Some days are like that…
Earlier today I posted these little tidbits on FB:
C, upon entering the pool for her lesson: “[breathing deeply] I just LOVE that smell!” Yep, she’s a swimmer.
I let M go to the water fountain in Costco by herself while I was checking out. She was not kidnapped, and even more […]

We had a nice weekend. After C’s swimming lessons on Saturday, we put on all the snow clothes one last time and headed to Suburban Lake Park, just to see what conditions were like. R and I decided not to wear snow pants, though we took several up-to-our-knee footsteps in the deep snow around the […]

That’s the title of the flyer I got at the ped yesterday. It’s frighteningly accurate:
During the 4th year (actually this is her 5th year, but it’s a common mistake) your child:
–resents being told what to do and thinks she knows everything
–may be stubborn and more difficult than age 3
–runs around like crazy
–resists your resistance and […]

So I’ve been thinking about an Internet-related Lenten practice. I’m apparently not the only one—several friends are giving up Facebook for Lent. I wish them well but don’t feel called to that, personally. As Bruce Reyes Chow said last year (paraphrasing), I do a lot of pastoral care and authentive connecting with people via Facebook […]

The girls are getting dressed:
Me: Ooh, who’s going to get dressed first? M has her pajama pants off, but C has already put her socks on.
C: I don’t want this to be a race, because when I don’t win I freak out.
M: That’s OK C, I’ll go really really slow.

And that’s pretty much everything you […]

Little she-who-is turns 7 today. All week long we were preparing her for fewer gifts on her actual birthday because of the disruptions from the storm. She doesn’t care. It’s her birthday and that’s reason enough for celebration. Love that kid.
Been working with some friends on a study guide for Barbara Brown Taylor’s An Altar […]

I thought I’d start a post that contains all the blizzard updates. Will be adding to this, since SNOMG is far from over.
Since this is a specific event I’ll go in forward chronological order and add to the bottom.
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We’ve all but canceled worship on Sunday. Haven’t pulled the trigger yet, but gave the snow removal […]

I should supplement this post with pictures of the outside, but word pictures will have to do for now.
I have friends who’ve lost power and trees during Snowpocalypse 2010, but we’ve been fortunate to be snug and happy. The Virus has passed for the most part, and it looks as if the parents dodged this […]

It’s been a wild week at the reverendhousehold. Tuesday night J and C threw up almost simultaneously and have been puny since then. M threw up yesterday afternoon but seems a little better off. I was very worried it was norovirus so I’ve been bathing every surface with bleach spray stuff and my house smelled […]

The kids are playing “dog” right now, in which C throws a soft frisbee and M and J catch it in their mouths… and by the end of this post, C is reading to the two of them. These moments are all too fleeting so I thought I’d take a minute to record a recent […]