Cait West's book, Rift comes out tomorrow. The audiobook on Audible is already available. She grew up as a stay-at-home-daughter in Kevin Swanson's church (I think.)

In previous fundraisers, they have listed each cost.  They need to do that this time as well.  $5500 just sounds like a money grab. And I maintain my stance they should only move the bed and start over with new furniture after their move.  They only need a bed and a cooking / dish washing / painting chair since they spend the day in bed anyway.  Too bad they don't drive because driving a moving truck would be a whole lot cheaper.  You can hire someone to load it and unload it for you and you drive it yourself. 

Karissa constantly posts incorrdcy info. I swear she posts misinformation everywhere other day. She is totally wrong. Women having babies in their forties has been on the rise for years. She isn’t special at all. Lots of women in their 40s are having babies. They just aren’t ignorant twits having unassisted homebirths. 

2 hours ago, Giraffe said:

Also, I want to snark on the pies for a minute. First off, I highly doubt they have safe food handling. But also, don't they need a "certified clean" baking/prep location before they can legally advertise they're selling food? Additionally, if they're magically capable of making pies now why couldn't they have done that all along for income? 

They need to apply for a cottage food permit.  In order to fill out the application, they also have to have a food handler's card (or ServSafe), have their kitchen inspected, and pay the application fee. ($355). 

Cottage food laws exist for a reason. Just selling random baked goods on the street is illegal. And so is advertising that you are selling unapproved, unpermitted items. It's just rude to all the people who went through the legal channel - putting together a safe product, investing in the proper equipment and permits, and getting food handler training. 

https://agr.wa.gov/cottagefood

There's someone in my state who is trying to loosen restrictions on our cottage food laws and it's not going anywhere, thankfully. We really don't need an outbreak of listeria from eating improperly stored meat from a roadside stand. 

Allison might be a nutjob in many areas but the tasks she posted about are absolutely great for littles!  

Squishing the bread is an amazing skill to build up fine motor skills, hand strength and gives great sensory input.  Why not bread dough?  Sure better smelling than the alternative which is play-doh.  

It is never too early to teach a kid to throw items into the trash can or put near the sink.  

allowing them to sort and put the NOT SHARP silverware away is a great sorting and matching skill.  

Allowing them to put plastic cups and dishes into the dishwasher is a great trouble shooting skill as they learn to align it on the spokes or between them.  

Letting them help with cooking and mixing foods is fun and not work.  scooping, mixing, pouring are all valuable skills.  

Shoot they are short- LET THEM reach into the dryer and pull out the items and put into the basket.  This is a gross motor skill using cross body action and lots of muscles.  This uses balance and coordination and strength skills.

Have them fold the washcloths and hand towels.  Sort socks into color piles and match the sizes.  

People write me checks every month to have my teachers do lots of these things with their kids it is called PRESCHOOL!~  They will never learn these skills if we do not start teaching them.  Decades ago, preschool was not a thing.. kids did all these things along side their parents.  Kids don't KNOW these skills authentically, they are learned skills and ability is improved over time through repetition.