Lord, That I May See

My girls (I hate to admit) are really into joking about bodily waste products (ahem!).  Since I figure that trying to get them to quit is bound to be a lost cause, I let them say and laugh about whatever they want, but they must go into the bathroom and do it -- the appropriate place for talking about bodily functions. One day after dinner, Rosebud got down from her chair, climbed into my lap, put her little arms around me, looked at me sweetly and asked, "Now can I go laugh about poo-poo??"

Here is some work that has been on the girls' shelves recently.  I got this idea for squeezing water from a garlic press from The Wonder Years .  (Follow the link to see how she does it.)   I had a difficult time finding a garlic press that I felt could be managed by little hands.  This one I finally found at Safeway. USING A SIEVE This is another work idea from Amy.  The girls absolutely love this work and it has kept them interested for a good long time. For three straight days Rosebud tumbled half awake out of bed in the morning already asking to do this work. ;)  The child pours the barley into the flour (my cornmeal didn't sift through as well as the flour when I did my test run -- which you should always do, by the way! :) and stirs it together with the scoop.  Then the scoop is used to place the mixture into the sifter and the child taps the sifter against her hand (or the side of the bowl) to separate the two ingredient...

Five years ago today I was in a white dress walking toward you with my heart in my hands. Five years ago your eyes found mine across an entire church. Five years ago we knelt, Christ in our hearts, our hands in each other's and our lives opened, rich and promising, before us. Five years ago today was a day very like today -- a bright blue sky, and the shining sun that matched our shining rings and beaming faces. Five years ago we had only dreamed of the story that we were beginning -- the daughters that bless us, the work, the home, five whole years of grace and love. Five years ago today I didn't know it was possible to be so happy and so full. . . All because of you, dear. I am so grateful you chose me. Happy Anniversary.

I recieved  this article from a member of a Catholic mother's Yahoo group I belong to.  It resonated with many of the changes and challenges our family is experiencing this year, and is warm with simple encouragement and insight.  I really enjoyed reading it and I hope it blesses someone else as well.

"Art is a fundamental necessity in the human state. . . .[It] teaches men the pleasures of the spirit."  ~ Jacques Maritain

http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/ FOR TODAY: June 14, 2009 Outside My Window . . . our little backyard.  Its become a place of many good memories with my family. I am thinking . . . about how the sale of this house, our home for the past two years, is being finalized today.  It's making me sad.  We have six weeks to find somewhere else to live. I am thankful for . . . Rosebud.  Even with all her activeness, she still comes to sit on my lap and suck her thumb, her soft little hands stroking my hair.  I am grateful for these sweet little moments in her crazy life. From the kitchen . . . Summertime brings fruit!  We have watermelon and pineapple and blueberries this week. I am wearing . . . A skirt and a sky-blue shirt, bare feet and braided hair. I am creating . . . a menu plan for the next 2 weeks.  I hate doing it, but when I "wing it" at dinnertime, things aren't pretty. :) I am going . . . to have a wonderful next six we...

I am dragging Rosebud to the bathroom.  She is wailing: "I don wanna go poooottty!" We pass the bathroom mirror.  She stops crying as an idea strikes her.  "Mommy, I wanna see my mad face."