Our children are off today, so the morning starts with a sense of calm. There are no lunches to pack, no last-minute homework assignments to do, no field trip forms to forget.
Birthday celebrating, toy shopping, and doing more holy things today (7 Quick Takes)
I’m chronicling our daily lives on the blog this week in the Week in My Life challenge, so I could probably have given myself a break from 7 quick takes.
Week in My Life 2017: Thursday
Morning comes quickly. As I get things ready for the day, I keep in mind that I will be at a work event late into the evening.
Week in My Life 2017: Wednesday
I’m up before the sons, which makes me think I have a jump on the day.
Week in My Life 2017: Tuesday
A stuffed cow and his owner crawl into my bed to wake me up, and I realize the morning is already getting away from us.
Week in My Life 2017: Monday
I’m chronicling our ordinary, but extraordinary, life every day this week. Here’s Monday.
A Golden Birthday, a gratitude garland, how mothers are dictionaries, and more (7 Quick Takes)
Our older son is 10 today—double digits! It’s his golden birthday (10 on the 10th), and he has been counting down the days, of course.
A Q&A with a seminarian on his vocation to the priesthood
During National Vocations Awareness Week, seminarian Tommy O’Donnell reflects on his vocation to the priesthood.
Ooh la la! Let’s have French onion soup for dinner
We don’t always have the time and money to slip away to a lovely French restaurant. So I decided to make French onion soup for dinner.
Farewell to soccer practice and Halloween, hello to stuffed peppers and November (7 Quick Takes)
It’s November! How did that happen? I am hearing people mention Thanksgiving as if it’s just around the corner.
Trick or treat: Procrastinating and still mostly winning at Halloween (Five Favorites)
How is it Halloween already? Here are five tricks-or-treats (you decide) as we head into this fun-filled holiday.
Chaperoning a field trip to St. Mary’s City, our first family hotel stay, a poetry reading, and The Irish Blessing (7 Quick Takes)
Ever been to St. Mary’s City? I hadn’t gone until this week when I chaperoned a fourth grade field trip there.