St. Therese, by Mary Katherine, age 5
Archive for November, 2007
A Drawing
Posted in Blessings of Children, Homeschooling, Mary, daughters, growing children, saints on November 29, 2007 | 5 Comments »
What Part of Thanksgiving Dinner
Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
are you?
This was a weird one!
You Are The Stuffing
You’re complicated and complex, yet all your pieces fit together.
People miss you if you’re gone – but they’re not sure why.
What Part of Thanksgiving Are You?
ht ~ Dawn
Henry Joe ~ 3 Years Old Today!
Posted in Blessings of Children, Counting my Blessings, Henry, The Boys in my life.., birthdays, sons on November 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
You came out of the water with a pruney little face, blowing bubbles and wiggling your fingers. You spent your first year tied to my back, watching all the jubilant chaos around you. You spent your second year adding to the jubilant chaos! I am so excited to see what you bring to us in [...]
Baby Bliss
Posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Welcome Miriam, fresh from God!
Front Wrap Cross Carry Tutorial
Posted in Mothering, babies, babythings, babywearing, growing children, parenting, tutorial on November 10, 2007 | 14 Comments »
We are using a wrap made of hemp jersey. It is slightly stretchy, a bit like a sweatshirt.
Again, first you find the center:
This time you place the center at your belly button and open it up:
Bring one side around your back and over the opposite shoulder:
Do the same with the other side, crossing the wrap [...]
The Irony…
Posted in around the house, family, family life, growing children, reality, siblings, this n that on November 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I am changing the baby. The children are in the next room quietly cutting paper while listening to Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies. The lively beat of The Sharing Song fills the house. Suddenly, someone shouts, “Hey, those are MY scissors!!!” Ah, so much for sharing, eh? I guess I’ll go clean up all those paper scraps now. Is [...]
My Baby and Me!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Just a random picture! Dancing cheek to cheek!
Reading Level…
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Good. ‘Cause it’s as far as I got…
All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day, All Souls Day
Posted in Catholic, Living the Liturgical Year, catholic education, celebrations, family, family life, growing children, liturgical, saints on November 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
….and how we spent them:
We were really impressed with how well Molly cleaned out her pumpkin….until we discovered her putting the guts into the pumpkin next to hers!
Saints in the making:
Surrounded by Saints and Deacon Trabbic leading us in the Rosary:
Mary as St. Faustina Kowlaska ~ Jesus I Trust in You!
Gabe and Isaac as St. Padre [...]
Back Carry Tutorial
Posted in Gentle Mothering, Mothering, babies, babythings, babywearing, family life, growing children, parenting, this n that, tutorial on November 5, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Here’s hoping I can help! I thought I could also do a YouTube recording of how I do this. We’ll start here though. This is my rendition of a back wrap cross carry. I don’t tie it around my waist. I’m using the ‘hip scoot’ method to put MB on my back, but this is [...]

