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The Waiting Game

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Special Events 5 Comments

When we weren’t planning for, preparing for and/or actually celebrating our two birthday girls this weekend, (photo-laden post to follow), we were auditioning for a part in an upcoming play.Jem & Cate were auditioning, that is.*The rest of us were waiting.From 1:00 to 5:00 on Saturday afternoon we waited. That’s prime weekend real estate, but … [Read more...]

At the Art Museum

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Gratitude, Minnesota Me 13 Comments

On Wednesday we went to an art museum.We were supposed to go the day before, but some of us couldn’t find our shoes.Do you ever have days like that?So Wednesday it was and on Wednesday we went, to a museum across the river. (It’s rather hard to read the name of it, isn’t it? That’s so you can’t stalk me.)I gave the kids the standard lecture before … [Read more...]

The Ties that Bind

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, Prayer 18 Comments

Subtitled: Dakota-Bound and Back AgainLast Thursday evening, I was talking to my mom and dad on the phone. (My mom and dad, in case you didn’t know, are possibly the cutest little couple ever.) “We sure do miss you,” my father said. “I miss you, too,” I told him. “I wish that we lived closer!”On Friday morning, my husband found me camped outside … [Read more...]

Smile for the Camera! (Or not.)

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Special Events 13 Comments

In order to spend Angela’s hard-earned birthday money and because it’s what she really, really wanted to do, my husband and I agreed to take the family to Chuck E. Cheese Pizza.Have you ever been to a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant? It’s where a kid can be a kid and where a big person does penance. It’s Dante’s 7th Circle of Hell, only louder.And more … [Read more...]

Summer’s (Almost) End

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 26 Comments

Subtitled: An All-Too-Short Stay at the St. Croix St. ParkSurprise! I did go camping after all, having driven up to meet my family after my meeting on Saturday morning.This is how I felt when I arrived:It was heavenly to be back with my family and to spend the rest of the weekend in the buggy great outdoors.Only three of us got stung by a bee! We … [Read more...]

God is Good

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Felicity, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Spiritual Growth 3 Comments

The Catholic Vacation Bible School EditionOne of the downsides of having this new baby, (as if anything is ever really a downside), was that we couldn’t do Catholic Vacation Bible School at our parish. It was just too soon after Anthony’s birth and when I wondered out loud if we could do it...My husband offered a flat-out “No.”We love doing CVBS at … [Read more...]

All in a Day’s Work

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Felicity, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Girls 14 Comments

The girls had gotten very quiet, save for numerous trips to the sink for cups of water, and so I thought, “I’d better check on them.”Well, of course.We’re talking mud pies, mud piles and just plain mud to the tenth power.They were as focused as they were…filthy.“This is serious business, Mama,” Cate told me.Hey, I’m not going to argue.My husband … [Read more...]

Back from Camp

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 10 Comments

Okay, so co-sleeping (with an infant) (on a twin bed) (in a sleeping bag) proved to be less than idyllic. Still, the rest of the weekend was dreamy!Nasty mosquitoes notwithstanding.Hey, it’s Minnesota!Full post is pending the success of this morning’s caffeine drip. In the meantime, you may read more about this camp if you’d like:Family Camp … [Read more...]