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Our Lenten Crowns

March 13, 2013 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Homeschooling, Lent, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, My Boys, My Girls 1 Comment

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...]

An Electronic Education

February 26, 2013 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Homeschooling, Honest Blogging, Minnesota Me, My Girls Leave a Comment

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...]

Postcards from Minnesota

January 28, 2013 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, George, Just Me, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, My Girls 3 Comments

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...]

Back-to-Back Birthdays/Food-Fueled Gratitude Palooza

November 28, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Felicity, Food and Drink, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events 19 Comments

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...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events 5 Comments

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Unexpected Empathy

September 10, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Girls 9 Comments

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...]

Wordless Wednesday

July 26, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Wordless Wednesday 4 Comments

The “Reunited and It Feels so Good” Edition … [Read more...]

Wordy Thursday

July 12, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Felicity, Marriage, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Unemployment 7 Comments

(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...]

Not the Real Cake

May 25, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: George, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events 7 Comments

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...]

Our 5th First Communicant!

May 11, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 13 Comments

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...]

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