I am so thankful for the Catholic Icing blog! In case you haven’t seen it yet, you need to. Seriously. The crafts she comes up with, like the Last Supper craft that we did a few days ago, are too much fun. I wanted to take a picture of my little girls while they were … [Read more…]
As I was tucking Marie in, she asked if she could have a glass of water. Seeing a cup right near her bed, I gave it to her. Me: Here you go, sweetie!Marie: Oooh, no thank you, Mommy… that’s old, and when you drink it, it tastes like bath water.
Marie came in to the kitchen yesterday, holding a stuffed rooster, and asked: “Mommy, how do roosters say ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ when they don’t have any lips?” (I did NOT laugh, believe it or not. I thought that was actually a very insightful question, and I told her that I think that is the best question I … [Read more…]
We are a drawing family. My kids draw EVERY DAY without fail. The first thing that is placed on the kitchen table in the morning isn’t breakfast… it’s a pile of paper and the pencil box. So it was no surprise that I came into the kitchen and Thomas (age 6) said, “Look, Mommy, here’s a … [Read more…]
Teach our girls to love the small and defenseless? Check.Try to set a good example for them? Check.Provide an atmosphere where that sort of spirit can develop? Check.Buy them baby dolls? Check. So someone ‘splain this to me…. THESE are what my girls carry around… dress up… and nurture. Meet Skelety (held by Marie) and … [Read more…]
Marie (age 3), reciting the Hail Mary: “…Holy Mary, Mother of God, PLAY with us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.”
I never seem to remember the 7 Quick Takes Friday that Jen posts every week, so I’ll have to fly solo here with my own version, the weekend wrap-up (how’s that for alliteration?) #1: Fr. LongeneckerI had the opportunity to hear Fr. Longenecker speak a few nights ago, and the thing that stuck with me … [Read more…]
Subtitled: She really… …does have… …a bed.
Tonight, right after prayers and goodnight kisses, Marie went into the girl’s room and exclaimed, “ooh! Daddy! Look at the big butterfly on Kathryn’s bed!” My husband, good guy that he is, went over to look and give the appropriate oohs and ahhs to whatever it was that Marie was talking about. Good thing that … [Read more…]
…and then there’s a time to throw the whole thing out the window, and give a sweet little three-year old girl (who’s having a hard time falling asleep) a special time with “just Mommy,” long after everyone else has gone to bed. Marie and I just spent the best hour together in I-don’t-know-how-long, nibbling on … [Read more…]