'parenthood' Category
Catching Up
I realize it has been a while. Life moves fast!
This weekend we spent, in various stages as a family, at a cub scout camp out. After managing to avoid every camp-out during three previous years of scouts, I finally agreed to come to one. I was afraid that if I didn’t, I would never see [...]Aging
Ahhh, another birthday came and went yesterday. Overall, a very pleasant day. For the first time, I found myself begging my children not to blurt out to everyone that I was another year older! In honor of turning another year older (and in recognition of what almost 10 years of motherhood has done to my [...]
Exit From Eden
There comes a moment in every child’s life they make the actual choice - the choice of the Garden of Eden. Anyone who has ever had children knows that moment when your child does something they know is wrong. Say, spilling an entire sippy-cup full of juice on the carpet while they look you straight in the [...]
Unworthy
Sometimes it is driven home to me the insane-ness of trying to explain unexplainable things.
I am currently working on a series of Bible reflections for children. Some I have already used in my own Religious Ed classroom, and the rest I try on my own guinea children. The one I am currently working on is [...]Retirement for Moms
Great news, moms! Apparently retirement is possible, but only on certain conditions.
Moms ”lay” children. If they ”lay” only sons, they are out of luck
Moms with daughters just have to wait a while. They have to be moms until the daughters grow up. Then, the daughters take over mom’s job, and the mom has to go away and [...]Vocations
This evening at Mass (yes - I know it was Saturday…it counts! I already had to explain this once to my son today, who reminded us that God wanted us to go to church on Sunday, his holy day, not Saturday!) Anyways.. oh, yes! This evening at Mass, our priest, Fr. Tony, gave an excellent [...]
R.I.P., or The Pet Killer
Yes, apparently I have managed to kill yet another family pet.
The first was the guinea pig about three years ago. I accidentally fed it grass from the front lawn, which we had sprayed for bugs the day before. Without even thinking, I pulled some grass for Baby (the guinea pig) and left it in his [...]Words Inherently Funny To Boys
In our house, there are just some words inherently funny to boys. All…by…themselves.
Saying any of these words in a normal conversation produces instant giggles, chuckles, and snorts from the too-young-to-drive set.
Can you spot the common thread in these words?tutor
Pupitar (a Pokemon)
Butter
Peanut Butter
nincompoop
hot dog weiner
halibutYeah, my life is just one big laugh factory!
True to Form
One more day of VBS! The adults are looking tired, the kids are wired!
Oldest son had his first kiss at VBS! The girl is one year younger than him, and has had a crush on him all year. They shared a kiss at the closing session yesterday. He was suitably in awe of this momentous occasion.
Romeo is [...]VBS Musings
Yes, it is the week of Vacation Bible School in my parish. After a two year break, because I totally burned out, we are back at VBS. The boys are thrilled. I am carrying my tired, virus-ridden body around, teaching Bible time to preschool and Kindergarten.
I have learned two things at VBS:Paper-bag “stone” walls built [...]