At Darwin Catholic Mrs Darwin presents her notes on the reading aloud of one of my favorite children’s classics, Winnie the Pooh. Excerpt: I have never been a fan of the Disney oeuvre, but it is my considered opinion that they have done a...
You may think past ages were good, but it is only because you are not living in them.—St. Augustine
thanks to Julie D
Last year my sister’s roommate, Mandy, who is a great ceramacist, made Dom and I a couple of really cool personalized mugs as a wedding present. We call them the “it comes in pints?” mugs, after one of my favorite lines in the Lord...
Here’s Bella watching the races with Daddy. Bella sleeping in her carrier. Hanging out by the pool in her stylish hat. And my personal favorite, a candid moment when we were sleeping together in the recliner one morning. I’m glad...
We had her four month well-visit this morning. Bella is now 15 pounds, 1 ounce and 25 inches long. We also had shots, which was not so fun. Though not as bad as last time. I let her eat a little immediately after and that calmed the tears pretty...
…especially Christians attending secular schools: Ask Me Anything: Provocative Answers for College Students by J. Budziszewski. A while back I read Budziszewski’s What We Can’t Not Know: A Guide, I think on the recommendation of my...
From Spunky Homeschool a great refection on what in means to succeed at home schooling: . . . When I first starting homeschooling I thought about all the things that would make homeschooling a success. And I often compared myself to other families...
Two good posts by Karen Edmisten: One on how reading aloud helps with the sometimes thorny problem of whether material is age appropriate: Reading aloud lets me make decisions (I can edit if something is too intense for my hyper-sensitive child)...
Etymologic, the toughest word game on the web.
Yeah, I could waste some time on this.
But at least it’s educational.
via Among Women
Recently I’ve been showing Bella how to blow raspberries. This morning she demonstrated that she’d mastered the technique. By blowing very loud raspberries during mass. Sure it charmed the old lady in front of us, but was most...
