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Buster the Horse

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Toddler George 14 Comments

This is George.Wait. Let me amend that.This is George and his new rocking horse, Buster.I’ll pull back a bit so you can see the whole thing:As you can see, it has been so long since the last time I posted that George is now five and will be leaving for kindergarten in the fall.Except that we home-school.And they don’t accept barefoot kids, … [Read more...]

Just don’t call me Word Monkey

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Boys 4 Comments

Jem was doing his history vocabulary in the next room. “Mom?” he called out. “Insufferable means obnoxious and difficult to endure, right?”“Yes,” I told him.A minute or two passed and then, “A manuscript is a hand-written book, right?”“Jem,” I said, growing fairly impatient. “Go look your words up in the dictionary if you’re not sure.”“I prefer my … [Read more...]

To the Brink and Back Again

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Homeschooling, Honest Blogging, Minnesota Me 16 Comments

Last night I hit a bit of a low. It’s winter; it’s (very nearly almost) post-Christmas; we’ve got a bad case of cabin fever.Their creativity is a mark of their genius, I’m sure.Still. Why can they be creative and neat? So I ate.And I ate.And I ate and I ate and I ate and I ate.Feeling dull (mentally) and thick (physically), I crawled into bed at … [Read more...]

On Giving Good Example

by Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 7 Comments

Today is the feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. The colonial bread is in the oven, and prayers to the patron of our curriculum provider are underway!St. Elizabeth Seton—or Mother Seton, as she came to be known—was raised in the Protestant Episcopal Church but became a Catholic when she was 30. She was staying in Italy when her host family brought … [Read more...]

Another Auld Lang Syne

by Filed Under: Blogging, Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 13 Comments

Subtitled: Where We’ve Been In 2010 Happy New Year! Is it a brand new decade already? Some, like my son, would argue that 2010 marked the start of a brand new decade...but he’s just argumentative in general (thanks to his father) and anyway, according to WikiAnswers, “because there is no 0 AD, the first decade began in the year 1” and therefore, … [Read more...]

It’s my party…

by Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me 7 Comments

And I realize that, yes, it is my prerogative to cry if I want to.But…why?Why did I decide to watch Steel Magnolias today?For the FIRST TIME?!!Because I could, I guess.Drat that Netflix.Updated to add: Okay, so evidently I have seen this before because that scene at the end where Ouiser makes the little boy cry was very familiar. Still. What was I … [Read more...]