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Pillow Fluff
This is in case you ever wash one of your children’s pillows. If you notice a seam has unraveled at some point during the wash cycle, sew it up before you put in the dryer. BUT if in your naivety and wishful thinking you throw it in the dryer anyway because you think it couldn’t do too much harm and you really want to make sure it’s back on his bed before bedtime and don’t have time to sew it up, be forewarned. Your husband will go to get your child’s sheets and then come to you and say, “The pillow exploded in the dryer.” And he won’t be kidding. And you think he is exaggerating so you put off tackling that mess for a couple of days. When you do, you realize he wasn’t kidding and hope that there weren’t too many other things in that load. Don’t waste your time trying to shake out the pillow fluff from everything because the pillow industry has stuffed these pillows with some crazy material that sticks to EVERYTHING on the planet except flannel. Don’t even waste your time using a lint roller or packing tape to lift off the fluff because the pillow really DID explode and this could be a whole day project and you wouldn’t have enough tape/lint roller stuff to take it off anyway. INSTEAD, get a comb and comb off the fluff. It’ll come off in no time.
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Baseball Player Pursues Call To Priesthood
Amazing story. Grant Desme was on his way to a successful Major League Baseball career but turned it down to pursue the priesthood. I’ve seen the argument that he is throwing away his God-given talent. I don’t buy it. Friends, this is a clear demonstration of the importance of vocation before profession. Fulfill the former and the latter will fall in place. I would not be a bit surprised if Grant finds a way to use his gifts in his ministerial future to help those in need. I know of one priest who did.
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Cecilia at 4 months
Yesterday Cecilia turned 4 months old. She’s doing great. As of her well-check today she’s 12 lbs 14 oz (25th percentile) and 25 inches long (75th percentile). Her numbers look very much like Therese’s at that age. And she’s as sweet as can be. She loves cooing and laughing at all of us and just about anyone who meets her. Her hemangioma on her leg hasn’t grown and is only really red on the border. Our pediatrician said that’s a good sign that it will fade without having to surgically remove it. Her hemangioma on her back is also fading. Her eyes are not brown and the doc said that the color peaks at 4 months and usually doesn’t change. What color are they then? Good question…grey, greenish, hazelish…next time you see her give me your vote.
And the rest of us, how are we? Everyday life gets a little more ‘normal.’ I couldn’t make it through the day without Therese. She is an immense help. Her schooling is going great. And we’re getting to do more fun stuff and fun reading…this week it’s part of the Odyssey since we’re studying Ancient Greece. She’s really excited about the little family Greek party we’ll be having this weekend sometime.
Fulton is picking up his slack too. He has caught on that I”m more likely to say to ice cream after dinner if he’s been helping with the laundry and dishes. This week he decided that as a 4 year old he doesn’t need his booster seat at the dinner table anymore. I’m fine with that as it’s one less thing to clean up after dinner! I picked up some books for him a couple of weeks ago to start schooling and Monday I gave him a phonics lesson while I had some alone time with him. He’s pretty excited and doing well.
Muffin is finally showing some interest in potty training. Wouldn’t it be lovely if she were! I’d love just to wash one set of cloth diapers. She has found some housework she is good at–folding her diapers, the dishtowels, sock sorting and putting away the dishes with her brother. She is fitting right in as a little helper.
Besides successfully mastering the slaying of the laundry beast once a week, I’ll be doing an intro of the Theology of the Body class at St. Louis for the next 7 weeks and facilitating discussion in one of the small group. I’m looking forward to it.
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Birthday and Anniversaries weekend
Happy 6th birthday to Therese. At six, we can no longer count her age on one hand. She was born screaming and she certainly lets her mind and opinions be known even today. She broke us into parenthood and she often reminds me of her beloved namesake when she was young. And she is still our sweet little girl who writes her name with the accents, has a great love for art, reading, writing notes, the colors pink and purple, leading her brother and sisters, and going to any lengths to earn ice cream after dinner! She started the tradition of the ‘tightest hugs ever’ before bedtime and hasn’t outgrown bedtime stories, hugs, or sitting next to me during story time. How I love our little flower who sanctifies me everyday and who recently has taken to reminding me when I need to go to confession. We’ll make saints of each other yet!
Yesterday we celebrated Fulton’s Baptism anniversary and tomorrow we remember our God daughter, Grace’s baptism anniversary (even though she won’t be around for us to celebrate with her).
May the Lord bless and keep these sweet children. The Lord let his face shine upon them and be gracious to them. The Lord be kind to them and bring them peace.
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Happy 7th Anniversary
Happy Anniversary to my beloved husband.
Thank you, Lord, for the gift of our marriage. Please give us the grace through the Sacrament of Matrimony to always be a gift to one another and to know and carry out your holy will. May the gifts we bring to the altar be pleasing in your sight and give you glory through Christ our Lord.
This morning we whisked our little family once again to the place we first met–daily Mass. It was beautiful.
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26 Fairmont Avenue
If you’ve seen our children’s book collection and record of library withdraws, you know that we’re big fans of Tomie dePaola. We love how he incorporates his Catholic faith in so many of his books. Our friend, Teresa, told me that he wrote a series of chapter books for young readers about his life growing up. The first book is titled, 26 Fairmont Avenue. I loved it. Therese loved it and Adam was a big fan too! It wasn’t too long, and it took us 2 days to finish (it would have taken only 1 day but alas it was Therese’s bedtime).
You know you’ll get a good laugh when he talks about how his non-Catholic neighbor who was afraid of storms would come to their house so his mom could sprinkle her with holy water whenever the weather took a turn for the worse. My favorite part was he was looking through his great-grandma’s room for candy and mistook the laxatives for chocolate candies (that he and his great-grandma finished a package of)!
Give it a read; it’ll put a smile on your face!
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