Wisco Winters

[llpa]

Please be careful using certain types of beans.

Some dried beans can be poisonous.....some from handling and others if eaten.

"Beans and other legumes are among the most nutritionally valuable vegetable foods. The seeds of beans are high in protein, complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber and many minerals, while low in fat and cholesterol.

But they also contain a protein that can be toxic in sufficiently high concentrations if the beans are eaten raw. Kidney beans in particular contain enough of this toxin to cause acute symptoms, even if only a few raw beans are consumed."

You can google dried beans and find several sources of info.

thank you BC for that info! I had no idea and while I haven't used beans yet I think I would have at some point!

[Go play!]

Thanks Blackcat! I was really mostly worried about them sticking them up their noses! When I taught in the school district we had a kid pull one out from the day before! :: I will watch them carefully do make sure no one is eating them.

[Blackcat31]

Thanks Blackcat! I was really mostly worried about them sticking them up their noses! When I taught in the school district we had a kid pull one out from the day before! :: I will watch them carefully do make sure no one is eating them.

:: :: Oh yeah... I forgot about sticking things in their noses! ::

I think the dust on them is toxic too if the kids get it on their hands and then touch their mouths, faces etc...

I think it would probably be best to just not use beans and stick with things like rice and pasta.

Atleast they aren't so tough to extract from their nasal passages.. :: ::

[BrooklynM]

Sadly around here, under 50 degrees and it feels freezing. I have Raynaud's, so the cold really gets to me bad. Luckily we don't have to deal with the winters!

But, this got me to thinking, not to hijack the thread, but what time in the morning do you think it is ok for the kids to go outside and play? My neighbor directly behind me is old and retired, my other neighbor works out of his home and I never want to be outside too loud before its too early. Some of my kids get here at 6:15am. I normally make them wait until about 7:30. They can be really loud though. Is that too early do you think?

[NightOwl]

Can I just say I dislike you all a little bit right now??? Lol. I'm kidding. Jealousy is an ugly thing. I would give an arm for even a foot of snow during winter. We're in Alabama, so there are many winters where we never see a single flurry. Every few years we'll get a few inches and everyone will race outside to make the most pitiful, pathetic, 18 inch tall snowmen you'll ever see. :: :: :: And they melt within a couple of hours.

[NightOwl]

Sadly around here, under 50 degrees and it feels freezing. I have Raynaud's, so the cold really gets to me bad. Luckily we don't have to deal with the winters!

But, this got me to thinking, not to hijack the thread, but what time in the morning do you think it is ok for the kids to go outside and play? My neighbor directly behind me is old and retired, my other neighbor works out of his home and I never want to be outside too loud before its too early. Some of my kids get here at 6:15am. I normally make them wait until about 7:30. They can be really loud though. Is that too early do you think?

Are you friendly with your neighbors? Maybe you could just ask them when they typically rise in the mornings and tell them you don't want to disturb their sleep. I'm sure they would really appreciate that you thought of them before ushering the kids out. Just a thought. I would guess about 8am, but that's without knowing your neighbors myself.

[BrooklynM]

Are you friendly with your neighbors? Maybe you could just ask them when they typically rise in the mornings and tell them you don't want to disturb their sleep. I'm sure they would really appreciate that you thought of them before ushering the kids out. Just a thought. I would guess about 8am, but that's without knowing your neighbors myself.

The lady in the back is super nice, I totally should just ask her! She actually owned a large preschool for years, I can ask her, but the other guy on the side of me is kind of creepy. I was thinking 8, I might just ask her and then go with 8 or later, whatever she says.

[NightOwl]

Lol. Creepy guys can be intimidating. But you never know! He could turn out to be a sweet old man! Or you would just confirm that he is, in fact, creepy. ::

I would talk to the super nice lady and go with what she says, as long as it's reasonable.

[Unregistered]

See if your area has ordinances for outdoor noise like leaf-blowing, mowing, etc. and go by that time.
I also work with my kids so that we don't disturb neighbors. I tell them if they scream, the neighbors think they are hurt and get worried

[NightOwl]

See if your area has ordinances for outdoor noise like leaf-blowing, mowing, etc. and go by that time.
I also work with my kids so that we don't disturb neighbors. I tell them if they scream, the neighbors think they are hurt and get worried

Good ideas!

[lflick]

Can I ask why?

Why not get out and enjoy the winter?

I am in northern MN and I take my kids (ALL of them) out doors every day in the winter atleast 2 times a day.

If the temps are dangerously cold, we stay in but for the most part, winter does not mean life stops around here.

If kids aren't exposed to snow and winter, they'll ever adapt...kwim?

Sorry it took so long, my computer went on a vacation without telling me! When the temps are not dangerous we do go outside but last winter was a record setting year with dangerously cold temps, windchill, and snowfall.

[lflick]

Hey...where in the state regs does it say that?

I only have info that we set our OWN policy, not that it's in the regs. Licensing did send us the windchill/heat index chart, but as far as I know, those are recommendations; not regulations.

That said, I am in the same boat. Last winter, I had FOUR non-walking babies, and there were literally weeks that we did not go out outside. By March, I was trying, but one day, it took me TWENTY FIVE minutes to get all four ready to go out, and two were crying after about 5 minutes out there. I was actually almost in tears after that 25 minutes myself. As soon as I'd get one dressed, the other would have his boots off or be pulling on another's hat or pushing, while another was crawling away. It was pretty bad. Yeah, and I still needed a coat, hat, mittens, and boots on too!

One thing I did a few times is bring snow inside in big tupperware containers. That was a big hit with 3/4 of my group.

I brought snow in multiple times last year and it was a hit!

[lflick]

Sadly around here, under 50 degrees and it feels freezing. I have Raynaud's, so the cold really gets to me bad. Luckily we don't have to deal with the winters!

But, this got me to thinking, not to hijack the thread, but what time in the morning do you think it is ok for the kids to go outside and play? My neighbor directly behind me is old and retired, my other neighbor works out of his home and I never want to be outside too loud before its too early. Some of my kids get here at 6:15am. I normally make them wait until about 7:30. They can be really loud though. Is that too early do you think?

As a general rule, my own kids included, we are fairly low key until after breakfast (which is between 7 and 715)... by the time they are done and everything is cleaned up it is between 8 and 815 which I think is decent. On the weekends, my own kids don't generally go outside until 9am.