome to me!

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Guys - there seem to be some people on the craft board who are not happy about us getting this board -

If they post negative things over here - instead of responding let's just report their posts - you can do this by clicking on the triangle with the ! in it - on the bottom left of their post

 

[Steffy]

Hooray for Queen Kate and your diplomatic respone to the naysayers!

I'm just so happy to belong to this great group of people! I talk about you all the time to my family, and they think I'm speaking about people who live in my hometown, and in a way, I guess, you do! You have given me so much more support than so - called friends that live on my own street. You have inspired me, taught me things, let me lurk when I want, and welcomed me back when I had something to say. I'm just so grateful that I went to the Trip Planning Boards one day last summer and saw this thread. I was simply hoping to find some ideas for shirts for a family trip to Disneyland and along the way, I found a family. My husband, too, is grateful to you for your support during a very hard time for me, post-surgery. I HONESTLY don't know what I would do if I couldn't come here and listen to you banter, see your designs, and learn a little more about each of you.

Wow! That turned quite sappy, and I didn't mean it to. Anyway, back to business. Kate, I'm happy with any signature you design for us. However, I have no idea how to get it to show up for me. Can you walk me through it?

One last thing: did the tag fairy hit our board lately? I don't remember seeing Paul's tag about hunka hunka before this morning. If it's new, CONGRATULATIONS! If it's old, sorry I didn't notice before now.

Ok, back to the boards to catch up and revel in our new home!

Love Ya, Mean It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUst how I feel. Feel better Glynis!! And lose that weight!!!

 

[bear74]

Hey are their any DDA's in austin or near Austin, TX I mailing address is actually Dripping Springs though I live about 7 miles outside of it and have an Austin #.

 

[bear74]

Hi Julia and BK,
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Translation. Hi princesees I like your princesee costumes and hat.
Olivia

 

[miss missy]

OMG - I thought your name was Missy!! has it been annoying you that I address you as Missy???

That is too funny - see that is why the introduction thread is a good idea


OMG - Clare is going to FLIP out when she gets home!!!!!!!!!

Anybody who hasn't been around tonight is going to Freak!!!

OH - thanks for the ego stroke!!! it definately needs to be fed every once in a while!!

It was about back here that I have to catch up on LOL you would think it is missy... I never said differently, I usually just go with it LOL

 

[tinker1bell]

I really love the design. But I am biased

 

[lmartin2711]

My3princes..................Your middle and oldest son sound just like my two boys. 8yr old in 2nd grade and 11yr old in 6th grade. My 8yr old excels in everything over my 11yr old. My 11yr old doesn't seem to have a problem with it or even notices. He did notice that my 8yr old was better at football than he was but just said it was easier for my 8yr old since he is playing 6/7 year olds and he was playing 11/12 year olds. We always show equal attention to both of them. My 6th grader struggled thru K-5th and finished with B's....sometimes during the year they would drop to C's but he would bring them up. My 2nd grader is in focus....the gifted class.....and is making all A's. They are like oil and water being complete opposites but always get along and play well together. I am glad that God game me two complete different boys so I can love me both equally in their own unique and different ways.

Hope that helps......there are other "Proud Mom's" just like you out there.

Lynn

 

[miss missy]

Physically I'm feeling wonderful. I weighed myself today and I'm 20 pounds down! I'm officially 1/5 of the way to my target weight! I haven't been this low in about 3 years. So that's terribly exciting!

Emotionally, it's a real roller coaster. More than I expected. I can cry at literally nothing. DH laughs and says I was that way before the surgery, only now it's magnified. Luckily, he just passes the tissue and pats my back. I don't know what I'd do if he told me to snap out of it. I'd probably bite his nose off.

So, all in all, things are good and I don't regret my decision. Perhaps by the time we have a DDA meet that I can attend, I'll be back down to my pre-wedding weight. Wow! I haven't even dared think about that weight for so long, I don't know what I'll do with myself if I ever actually reach that goal!

Glad your getting better. Take your time and take care of yourself!!! Your body just went through heck, give it time to recover and it will.

You'll be running around WDW in no time!!!

 

[disney newbie]

Just wanted to post to see if my new sig showed up.

 

[disney newbie]

MyThreePrinces:

As a teacher, I can understand where your son's teacher is coming from. But, as a parent, it sounds like you have a good handle on things. I would leave things as they are but keep it tucked in the back of your mind. If you see things starting to happen, you may then be able to make some changes.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Hey thanks guys for pointing out that I got tagged. I hadn't posted today so I didn't even notice. Thank you tag fairy, I'm not invisible!!

