A collection of our ordinary days, recorded every week. At the end of the year, I’ll publish them into a keepsake to treasure.
Around here, I have been:
recovering from last weekend’s festivities and preparing for another big one ahead! My world seems so busy and I’m so ready for it to slow down a bit.
thinking about priorities, making good use of my free time, blogging and how the three of them relate. I think it’s easy to get caught up in page views and Pinterest-worthy posts, but that’s not really why I started this blog. I’m not an expert or a teacher; I’m just a mom in love with her family and her home. Ultimately, I want to create a virtual scrapbook of our days and share a little about how I’m growing/changing. It may not make me lots of money, but it’s enough.
watching a mama bird in one of our hanging baskets! After some research, we think she (and the daddy) are mourning doves. It has been so fascinating to watch them work together to make a nest. We even peeked and saw two eggs! A few more amazing facts, courtesy of this website:
Mourning Doves raise three or more broods in a single breeding season. Both parents build a flimsy platform nest of twigs located from 5 to 25 feet up in a tree or bush. Two white eggs hatch in about 14 – 16 days. One egg is laid in the evening, and the second on the next morning. The male usually incubates the egg during the day, and the female incubates at night. Nestlings, cared for by both parents, fledge in about 12-14 days. The parents continue to care for the fledglings until they are 25 to 27 days old.
This also probably seals the deal that I am indeed an elderly lady trapped in a 30-year-old body.
purchasing an Ergo after a week of a teething baby who doesn’t want to be put down. I really should have purchased one two babies ago, but am biting the bullet now. I need him on my back so I can get things done!
loving Sophie’s sweet heart. No matter what I make, she is so complimentary and will say, “Oh mama, ‘licious cookies!” or “‘Licious pancakes, mama!”
reading very little, only a few pages in Beyond the Birds and the Bees. I need to get back in my groove.
celebrating the end of our school year! With our big head start last summer, we are weeks ahead of the local public schools. We’ll still be doing history throughout the summer (at M’s request!) and D will still have his reading lessons, but I’m ready for the break.
packaging up a fun donation for the ladies at the Catholic Women’s Blogging Network Conference in Ohio next weekend. I am so happy to have Big White Farmhouse included in their raffle!
feeling nervous and excited for Sunday. It’s so surreal to finally be at this point after training for 14 weeks and I’m anxious to see how I do. Ready to get ‘er done!
