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Saint Kateri: When Saints Bring Up Tough Questions
"Why did she die Mom? She wasn't old." This is the question I got recently from my 5 year old about St. Kateri Tekawitha, the Lily of the Mohawks. And boy, is it a tough one to answer. G fell absolutely in love with St. Kateri last year when thanks to Adalee Hude's...
A Little Life Update As We Wait For Some Rain
Holy Cow has it been miserably hot here. It's been hot and sticky with high temperatures and high humidity for about 10 days now, and wow, is it wearing on all of us. Thankfully we have window AC units for bedrooms, so the kids are sleeping well at night, but during...
Summer Homeschooling: Carrying our Classroom With us and Learning Outside
This year, for various reasons, we are homeschooling through the summer. Here’s how we’re modifying our usual schedule to take advantage of the weather!
Introducing Saint Maria Goretti to Young Kids
The Saint and Children: How to Handle it When Things Get Complicated. . . I love the saints. I love their companionship, their wisdom, the shared struggle, the knowing that we all sin, make mistakes, doubt. They are invariably people that I want my children to get to...
Giant Bubbles, Books, and the Joys of Potty Training: 7 Quick Takes for the Week
Happy June All! Summer has definitely arrived here in Michigan, so I'm taking a quick break from the sun and heat to enjoy the comfort of my little mantle fan and some time to write. Here's what's been going on with us these days. 1.Mark has been making bubbles with...
Nesting, Nesting, and More Nesting
We've hit that stage of pregnancy- the glorious urge to nest. It's when all the deep cleaning in our life happens. With Charlotte I insisted that the bathroom ceiling needed to be scrubbed. Needless to say, Mark was not happy to find my very large self perched on top...
More Quarantine Quick Takes . . .
1.This month reminds me again how thankful I am that Mark chose a reasonable and sustainable specialty. With urology he works pretty normal hours (technically longer than normal, but the kids and I are asleep for the first couple of hours of his work day, so I don't...
Books to Welcome A New Sibling
We are thrilled to be expecting our fourth child this September (you can find our super cute May the Fourth announcement photos on Instagram, for some reason the blog is not letting me post photos today . . . ), and while Gianna and William are old hats at the...
Our DIY Mary Grotto
A dream of mine when we bought this house last year was to have a statue of Mary in the yard with a little grotto and flowers all around her. Not having the budget for such a thing, I turned to the place I always do- our local Buy Nothing Group. For those who aren't...
Quarantine Update . . . What Day Is It?
The days always blur together a little bit over here, especially since Mark doesn't have a normal M-F work schedule (that starts in July, and I am soooooooo excited for it!), but boy with never leaving the house, it really does make it hard to keep track of the days....