Never Gets Old

My "baby" on "our" (hers and mine, of course) pillow, snoozin' away! Ignore the mismatched "pjs". This little girl is just so "snuggle-able".

Sweet Sound

I had a doctor's appointment today. I'm officially at 16 weeks 3 days now!!! Everything is looking great, and despite the fact that it took way too long for my doctor to find the heartbeat, he did find it, and it sounded great and I'm so very thankful!!!!!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Well, mainly the "Bad and the Ugly." Things in this house have not exactly been going as planned. Or at least, not as I have planned.

Things I hadn't planned on:

-not having a weekend at all (read-Brett was gone all weekend long being a super-helpful friend to others and a very absentee father/husband to us)

-having an 8 year old with a bad temper and a bad attitude

-wanting to take the day off, but not being able to

-my sewing machine dying in mid-project (I'm not good at sewing anyway and this really put a damper on things)

-not having time/energy to go out and look for a new sewing machine

-my husband spending 1 1/2 hours at the Urgent Care Clinic trying to get a Tetanus shot since during one of his helping episodes he scraped himself with a rusty nail (he never did get the shot because of some policy about not being able to get a Tetanus shot without seeing the doctor first and the doctor wasn't in yet...at 10:00am)

-me being in an over-all grumpy-pants mood

-having no bread in the house

-approaching that time of the semester when I am going solo for a lot of things due to extra rehearsals/concerts/etc


Soooo...while in this wonderful mood of mine, I was trying to express to Brett that he really needed to find a way to take a day off (ha!) so I could take a day off and leave, somewhere. Later on today Gianna comes up to Brett and says, "When mom moves, if you are going to be our teacher, there are a few things you need to know." She then tells Brett exactly how things are done around here. Which gave me an idea (a better mom would have been bothered by the fact that her 4-year-old thought she was moving)...I don't need Brett to take a day off. I'll just leave Gianna in charge!



*Disclaimer- All statements above are for entertainment purposes only and cannot be used in a court of law against the "statement-maker". :-) It's just been "one of those days".

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.