Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
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...]
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...]
…is now free.As are Frindle the frog and his tank mate, Rosa.We did a mass amphibian release last evening at the park where we originally found these creatures. Our kids were wistful but resigned. I’m pretty sure they realized it was time.Ultimately there were two straws that broke this momma’s back. The first was my sister’s remark that the pet … [Read more...]
Who? My parents, my sisters, my sons & meWhat? The dedication of a new World War II memorialWhere? The Minnesota State Capital; St. Paul, MinnesotaWhen? Saturday, June 9th, 2007 (3 days after the 63rd anniversary of D-Day)Why? To pay well-deserved homage to the 6000 Minnesotans who died in World War II as well as to all the living veteransWas it … [Read more...]
The truth is, I have gone to the library and stocked up on plenty of good music to keep this baseball mom’s daily commute interesting.Here are my musical picks for the month of June:For God and Country by Dolly PartonFashion-sense notwithstanding, Dolly Parton is (in my opinion) one heck of a little cutie pie with a voice much larger than she is. … [Read more...]
