Finished in May: 1. Till We Have Faces, Mrs Darwin’s April selection for Reading for Believers. I have such a hard time talking about this book. I love it and yet every time I try to untangle it I feel like I’m hitting a brick wall. I...
Bella and Sophie are playing a game in which the dad (played by elephant) won’t let the baby doll, whose name is Afadilla, go into the store. Bella:“Let Afadilla go in the store!” Sophie: “No!” Bella: “Let...
Sunday night we all went out for ice cream. The girls shared one “kid’s sized” ice cream. (Yes, that really is the smallest size they offer.) Ben shared one with Auntie Tree. It was messy but fun.
Daria has tagged me in a favorite Bible verses meme. I’m terrible about answering these things in a timely manner. Mostly because, as Dom likes to point out, I overthink them. (DO other people do that or is it just me?) So today I’m not...
In the past couple of weeks getting Ben to go to sleep has become an epic battle. For some reason we have not yet discerned he has decided that his bed is his enemy and he will. not. go. gently. Bedtime is the worst; but nap time has been pretty...
It’s 84 right now. The high is supposed to be 90. After weeks of chill and rain this is bliss! (I’m so glad we have AC, though, or it would not be so blissful.) I looked at the forecast and decided today we’d go to the park and...
This morning as I was cooking breakfast I asked Bella to open the front windows so we could catch a cross breeze for a while before the day got too hot. As she was pushing up the pane, she exclaimed: “There’s a deer in the yard!”...
Today was a gorgeous day. Warm, sunny. So nice for a change. It seems like lately its been al rain all the time. A good day to just get out of the house. First, we went to the library. They played with puzzles (I think between the two of them, Ben...
This afternoon I let the girls run around in the front yard while Ben napped. I looked out and Bella had amassed quite the collection which she wanted me to inspect. I was almost dismissive of her but then saw an opportunity to slow down, look more...
Recently in confession the subject of daily Mass came up. I used to go to daily Mass regularly before I was married, I lamented in response. I’d love to start going again; but with four kids, it’s just too hard. And then I actually...