Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
Lots to talk about with the advent of Lent (not to confuse you), but for now, here’s a light-started start to your brand new week.Angela’s Quaker Instant Oatmeal was Much Too Hot, so I proposed curling up on the couch and reading a book or two while it cooled.I pulled one of my favorites off the shelf, The Angels’ Alphabet by Hilda Van Stockum. … [Read more...]
Felicity is preparing for her first confession which is one week from tomorrow.Pray for our sweet Felicity! She is a wee bit nervous.She has her interview with Fr. D. tomorrow night, whereupon Father will ask her no end of questions regarding the Ten Commandments, the sacrament of penance, and St. Thomas’s Summa Theologica.As such, we’ve been … [Read more...]
Angela has finally reached the age where she has the skill—and more importantly, the patience—to put together those giant floor puzzles.This morning she called me over to see her most recent accomplishment.“That’s really great, Honey!” I enthused.Angela beamed and asked, “Can we tape it all up and make it a carpet?” … [Read more...]
[Locally Known as Angelisms]Angela and I were visiting with a woman at church.“So how old are you now?” she asked Angela with a smile.Angela carefully held up four fingers.“Four, huh?” the woman replied, still smiling broadly. “So you’re going to be five on your next birthday?”Angela gave a big sigh of longing. “I hope so,” she replied.[And one … [Read more...]
My little Felicity is taking ballet lessons now and could there be anything cuter than a six-year-old ballerina? No, ma’am, there could not.She is, in the words of Fancy Nancy, ecstatic about the idea.So on Friday afternoon we stopped by the mall to pick up a pair of ballet slippers. (Even at Payless they cost 20 bucks! This will be an expensive … [Read more...]
Angela and I were sitting on the front steps, eating a strawberry Pop Tart and reading about seagulls.When we’d finished our lesson and were cleaning up to go back inside, Angela asked if she could have the last bite of my Pop Tart.“Okay,” I said, and added, “You’re a little scavenger, aren’t you?”“Uh huh,” she replied, and then paused on her way … [Read more...]
Felicity came down for breakfast and announced, “I had a bad dream…”“…but I still watched it.”AMDG, … [Read more...]
…as I prepared lunch and my children watched PBS Kids:“I keep wondering why Clifford doesn’t attack a village.”AMDG, … [Read more...]
Felicity and Angela went next door to see if their friend could play. The little girl couldn't, alas, because she was at Irish dance class.However...“I spoke up for myself, Mama!” Felicity reported.“Really? What did you say?”“I ding-donged,” she told me, “And I spoke.”AMDG, … [Read more...]
Overheard on the way to basketball camp: “Mommy! I just saw a big bunch of pink-eyed susans!”AMDG, … [Read more...]
