Veronica Says...

"Really, Mom? This whole dress your kid up in the same dress that you and your sister and all other female siblings/cousins have worn is a bit ridiculous."

"But, I'll smile if you tell me to, because I've learned that it's much easier to just do what you ask of me and then you let me be on my merry way. "

Feast of St.Therese

Today is the Feast of St.Therese. One of our favorite saints, and one of Veronica's namesakes (her middle name). We've been praying her novena since last Thursday and this morning we had a little feast.

Here she is! Our Veronica Therse (and Emma, who is never far from Nica)

Caramel French Toast (St.Therese was a Carmellite nun, and French!) Brett had to eat early so he could get to work.


It was a recipe I've never made, and I have to admit it was delicious. Too sweet for Emma, my non-sweets girl.

We have a regular Friday planned. We'll hopefully get to the library, do science presentations, and finish the rest of our "desk work" for the week.

My Favorite Season

Feast of the Archangels

Today is the Feast of the Archangels! I am *not* one of those homeschooling mothers who always has every feast day perfectly planned out. I am very proud of today for this very reason. I am also in advance proud of Friday for the feast that I do have somewhat planned out.

The plan was to make angel sugar cookies. The only problem with this plan was that our angel cookie cutter is horrible. It doesn't look anything like an angel. I'm not completely convinced that it wasn't supposed to be cupid from a Valentine's cookie cutter collection. Either way, we decided that using hearts and stars would have to do. The hearts are for the great love the Archangels have for God and the stars are for how powerful they are (a stretch I know).

Veronica was very excited that she got to stand up on the stool with Gianna.

Aidan, rolling out some dough and Emma making sure it looks right.

Nica loved playing in the flour.

Unfortunately, the "ugly" angels didn't even make it.

This picture is to prove that I'm not one of those "perfect" homeschool moms.

Aidan's finished product. Note the funny looking "angel" at the top of the plate.

A Beautiful Saturday Daybook

For Today

September 25, 2010 (My much older and wiser sister's birthday!)

Outside my window...The leaves are falling, the sun is shining and there's just enough of a breeze to carry the kids' bubbles across the yard.

I am thinking...About how I spend my time, where I spend my time, and with whom (fancy huh?) I spend my time.

I am thankful for...A healthy pregnancy, a husband who has a job he loves, sweet kids who are each other's best friends.

From the school room...School is in full force. Now that I'm feeling human for most of the day we have been able to really tackle some good schoolwork. The kids have been great about getting their work done. I truly love teaching my children at home, but that's another post entirely.

From the kitchen...The kitchen is a complete disaster with remnants of our big breakfast and the pumpkin muffins that were just made. I don't mind disasters like that. Yum!

I am wearing...A brown maternity shirt with pink and beige designs on it and a maternity skirt that is as comfortable as they come. I'm still not obviously pregnant to the outside world, but definitely more comfortable in maternity clothes.

I am creating...There's not a lot of creating going on around here. I'm growing a baby. Does that count?

I am going...Absolutely nowhere at the moment. This afternoon we may stop by the "Family Weekend" booths on campus and see how the Newman Center booth is doing, maybe confession this afternoon, and Mass. The boys are currently "sighting in" Brett's rifle at the shooting range this morning. Sounds like a man's weekend to me.

I am reading..."The Soul of the Apostolate" (still), and "The New Faithful" by some journalist whose name escapes me. I've never been good with remembering authors' names. Both great reads!

I am hoping...That I continue to feel better, and that I start to feel more normal in the evenings. I'm still rather "green" which makes for some very unproductive evenings.

I am hearing...The three girls playing in the backyard. Last I heard Emma was taking Veronica down the slide. It sounds like that game is over and it also sounds like the littlest one needs to come in and take a nap.

Around the house...The laundry is as caught up as laundry ever is, the kitchen, well, you remember, and the rest of the house could use some tlc. Maybe after our nap...uh, the baby's nap.

To live the liturgy...We've been doing the daily scripture readings every morning and on Thursday started a Novena to St.Therese in honor of her upcoming feast day! I'm trying to incorporate more liturgical activities in our home...after all, the kids can do Math anywhere, but I want our home to be alive with our Faith.

One of my favorite things...When Nica and I wake up in "our" bed and I ask her if she wants to get up she almost always says "no, Mama" and snuggles back in. I'm glad I've taught her well, and I am always up for a few more minutes of snuggling.

A few plans for the rest of the week...It's a pretty busy time of year around here. This weekend we have our family faith formation program at Church, on Monday we have Newman stuff, Tuesday we teach a Baptism class, Thursday we have more Newman stuff, Friday is St.Therese's feast (I think we have some archangels in there to celebrate in the middle of the

week as well), and Saturday we give our NFP talk to the marriage prep group. The kids will have karate next week as well. Whew! I'm tired.

A picture thought...

I do have other children even though this one currently makes more "screen time" than the rest. It's just that she's around me all the time, and well, she's really, really cute!

Sweetness

Is a seven-year old!

Yummy Smell

My house currently has the smell of Chicken and Rice Soup throughout! Yummy! I've been waiting until the weather got a little colder to make my first batch of soup this season, but since 5/6 of us are sporting a fall cold, today seems like a great day!