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My brother was redshirted, but it was more of a social-development decision for my parents. We moved halfway through his "preschool" year. When they enrolled him in kindergarten, they put him in the half day class and then the next year he "moved" to full day kindergarten.

In the end he was older than all of his other classmates (especially since we moved yet again) and he was considered "above grade level" in almost every subject. Ironically, he played football and he was still always the smallest kid on the team and dropped it in high school. He's dating a girl who was a year above him in school yet actually technically younger. I think making a decision when your child is 5 and thinking that it will play any sort of impact on their entire lives might be a little lofty?

There is nothing worse than coming home from a clean hotel to a messy house! I do all of these things but the most important piece for me is to pack early! Otherwise any headway I've made cleaning the few days before a vacation is completely neutralized by hectic packing!

For the record, I LOVE my shot glass collection, so much better than stamps or spoons! They make amazing talking pieces at parties, I collected mine during travel and have over 40 now.

I just made a picture ledge a little wider and I have a row of them (think bookshelf style) on my wall. I put my more valuable ones on the top so they get used less often but other than that, I can reach up and grab however many I need and then put them back when I'm done!

http://ana-white.com/2010/10/plans/ten-dollar-ledges