September 30th, 2007

October 1: Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux

For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.

St. Therese of Lisieux, pray for us.

September 29th, 2007

Dear First People Who Will Arrive at My House Today

Whoever you may be. Please look at my floors. Please notice the floors. Please walk through my house and enjoy the fantastic freshly-mopped-ness of all the hardwood.

But hurry. Because when 47 people come trampling through a short while later, some might notice the floors, but it won’t be for their fantastic freshly-mopped-ness. In fact, some people might say that it seems almost silly for me to have spent so

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September 28th, 2007

Cookie Icing

Since some of you asked, I have posted the royal icing recipe I use for decorating cut out cookies. It really is a perfect decorative icing. It is easy to make, easy to color, and it dries rock-hard quite quickly.

Oh, and to Missy, who asked “Did your kids help?” I answer an emphatic NO WAY. Around here we make kiddie cookies and we make pretty cookies. They are two

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September 28th, 2007

Show Us the Picture!

is what several of you emailed me yesterday after I posted about our Painting With Babies episode.

Well, sorry to disappoint, but slacker blogger that I am, I did not take any pictures. Daniel’s hands were thoroughly soaked with paint and I worried that he might put them in his mouth or use them to wipe his eyes. So I rushed him into the tub and scrubbed him thoroughly before

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September 28th, 2007

Still Busy

(recipe here)

September 27th, 2007

What I’m Up Against

With our Oktoberfest just a couple of days away, this morning found me mixing up a triple batch of beer rolls. I needed an extra large bowl for the dough’s first rise, so I went looking for my large pasta pot. And looking. And looking. How could I lose a giant pasta pot?

In desperation, I finally called out, “Does anyone know where my pasta pot is?”

“Um, it’s up

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September 27th, 2007

Cover Girl

Well, not really. But my “I Love Homeschooling, I Hate Homeschooling” article is the cover story at InsideCatholic.com today.

September 27th, 2007

Think you had an eventful evening last night?

Oh, really? Did your one-year-old overturn a gallon of white paint on the living room floor and then sit, happily splashing in it, while his older brother watched with amusement?

No? Well, then. You don’t know excitement.