How do moms with multiple kids at multiple schools do it? I’ll tell you, the past week has been crazy, what with car pools and early morning risings and after school practices and oh! Did I mention that Joe has his first cross-country meet this afternoon?At least his sports are getting me outside.Consequently, whatever “schedule” I might have had … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday
The “I can tell it’s the first week of school” EditionAMDG, … [Read more...]
Service
~ For Michelle ~ Yesterday we spent part of the afternoon on a service project for Boy Scouts.I have to say, it was probably my favorite one so far.Have you ever ordered popcorn from a local Scout? Have you ever checked the box to donate popcorn to a soldier? We handed (some of) those boxes out yesterday!One small handful of local Scouts.And around … [Read more...]
How’d he do, you’re wondering?
He did fine.He brought home a buttload of homework* but he did fine.Ancient history, calligraphy, stargazing, pre-Algebra…such was the stuff of his evening. He also memorized a score of prepositions, though his former English teacher mom was thinking, do you not just know these? Proper English grammar is the equivalent of breathing, in my … [Read more...]
On Letting Go and Eating Little Schoolboys
“Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb?” (Is 49:15) The following picture will tell you almost everything you need to know about my oldest child—easy-to-smile and easygoing, cheerful, helpful, outgoing, eager. He is a homeschooling mom’s dream child. And he left for school this morning. (If you … [Read more...]
Head Trauma
~ For Suzanne ~There are some family accidents that you never forget.When Jem was a baby, just two months old, we were living in Natick, Massachusetts. Our starter home was a little Cape Cod—emphasis on the word “little”—but it was home and we loved it.I was such a young mom back then.One day Jem was exceedingly fussy. Nothing I did seemed to … [Read more...]
A Blister-Ripping Hit
My family is heaving a collective sigh of relief.Baseball is done for the season.Jem went out with a bit of a bang, hitting a double in the third inning of the first All Star game (“Mom, I hit the ball so hard I ripped open my blister!”) and scoring the winning run, to boot. That’s it for the bragging rights on Mom’s part, though, because they lost … [Read more...]
Blogging the Baby (Installment II)
The Grumpy Old Man EditionJust so you know, I think this is one of the homeliest little faces ever. For that reason, I find it all the more endearing!Plus if you knew what he was doing when I took this picture…Well, let’s just say you’d excuse him.AMDG, … [Read more...]
The Big 1-0
Ten years ago it was Memorial Day. I had gone to bed the night before, praying for a May baby. "Please, Mary?" I implored her. "I know you've got some clout up there...and he would be born on your special feast day."[Ordinarily May 31st is the feast of the Visitation.][As you know.]Well, I woke up at 4:00 to an unmistakable labor......and Baby Jem … [Read more...]
On Making Chocolate Chip Scones and Not Missing My Sons
Or at least some of that.So the dynamics of this house have changed considerably since the departure of my two sons. For those of you who have fallen out of the Minnesota Mom loop, shame on you! An update: they are down on Grandpa’s farm taking care of these horses:And playing with this dog:Sans the sister.You would think that my house would be … [Read more...]
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