Everybody likes the smell of vanilla. Everybody but bugs, that is. Dilute 1 tablespoon vanilla extract with 1 cup water and wipe the mixture on your exposed skin to discourage mosquitoes, blackflies, and ticks.
To begin kindergarten in the state of Illinois, a child should be 5 years old on or before September 1 of the kindergarten year and live within the boundaries of the school district.
In order to enroll in kindergarten in Missouri, you son or daughter should be five years old before August 1 st of the upcoming school year. What this means is that if your child turns five in September or October, you can enroll him/her in kindergarten the following school year.