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Now You Know

February 21, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Jem, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 12 Comments

Dual Portrait of Momby Jem (Age 8)Humbly, … [Read more...]

I see the moon…

February 21, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Special Events 8 Comments

…and it’s totally cool!Are you keeping one eye on all things lunar, too? Full eclipse for us folks in CST at about 9:00 p.m.*Updated to Add:And here is what the kids were doing.(In addition to gazing up at the moon, of course.)Hey, they’d been cooped up all day. I can't say that I blame ‘em. … [Read more...]

Frostbitten but Still Jigging

February 20, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me 3 Comments

It’s insanely cold where we are—minus something something. (I’ve stopped worrying about the particulars. It’s insanely cold. Period.)This is not to say we’re being sedentary, however. Thanks to a tip from our sweet Alicia, we are stuck inside but we are dancing!Grab a partner and let’s go.Ad majorem Dei gloriam, … [Read more...]

Packing Peanuts

February 19, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Felicity, Humor, Minnesota Me, My Girls 17 Comments

These two do not seem to realize that Mom has had it with their anticsand is shipping them to Zimbabwe.Flat Stanley...meet Felicity! … [Read more...]

Ridiculous

February 19, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Joe, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, My Girls 1 Comment

All children, it seems, are fond of teasing, and 10-year-old Joe (who should know better) is no exception. He decided that the humorous potential of shutting 3-year-old Angela in her room would be worth facing the wrath of both Angela and her mother.Mom was downstairs and would be none the wiser anyway.Or so he thought.Angela, who was playing … [Read more...]

Lent: Day 12 (And Counting)

February 19, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Lent, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 6 Comments

It feels a lot like Lent around here. I haven’t had a decent cup of coffee since, well, since Sunday. I have been staring at that bowl of M&Ms—you know, the one with all the blue & gold M&Ms picked out—and it keeps staring back at me. I left my Magnificat magazine and my In Conversation with God in the Adoration Chapel after … [Read more...]

The Great American Blue and Gold

February 18, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Moments of Incredible Joy, My Boys, Special Events 9 Comments

...was indeed where we were this afternoon.Thank you, everyone, for playing! (Please pick up a door prize on your way out.)The Blue and Gold Banquet is the culmination of a year’s worth of hard work on the part of our Cub Scouts. Both of our boys advanced to the next level of Scouting, which means that Joe is now a Boy Scout (sigh) and Jem, who … [Read more...]

Can You Guess

February 17, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Boys, Special Events 4 Comments

…where we’re headed this afternoon? … [Read more...]

The Good Life

February 17, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Girls 5 Comments

Ad majorem Dei gloriam, … [Read more...]

Lent (The South Beach Version)

February 16, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Lent, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 13 Comments

My husband returned from a 3-day trip last night, bearing a box of chocolate truffles.His gesture was so sweet that I instantly forgave him for being out of town on St. Valentine’s Day! At that point I unfastened the deadbolt and let him in.I’m kidding. I was not angry with him because it wasn’t his fault that he was out of town. It was his … [Read more...]

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