children

The One Where Molly Thinks Eric is Far Too Strict

Molly has a few friends who have play make up sets.  She covets those things.  I see her stare longingly at that type of thing in the store before she turns to me and says, “Daddy wouldn’t like me having that.” “Yes, I know,” as we move on. I had been aware for quite some [...]

What Does God Want You To Be?

The other night, we were talking with some friends and one of our priests.  I had shared that we have told the kids before that we don’t always want to correct them when they’re doing things that we feel are wrong, but that God gave us the job of raising them to be the kind [...]

7 Quick Takes: October 7, 2011 (Vol. 99)

~ 1 ~ As I already mentioned, Molly had a birthday this week! How did it happen that I’m now the mother of kids ages 7 – 12? Molly decided to forgo receiving an actual gift from us, and instead opted for going out for a manicure (it was a first for both of us!) [...]

10 Things We Love About Molly

Seven years ago tonight, I was having a hard time getting to sleep.  I knew that the next morning, I would be headed to the hospital bright and early to give birth to our daughter, Molly.  (And what an interesting delivery that ended up being!) In honor of the seventh birthday of our baby girl, [...]

7 Quick Takes: September 23, 2011 (Vol. 97)

~ 1 ~ We went apple picking this week.  We ended up taking home around 13 pounds of apples.  When you consider that our only real goal is to eat the apples, that’s probably a lot of apples to have.  I think that I might make an apple crisp this weekend, but other than that [...]

7 Quick Takes: August 19, 2011 (Vol. 93)

~ 1 ~ Last week when I wrote my quick takes, Jack had just learned to ride his bike (finally!) but Molly was still very much struggling.  I’m thrilled to report that after she finally trusted that we weren’t going to let go, we were actually able to let go anyway. I am calling Eric [...]

Lunch Time Democracy (aka Easy Way to Decide What’s for Lunch)

Sometimes, I get kind of burnt out on having to make three meals a day.  I know, that’s my call in life right now, but it just gets a little monotonous. Last week, as our pantry and fridge were looking a bit on the empty side, I was just not really feeling like making lunch.  [...]

7 Quick Takes: July 15, 2011 (Vol. 88)

~ 1 ~ I’m at Savvy Blogging Summit right now! I have been attending workshops, meeting new people, seeing old friends (people like Amy, Cheryl, Connie, Nony, and many more), and just generally having a really nice time.  I’m excited to also be sharing a room with Nony, though I suspect our room doesn’t look [...]

A Project Filled Spring and Summer

This spring and summer have been full of great learning opportunities for our boys, as well as the benefit of some wonderful family time. We’ve been able to work on things that I normally feel like we just don’t have time to work on during the school year (which is probably ridiculous to say, since [...]

7 Quick Takes: June 24, 2011 (Vol. 85)

~ 1 ~ Molly got a new Littlest Pet Shop Blythe doll this week.  She loved this one and declared that she looked very “country.”  But, then the poor doll had a problem, we later learned.  How did we find this out, you might ask? Molly began performing a song (she loves making up songs) [...]

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