Translation*: He is risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! Happy Easter! * An imprecise translation so I could post this science museum ...

Second Son has my old camera. It works perfectly but the lens is smudged. Because it would cost something like $80 to have the lens professi...

In August, we spent three nights at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. I would like to devote today's seve...

First Son and First Daughter started piano lessons last fall. A very dear friend of mine is their teacher and I think she's fantastic. T...

This video shot by Second Daughter exemplifies daily life during the school year for First Son. Doing something fun, then suddenly rememb...

Last summer, I read and reviewed How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare . You can read that post here . During the school year I began rea...

This video is from a field trip we took with some friends to a science museum back in November. The older kids all worked together on t...

Thanks to Story Warren , I watched Young Feathers with my children last weekend. A few minutes in and Second Daughter (6) yells, ...

Second Daughter loves to make movies with her camera. They range from a few seconds of spinning to five minutes of wandering the house and d...

I missed last week. Again. And then I didn't even get this post up yesterday (though it was Labor Day). Oh well, it's my blog so wha...

1. I made a new Parmesan cheese bread and the children all raved about it. 2. Our parish is starting a donut club for the summer. First So...

Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett We received this book as a gift from some dear friends when Second Daughter was born. It's a...

1. Early this week, I went in to get Second Son out of his crib in the morning and found him in the downward dog position. 2. Second Son s...

Did you notice I didn't post last week? At all? My parents were in town and we took a bit of a spring break. I had intended to schedule ...

1. Beautiful weather. Last week was just gorgeous! It's hard to believe since we've had two full days of rain, but we spent lots of ...

1. This week I pulled out an old exercise tape. This is one I originally used back in 2001 and have used off and on in all the years since. ...

1. Halloween night - We had a wonderful time at Grammy and Paw Paw's house: pizza for dinner and then trick-or-treating in her neighborh...

Second Daughter was pretending to be a whale. She would belly crawl across the floor saying "Mwim! Mwim!" (That's "swim...

Back in January, I wrote a little review for a new children's book on the papacy: We Have a Pope . I've been meaning to add an updat...

Here's Second Son showing off his new clapping skills on March 14th. In case you're wondering, if he gets socks off his feet, he ...