Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
I am afraid that I must share with you a rather indelicate revelation: my home’s been infected with piles.I am not talking about this unmentionable condition. (Except....if it’s so very unmentionable, then why for heaven’s sake am I linking to it?)No. Rather, I am referring to a superficial and unsightly condition that is brought on by busy-ness … [Read more...]
Subtitled: Why We Do ItCatholic Vacation Bible School (one of many many versions, I know), ended for us at 1:00 p.m. today. I know that I may have mentioned (once or twice or a dozen times) that this week's been a little grueling.Well, on the last day it's always worth it. Worth the early wake-up time and the morning/afternoon commute (40 minutes … [Read more...]
Felicity (4 & 5 year-olds)My teacher is nice. My favorite thing is eating! Ice cream and those things that I don’t remember…I think they were cinnamon rolls. Mine was yellow. And they always give us water!Cate (kindergarteners)I have learned about Mary who appeared to Zoë and Zoë’s name became Catherine. And tomorrow’s my last day, which makes … [Read more...]
Here are the photos from yesterday. I’m posting them on Wednesday rather than on Tuesday because on Tuesday I was pooped.I still am, and we’ve got two more days to go!Yawn.Anyway, here is my photo documentary (the abbreviated, non-4-hour version) of my day on Tuesday.Remember this mom from Monday? She is an awesome volunteer!Here she is in the same … [Read more...]
Today is the feast of one of my very favorite saints, Father Josemaría Escrivà.Father Josemaría is my steadfast, straightforward friend in heaven. He is never afraid to speak the truth, and his honesty is often exactly what a person prone to equivocation (read: me) needs.If I find that I’m losing sight of my goals and consequently, losing hope, I … [Read more...]
Do you really want to know??First, a photo of one of our crazy fearless volunteers:“Okay, so he’s finally asleep and so’s my arm.”And yet another photo of one of our crazy fearless volunteers:“If I flirt will she give me more Ritz Bits?” A tender moment: Having been told that “belly blows” were unacceptable,little Thérèse thought she’d attempt a … [Read more...]
Here we go.Today is Day 1 of Catholic Vacation Bible School: a crazy busy but extremely fun kind of week, and one where my kids need to be dressed and loaded into the van by 7:00 a.m.if we’re to make it.Which is so very not my normal rhythm.I will be volunteering in the nursery, along with fellow Minnesotan and friend-of-the-heart Erin, so … [Read more...]
…then I know I’m good to go.Which I did last night with my sweetie-pie friend and her son (who slept through it all, but hey, he’s an infant).Evan Almighty is both biblical and family-centered, which is why it annoys the secular media. There is nothing offensive at all in the film—no swearing, no sex, no disrespect— although there is a splatter or … [Read more...]
River, actually. Minnesota has one or two of those, as well. We went to: Whitewater State Park Where there was: slightly green water (not that the kids minded) Which in turn was filled with: tadpoles tadpoles tadpoles! (They were so cool.) I met a friend-of-the-heart and fellow blogger from Texas who is currently vacationing in … [Read more...]
According to my calendar, today is the first official day of summer.Is that right? I get confused. (And me my children’s teacher. Sigh.)As if that isn’t cause enough for celebration, we are also—my soon-to-be 5th grade son and I—tying up the one last loose end of his schoolwork THIS MORNING.A book review on Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.And then he’s … [Read more...]
