Montage Monday Feast of St. Augustine

Yes.  The Feast of Saint Augustine in which we talk about St. Bernard. OR The Day We Celebrate ‘Happy Not the First Day of School’  with a party that we planned on Philip’s secondary feast day. Are you confused?  That makes two of us. Here’s...

A Fair-ly good time

The Central State’s Fair grounds are just blocks from our house, so we’ve been watching the preparations for this year’s fair with great interest. And by “we” of course I mean the kids.  Don’t get me wrong, I love a fair as much, if...

Awkward

Our poop tree (so named for the scat-like growths) has been a-buzz with activity as of late.  Apparently there has been a Robin family quietly residing in it’s boughs.  Quietly, that is, until recently.  The Robin chicks have reached addolescence and all that...

Stumbling Block

Philip has spent the summer dwelling on rockets.  He’s been fixated since the a trip past the Air and Space museum. He has begged to buy one and the NASA exhibit was almost more than he could bear; he could taste rocket fuel.  And, lo and behold!, people can...

Do You Hear What I Hear?

I pride myself on my ability to get an idea across.  I like to think I’m a good communicator – I did competitive speech in FFA, became an emcee in college and I can explain the craziest of games. Then I had kids. For whatever reason, most of the time I am...