Montessori or Dinner Distractions?

Montessori at the Chinese Buffet?  Yep!
We had loads of fun keeping the almost 2, 3.5 and the 6yo busy in the Chinese Buffet Restaurant yesterday.
Almost 2 dd played with various geometric shapes on her plate as she was not interested in eating or staying in her chair.  The various geometric shapes found at [...]

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Life on the Funny Farm….

If my life weren’t’ so darned funny it could be called
a tragedy…hahaha
jk!
Guess what?  After 8 months?  of being van-less…my
dh was tapped on the shoulder on his break yesterday
and a man told him of a van that just came into the
local dealership…it is an 1999 Chevy Express 15
passenger van with 69,000 miles.  We do need some
financing [...]

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Just Call Me Silly!

HT: to Dawn!
How would the English say this one without gettng tongue-tied??

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Her Grace Lady Donna Marie the Loquacious of Melbury Bumpton Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title  

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Catholic Devotion Meme

Tagged by Nissa!1. Favorite devotion or prayer to Jesus?

The Divine Mercy Chaplet…I have soft spot for the Infant of Prague too!
2. Favorite Marian devotion or prayer?
The Daily Rosary
3. Do you wear a scapular or medal?
I wear a scapular with a few medals on it and a Miraculous Medal.
4. Do you have holy water in your [...]

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Merry Christmas!

A blessed and very Merry Christmas to you all!  I haven’t had time to blog…but being so overtired from Christmas day…(I have vague, very vague memories of participating in that day)….well, we all seem to have a bad cold.  aachoo…pass the soup!!  (see Real Life Chicken Soup and that  pretty much  covers it ;o)Don’t forget [...]

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What goes Snap, Crackle, Poof?

…My six year old dishwasher as it goes up in smoke.
What is it with me and appliances this month…did the warranty just expire on them??!…is that it?? Murphy’s Law strikes again!
I felt oddly amused when it happened.  I thought ,"Ah!  I will get those kids to realize the value of taking care of [...]

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Needlecrafting

Rebecca at the 4Real board passed the link on to this wonderful new site…A Number of Things by Alice Cantrell the Author of Sewing With St. Anne.  Check it out!
Speaking of needlecraft…..
I am trying to teach myself to knit and remember crochetting enough to teach my dc this art.  Klutz book in hand, I [...]

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I love listening to my 6yo dd….

Dh loves to go late night shopping…no lines…no hassles…quick in and out!
I was making a list for him to take to the grocery store when dd#1(12) looks longingly at her Dad and says:"Dad?  I know this is probably a lost cause, but can I go with you?"
While Dad is trying to figure out whether or [...]

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Changing the World One Diaper at a Time!

Sonya Romens of RC History passed this article to me:
World’s oldest known person dies at 116 – Yahoo! News
Tue Dec 12, 11:47 AM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) –
"Elizabeth Bolden, believed to have been the oldest
person in the world, has died at 116, local media in Tennessee
reported on Tuesday.
Bolden, daughter of freed slaves, died Monday in [...]

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The Power of Suggestion….

…the power of suggestion….
!!  Last night I had one of those finals dreams. 
I was in High School and College at the same time.  I was wearing mis-matched sandals and pushing my 23mo dd in a stroller and I came into the building on finals day and I wasn’t sure if I even attended my [...]

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