Sophie Slides from Domenico Bettinelli on Vimeo. Sophie took to the slide like a fish to water.You’d never think her first time up that ladder was just minutes before I picked up the camera. Bella is a slightly-too-enthusiastic coach and I had...
via Studeo 1. What author do you own the most books by? I’m not sure. Probably Tolkien if you count the all the volumes edited by his son. After that maybe Patrick O’Brien or C.S. Lewis. I am, of course, referring to the household...
Waiting
In the big chair
A fun animal drape
Distraction with a mirror
Who’s the fairest of them all?
The hair dryer, Bella doesn’t like the noise
Isabella Holds Hands with Sophie from Domenico Bettinelli on Vimeo. We were eating dinner the other night when we looked up to see the cutest thing: Bella leading a very compliant Sophie by the hand through the house. I especially love how...
The blog doesn’t look any different to you; but oh from my end it seems a little spiffier. Dom bought me a new (used) Macbook for my birthday and it came in the mail today!!!! (A little early; my actual day is in August.) We’ve been...
This is what a picture book should be. A perfect pairing of beautiful text and beautiful illustrations. I love haiku and Jack Prelutsky’s verses are beautiful examples of the form. I love poems that linger, that take up residence in your...
I woke up this morning from the midst of a dream I couldn’t shake. i think it sprang from reading the story of Hannah and Samuel yesterday and from this post by Rachel Balducci about how hard it is to have her little baby in a full body cast...
One of the most unexpected joys of motherhood has been singing to my children. I used to like to sing as a child. And I have fond memories of my mother singing to me. And then sometime when I was in those fragile teen years I was criticized for my...
Donna Marie asks: Tell me what gives you the most joy in your vocation as a mother. She’s got a new blog View from the Domestic Church and is giving away a copy of her book, The Domestic Church: Room by Room: A Mother’s Study Guide to...
Melissa Wiley asks a fascinating question: How Does E-Reading Affect the Reader? I�m afraid reading The Chosen One on my Touch may have affected my experience of the book. I know it affected my feelings about the book�s ending, because I was stunned...
