We are enjoying a week of cool breezes, relaxation, and little mountain hikes in North Carolina with my parents. It is LOVELY here. One goal in making the trip from Florida was to attend our dear friend Jane's wedding to a wonderful guy, Ruben. If I were smart, I would have taken my camera to all the wedding events but...alas. Jane was breathtaking and everything was perfection itself. I'm … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2011
Widgets and Summer Fun
I added some widgets to my sidebar and now I feel super fancy. This little guy and I are having the BEST summer We try to fill our early mornings with outside fun before it gets too miserably hot: the park, the pool, playing with trucks on the back porch. Before naptime or just after we go to the Brogan Museum of Arts and Sciences to see giant animatronic bugs, cool sciency children's … [Read more...]
Celebrating…
Happy Father's Day to the best daddy! Benjamin and Baby Girl are lucky to have such a wonderful man as their papa. And Daniel and I are lucky to have wonderful fathers in our lives, too! … [Read more...]
St. Anthony’s Pasta
At long last, I finally posted a new recipe on Feast! And hey, I noted how to make it Gluten-Free and it includes these delicious amazing tomatoes from Daniel's garden: … [Read more...]
Blueberries for Benjamin
Look at that expression! My dad and I took Benjamin to a U-Pick-'Em Organic Blueberry Farm this morning and I took this one just as Benjamin said, "Kurplink, Kurplank, Kurplunk" as his first few berries landed in his pail. Doesn't he look just like Daniel in this one? We started out just after 7am (which was no problem because my son wakes me with his dulcet tones every morning around 6:15am). … [Read more...]
My Giant
I've been pulling the baby things out of the closet to see what will work for the new baby and what we might need to buy or borrow. The bouncer we used with Benjamin got kind of weird and moldy during the move (it was in a POD for awhile and then in our laundry room sans air conditioning.) But Benjamin thinks it's GRAND. He's been sitting in it, making it play songs, lounging and playing in … [Read more...]
My Giant
I've been pulling the baby things out of the closet to see what will work for the new baby and what we might need to buy or borrow. The bouncer we used with Benjamin got kind of weird and moldy during the move (it was in a POD for awhile and then in our laundry room sans air conditioning.) But Benjamin thinks it's GRAND. He's been sitting in it, making it play songs, lounging and playing in … [Read more...]
June 2011 Reads
I LOVED Esolen's 10 Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child. Please read it, whether you have kids or not. I found it just as useful for my personal development as for how I want to raise my children. Esolen is witty and hilarious and his literary references are delightful. His ideas weren't a huge shift from what Daniel and I have wanted for our children but he articulates so many of my … [Read more...]
Calm Before the Storm
We had the best anniversary weekend. Benjamin had a sleepover at Daniel's parents house on Friday and we went to dinner at Cypress (where we went on a special date in high school) followed by a stroll at Oven Park. On Saturday morning we walked to morning Mass and then enjoyed breakfast at Uptown Cafe before it got too hot to enjoy being outside. After a nap, I got to go read at RedEye Coffee and … [Read more...]
