Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
We finally got around to making a salt dough crown of thorns. What? There are still two and a half weeks left of Lent. We’re doing well! (Haven’t yet made a papal lap book, though.) (Fingers crossed. Please no pope until we get it done!) Hey, a mom’s gotta do what a mom’s gotta do, and when it comes to cooking & cleaning & … [Read more...]
I have a love/hate relationship with the computer. Who among us doesn’t, really? On the one hand, (“one hand” meaning that I’m usually nursing), it is my window to the world. I am endlessly—and I do mean endlessly—inspired, entertained & edified. Best of all, (and this alone makes the computer worthwhile), I have made some of my dearest … [Read more...]
After a week (or so) of Arctic weather, we’ve got snow and balmy temps in the 30’s. You know what that means, don’t you? Recess! Outside! While baby naps and Mommy blogs.* (Because said Mommy is just that desperate.) Hey, we do what we can to survive the doldrums, even breaking out the cornstarch & water when necessary. We had been out … [Read more...]
Prologue: I have to admit that the closer I get to my little guy’s due date, the more eagerly I try to clear the calendar. It’s a beholden-to-no-man (save for my doctor) kind of thing… And she’s a woman, so there you go. Hosting Thanksgiving as well as a sleepover for my back-to-back birthday girls last week was the last big To-Do on my list, I … [Read more...]
I have written volumes about my feisty blonde brownie. (Her blog name is Angela but in real life, she shares her name with a hurricane.) This is fitting. The girl’s got spunk. What we forget, I think, as mothers, is that underneath those most predominant traits are softer, subtler qualities. Just because we don’t see them daily—because, … [Read more...]
The “Reunited and It Feels so Good” Edition … [Read more...]
(as opposed to, say, Wordless Wednesday) So I don’t have the time to do an all-out Daybook post, but I do have a photo thought I’d like to share with you. Two of my Favorite People! (Although granted, I have lots.) A photo thought and a short little story. This morning Felicity lingered after breakfast. The rest of the kids … [Read more...]
Felicity informed me that yesterday’s photo was kind of weird. Those were not her words, exactly. What she did say was, “Um...why did you choose that picture for a birthday post?” Ah, sweet insecurity. Here, then, is another shot of the birthday boy. This is not his “official” cake so you can stop laughing now. His godmother, who does amazing … [Read more...]
Prologue: These days—and my life—are flying past. Why, I can still remember, clearly, being in labor with this little girl. It was around 7 o’clock in the morning and I was waiting for our neighbors (Gloria & Emily, shown in a photograph below) to arrive; they were coming to watch our other children while John went with me to the … [Read more...]
