Astronaut ice cream!!! Quick! Take it out of the package! Hmmmmm… …looks kinda weird… Do I like this? It melts in your mouth and tastes like… warm ice cream… The texture is a bit like styrofoam at first… I think it’s neat! Shhh! Quit complaining! She’s giving us ICE CREAM for breakfast!!! I think it’s … [Read more…]
There’s my sweet little guy (Thomas, on the right) on his way out the door to go to his doctor’s appointment. He knows he’s getting shots today. And there is Christopher, ever the big brother, going with him to keep him company and to hold his hand if he gets scared. ‘Cause that’s what brothers … [Read more…]
I’ll give you one guess as to how incredible OUR Sunday Mass was! Here’s to good friends who made the day even more special. (Many, many thanks to “The Wanna Be” for loaning her sweet daughters — and husband — to us to celebrate this big moment in Kathryn’s life!) Proud grandparents… And proud Godparents … [Read more…]
I’ve been so busy checking out other people’s blogs, I forgot to tend to my own! Oops! Several people have asked me to post a picture of me in “the dress” — that is, the ugly, bleached-stained dress that my children somehow happen to think is so beautiful on me. (Un) fortunately for me, everyone … [Read more…]
Thanks to this wonderful posting from Catholic Cuisine, I was inspired to try our own version of a Seder-like meal. The haroset (top right) was simple to make and will quickly become a family favorite, I predict. [I diced up 7 apples, put in a generous handful of raisins and walnuts, added 2 tbsps of … [Read more…]
So named by Christopher, our resident wordsmith. This phrase, shouted with great joy, will bring my children running. (We have heater vents all over the house, but for some reason, it has to be the one in the kitchen that everyone huddles around!) How else do we spend cold winter days? (and I realize that … [Read more…]
Oh, you have no idea the wonderful blog posts I’ve written… Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten them all. I get these great topics going in my head, but by the time I actually have my hands free (as in, not nursing a sweet little baby), it’s either too late or I’ve completely forgotten it. Sad. So sad. … [Read more…]
Last evening we had our parish’s first All Saints’ Day party. The kids were very excited about going, but unfortunately, I was NOT going to be able to sew anything new for them… so it was an interesting experiment to see exactly HOW we could make them into the saints they had chosen, simply with … [Read more…]
As you recall, my kids were recently forced to eat icicles off of leaves in a rather pitiful attempt to capture that “winter magic”… but no more! We got snow!! 2.5 inches, actually… which is an amazing amount of snow for where we live. Schools were closed, most people didn’t go to work, and life … [Read more…]