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Beware the Purple Vegetable

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 9 Comments

I had a lot of fun at the Farmer’s Market yesterday and my family paid the price.“What’s this?” they asked suspiciously, as they sat down for dinner.“That’s breaded eggplant!” I responded happily. “Sometimes when you go to an Italian restaurant, you’ll see eggplant parmigiana on the menu. This is similar to that dish, although…”I stopped. No one … [Read more...]

Squeaky Clean

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, My Girls 5 Comments

Because I know that you’ve been losing sleep over whether I got Cate’s shirt clean or not, I present to you the following before & after:Before...and After!All I have to say is, thank goodness for OxiClean. An overnight soaking did the trick, (provided you don’t look too closely) and spared my daughter the wrath of Mom.Not really, though I’ll … [Read more...]

Saturday Sidelines

by Filed Under: Blogging, Minnesota Me 17 Comments

It’s the weekend! Do you have any exciting plans?I don’t know that our day will be all that scintillating (unless the Spirit moves us to undertake some unplanned outing), but I do have a list of next week’s coming attractions here on the ol’ blog front:A review of the one homeschooling resource that your home should not be withoutAn excellent idea … [Read more...]

Where’s my horse?

by Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

The Knight You scored 16% Cardinal, 49% Monk, 50% Lady, and 54% Knight! You are the hero. Brave and bold. You are strong and utterly selfless. You are also a pawn to your superiors and will be lucky if you live very long. If you survive the Holy wars you are thrust into you will be praised for your valor and opportunities both romantic … [Read more...]

A Day in the Life

by Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Real Learning 8 Comments

...of a homeschooling family.This is what (a fraction of) yesterday looked like in action.Those coloring pages were such a hit! First I read the Magnificat hymn to them (hmm...that sounds like a contradiction, doesn't it? I “read” the hymn to them?) and we talked about the feast day. They were still very much engaged at that point--they were still … [Read more...]

A Simple Idea for Our Lady of Sorrows

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

Isn’t Holy Mother Church wise to have paired the feast of The Triumph of the Cross with Our Lady of Sorrows? I love how our liturgical lesson plans pretty much write themselves!Here’s a simple idea for a quiet activity:1. Print out one copy of Charlotte’s beautiful coloring pages for each child. (She did two different images for the feast of Our … [Read more...]