Here is a photo from our Holy Thursday Seder.It shows 4-year-old Angela and her father, who is helping her ask “The Four Questions.” It is also the only photo that I took, (not unlike my friend Nutmeg’s single shot of their post-Seder china in the dishwasher), because I was tired, darn it, and did not feel like taking photos.Bad blogger.It was not … [Read more...]
Nothing tastes so very good…
...as a slice of homemade Hawaiian bread, given to you by your neighbor on Good Friday and saved for (a well-earned) breakfast on Holy Saturday. … [Read more...]
It’s the Triduum!
Don’t you just feel…different today somehow? It’s as if God is pulling us ever closer, saying, “The promise and joy of Easter are looming, but the love—this infinite, unfathomable love—has never left you.”Something like that.Because I am 33 weeks pregnant today and am, therefore, even more crazy & hormonal than usual, I decided this morning to … [Read more...]
Letting the Little Ones Come to Us
Yesterday I thought it would be fun to interview the children. I hauled out the video camera and one by one, I asked them questions pertaining to how well they knew the momma while the others waited their turn upstairs.Some of the answers were hilarious. For example, when asked how old I was, Angela replied: “Big. Actually, you’re medium. Daddy’s … [Read more...]
In Defense of Pregnant Women
Ed. Note: The following post has nothing to do with Cool Ranch Doritos™. It seems that some of the boys in the neighborhood have been telling any one of a number of “Your mother…” jokes.Great, right?I know about these jokes because my sons told me one at the grocery store yesterday, only they edited it as follows:“Hey, Mom, your cat’s so ugly that … [Read more...]
Pure Conjecture
Let’s suppose—hypothetically, of course—that you are hugely pregnant and are craving, oh, Doritos. Let’s suppose that you ask your husband to make a late night run to the convenience store to buy you, say, some Doritos. Loving husband that he is, let’s suppose that he has his coat on faster than you can say “Cool Ranch” and is back before you know … [Read more...]
Grace for the Painting
Our little Cate is suffering from several allergies. We recently had her tested and it turns out she is allergic to cats (which we knew) and dogs (which we didn’t) and dust mites (do you blame her?). “I’m allergic to all my favorite pets!” she moaned.“You like dust mites for a pet?” Jem retorted.She is also severely allergic to certain tree pollens … [Read more...]
What a Difference
...a day makes!The boys have been outside all afternoon, breathing in great big ginormous gulps of fresh air. They will not come in until called.The girls are more selective, of course. They will play on the tire swing, break for apples and peanut butter, draw with sidewalk chalk on the driveway, break for drawing imaginary friends at the kitchen … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday
The “No Fooling” EditionSigh.AMDG, … [Read more...]
Little House in the Suburbs
This afternoon has been very busy.We finished up the last of the schoolwork at the big wooden kitchen table, then shuffled all the books into a pile and put them away.I spent a good hour and a half at the counter and the stove, whipping up tonight’s supper of Sloppy Joes and Suzie’s delicious Midwest Chowder (listed in the comments on this post … [Read more...]
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