I have a delicate issue that I'm trying to deal with. I'm not sure why I'm having issues with this as nothing has really changed, only my perception. I had my teacher conferences for my older 2 sons yesterday. My 8 year old was first. It started out like all my other conferences as he has had this teacher for the last 2 years. She then starts to tell me that he has solved some difficult math problems in his advanced math group. I was proud of him but didn't think too much of it as he loves math and is always figuring something out. Then she went on to say that he has an extraordinary vocabulary and is always blowing her away. Ok I was getting even more proud, but that embarassing, I don't know how to act feeling was setting in. She then gets up and calls the guidance counseler to have her join us. This was very odd. She is also the coordinator for his advanced math group so I assumed it was to talk about that. Well, apparently, they now consider him gifted and used terms like brilliant to describe him. They actually spent more time talking about there concerns of how my 10 year old was adjusting to his little brother. He is solving 6th grade math puzzles in 2nd grade. To be honest we hadn't noticed what was going on. He never brags or rubs it in to our older son or his classmates. He is very social and he is a very good athelete. The guidance counselor said that he is very advanced accross the board. He has much better hand eye coordination than most boys his age (she was amazed at how he could jump rope with the girls as that is apparently something difficult for 2nd grade boys). I had to laugh as I knew that he was jump roping, but he is doing it cause he likes girls. . The teachers want us to make sure that the older son gets involved in something that he can excel at. The problem is that they do everything together and there is no competition between them. How do I tell one that they can't try something because the other needs and activity of his own. They wouldn't understand as we have always encouraged all of our boys to try everything and have never told one that they couldn't try. My older son is not atheletic and doesn't care about sports. He does well at school and his teachers said that he is doing his 4th grade work at the appropriate grade level. I'm proud of him as he really doesn't like school. Older son has joined band this year and really enjoys it. I told the teachers that maybe middle son wouldn't like band and we would have separate activities there. They informed me that he they wouldn't be surprised if he could already read music. I know that this is getting long and I'm not bragging or complaining here. If these were your children and they are as close as two boys could be, would you leave things alone and just see what happens or would you start to encourage individual interests at the risk of not allowing one to try something new. I am inclined to forget about what I was told yesterday and go on with life as it has always been. We've always known that He was athletic as he could do head stands at 2 and he was doing 100 piece puzzles by 4. To make things more challenging he would do them cardboard side up. This doesn't bother older brother so why should it bother me. I hope this makes sense as I feel like I am rambling. What would you do?

Deb

PS. We haven't mentioned any of this to either of the boys as I don't think they need to know.

Deb - I wouldn't worry about it - if you make a division between them - I think it will cause hurt and there does not appear to be any - if your oldest ever expresses concern then deal with - I would probably be inclined to tell him that his younger brother is just keeping up with him and that he has taught him so much

to make an issue of something that isn't - is just ridiculous!!

 

[miss missy]

Hey thanks guys for pointing out that I got tagged. I hadn't posted today so I didn't even notice. Thank you tag fairy, I'm not invisible!!

I have a delicate issue that I'm trying to deal with. I'm not sure why I'm having issues with this as nothing has really changed, only my perception. I had my teacher conferences for my older 2 sons yesterday. My 8 year old was first. It started out like all my other conferences as he has had this teacher for the last 2 years. She then starts to tell me that he has solved some difficult math problems in his advanced math group. I was proud of him but didn't think too much of it as he loves math and is always figuring something out. Then she went on to say that he has an extraordinary vocabulary and is always blowing her away. Ok I was getting even more proud, but that embarassing, I don't know how to act feeling was setting in. She then gets up and calls the guidance counseler to have her join us. This was very odd. She is also the coordinator for his advanced math group so I assumed it was to talk about that. Well, apparently, they now consider him gifted and used terms like brilliant to describe him. They actually spent more time talking about there concerns of how my 10 year old was adjusting to his little brother. He is solving 6th grade math puzzles in 2nd grade. To be honest we hadn't noticed what was going on. He never brags or rubs it in to our older son or his classmates. He is very social and he is a very good athelete. The guidance counselor said that he is very advanced accross the board. He has much better hand eye coordination than most boys his age (she was amazed at how he could jump rope with the girls as that is apparently something difficult for 2nd grade boys). I had to laugh as I knew that he was jump roping, but he is doing it cause he likes girls. . The teachers want us to make sure that the older son gets involved in something that he can excel at. The problem is that they do everything together and there is no competition between them. How do I tell one that they can't try something because the other needs and activity of his own. They wouldn't understand as we have always encouraged all of our boys to try everything and have never told one that they couldn't try. My older son is not atheletic and doesn't care about sports. He does well at school and his teachers said that he is doing his 4th grade work at the appropriate grade level. I'm proud of him as he really doesn't like school. Older son has joined band this year and really enjoys it. I told the teachers that maybe middle son wouldn't like band and we would have separate activities there. They informed me that he they wouldn't be surprised if he could already read music. I know that this is getting long and I'm not bragging or complaining here. If these were your children and they are as close as two boys could be, would you leave things alone and just see what happens or would you start to encourage individual interests at the risk of not allowing one to try something new. I am inclined to forget about what I was told yesterday and go on with life as it has always been. We've always known that He was athletic as he could do head stands at 2 and he was doing 100 piece puzzles by 4. To make things more challenging he would do them cardboard side up. This doesn't bother older brother so why should it bother me. I hope this makes sense as I feel like I am rambling. What would you do?

Deb

PS. We haven't mentioned any of this to either of the boys as I don't think they need to know.

I think you have it covered already. EVEN steven for both kids, always encouraging them BOTH and seeing what they do right. You already are doing what you need to, just keep it up.

 

[miss missy]

Kate thanks for the new design!!! It's perfect!! I just hope that penny is CLEAN lol