Family Photos
If you can ignore the chocolate all over her face, she looks adorable. Serious, serious Jack. A self-portrait, since I don’t think I’ve let anyone else use my camera yet. Slightly out of focus happy guy. Tired Nick. Connor’s Hill is hard on a young guy like him.
Homeschooling update
Alright, I will succumb to the peer pressure. Or spousal pressure I suppose. I’d started out this entry meaning to give an update on what’s been going on in my life, and somehow a rambling post about homeschooling came out. It’s fitting, I suppose, as homeschooling is a large focus of my life (and time!) [...]
The end is near!
There are 15 days of school left. I’m excited like you wouldn’t believe. Every morning when we struggle to get Nick out the door at 7:30 to catch the bus, Liam and I share a mini countdown moment. “18 more mornings of this.” The end won’t come fast enough. Besides the morning crunch, there are [...]
Um…
There are moments of parenting which leave me speechless. One of them just passed when Nicholas ran across the house. He was chasing Lily with a toy ark yelling “Look out! Noah’s coming for you!!!” As I wrote this, I heard him saying “But that was our only chicken!”. *snort*
I’m a what??!
I’m a La Leche League Leader. Yikes. For those of you asking “A La Le-what-a?”, I’ve become a Leader in a breastfeeding support group. La Leche League is a worldwide organization which offers mother-to-mother support. There are monthly Series meetings where information is offered and mothers are able to ask questions. Leaders are also available [...]
Photo Time
I haven’t posted pictures in ages and since I just dumped a bunch of photos from the camera onto the computer today I thought this would be a good time. My brother, his wife, and their baby were out for a visit last month. Here we all are at church. (And no I don’t have [...]
Lessons my children have taught me
Someone else’s cookie always tastes better than your own. (aka Filched food tastes best.) The best place to be when you’re hurt, scared, or upset is in the arms of someone you love. Farts are really funny. Touching and cuddling are requirements in life, not perks. Exploration cannot be hurried. The most interesting things in [...]
Childhood
I came across the following quote this morning and found it to be very thought-provoking. “When we adults think of children, there is a simple truth which we ignore: childhood is not preparation for life, childhood is life. A child isn’t getting ready to live – a child is living. The child is constantly confronted [...]
Voluntary Simplicity
Yesterday, I attended a workshop on voluntary simplicity which was being offered at our church by a few of the parishioners. There was a retreat a few months back, but being the mom of two little kids (one of whom still nurses several times each night) doesn’t lend itself well to that type of activity. [...]
