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I take the younger two kids to pre-school  library storytime on Mondays, and this last time they had a really neat project that can be done by the younger crowd.  You need:   a sugar cookie on a stick (stick not necessary, but it is cute),  a tablespoon of white frosting, a yellow or orange M&M and a large standard size marshmallow  --  and a pair of scissors.  Spread cookie with frosting, put M&M at center and then using scissors, cut the marshmallow into 5 "circles"  --  Of course, being a squishy object the circles will come out more like ovals, which is all the better.  Then place the 5 ovals evenly around the M&M on the cookie, and you'll have a lovely daisy.  They really do turn out cute. 

Oh, and in Reader's Digest this month I came across a website called StickK.com which is a free service that helps you keep your resolutions by offering to force you to put up a stake which will be donated to charity, or an anti-charity  (you choose a cause you personally hate) if you don't keep your goal.  I went ahead and signed up to try to lose a pound a week and wagered some money on it  -- not a lot, but enough to keep me mindful of what I put in my mouth.   If it works for the whole time I will be very pleased and will get my money back. 

I heard back about the library job;  mostly more details of the position and the compensation; and I talked to the principal and found that it *is* a requirement for staff to send their children to the school.  The salary is about half of what I could make as a Librarian I substitute in the public library and the hours are 9-5, so I'd never see my kids except for the commute and an hour or so before bed and if you take the job compensation before taxes and subtract the tuition for three kids minus the small tuition break for staff, I'd about break even.  If you include the taxes, tithe, gas for commute, wardrobe, extra money for dining out because I'd be too tired to cook meals, it would be a loss of several thousand dollars;  plus, I'd hardly ever see my children, they'd not see each other much and they would never be home during daylight hours for most of the year. If it were a 9-3 job, paying a bit more, I'd be tempted, but really it wouldn't be a good fit for the moment.  

The things that intrigue me about a "real" school are the extra stuff:  speech meets, plays, book clubs, etc.  Otherwise I'm quite happy homeschooling and with three children there is plenty of social interplay and we can even play a good round of three or four square, too.