A collection of our ordinary days, recorded every week.
dealing with the first colds of the school year. It’s not enough to keep them home from school, but definitely a sign that we need to beef up our immune systems! I dug through Kelly‘s archives to find her post about keeping her girls healthy during winter and quickly bought the elderberry gummies and Immune C. Hoping to stay on the offensive before cold weather and new baby comes!
feeling a little like the book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. TJ broke our television over the weekend and that simple (unfortunate!) action caused a whole upheaval of my house! We decided to mount a new TV above our fireplace, which led us to rearrange the living room furniture. Rearranging the furniture sealed the deal that we should probably order that bigger sectional we’ve been saving for…but we’d have to move out the existing cabinets…which led us to totally redo the sitting room and turn it into a family library/homework area! Ahh! After living here for four years now, it’s fun to switch things around, but my brain is working overtime with all of these newly half-finished rooms.
starting a new devotional, Let Nothing Disturb You: 30 Days with St. Teresa of Avila. The little blurb on the back, essentially a list of everything I’d like to work on, is what sold me: “Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing make you afraid. All things are passing. God alone never changes. Patience gains all things. If you have God you will want for nothing. God alone suffices.” Praying for a fruitful 30 days. I’ve also been slowly making my way through the latest Soul Gardening Journal.
searching for an appropriate top to wear to my brother’s rehearsal dinner in a few weeks. I also need to start looking for cooler weather clothing as my current wardrobe is seriously lacking. With 12 weeks still to go, I’m already feeling pretty whale-like and clothes are a bit depressing. All for a good cause…
starting to feel “normal” with the kids in school, if that makes any sense. The after-school crankiness has mostly died off and friendships are starting to form. They all really like their teachers and we have been pleased with the communication we’ve had with them. So far, so good. The big two also started CCD this week. This is a big year for D, his First Communion year! They both have have nice teachers and even know a couple kids in their classes (and even some from school, what a blessing!). I’ve had so much anxiety about everything changing this year, but really feel so much peace. God is faithful.
working a bit on Big White Farmhouse:
– I’m having so much fun creating content for the blog each week. For this week’s Monday Morning Coffee Chat, we looked at incorporating copper pieces into farmhouse decor.
– Our latest order arrived! We got these amazing cursive canvas banners (would be such a statement piece for a homeschool room!) and a meal planner/recipe notebook duo that I’m seriously considering snatching for myself!
– I also reordered more soaps. Chai Spice, Fir Needle & Orange and Rosemary Mint are back in stock, along with three brand new scents.
dying over the three littles in their matching skeleton pajamas! I originally got a pair for J during a big Carter’s sale and then lucked out finding Sophie (in purple!) and TJ’s on Kidizen.
baking Apple Pie Bread and more blueberry muffins.
wrapping presents for TJ’s second birthday! I can hardly believe it – we are so lucky to have this cuddly, smiley, fearless little boy in our family. He sure keeps us on our toes!
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