August 18th, 2009

Raphael’s Triumph

Raphael’s reaching milestones this summer. Come read the details at Faith & Family Live.

August 15th, 2009

Backward Thinking Moves Me Forward

You can read my latest column at Inside Catholic today:

Backward Thinking Moves Me Forward

August 12th, 2009

Blue on the Belly

August 8th, 2009

Cuteness Overload

This should be illegal.

Little boys wearing Osh Kosh alligator T-shirts … Seriously.

I am helpless here.

August 8th, 2009

Free Stuff from NASA for Homeschoolers

From Maureen Wittmann at Homeschool Connections:

Last week Domenico Ruggiero gave an awesome webinar on his work at NASA. It was a wonderful learning experience for my family. The great news is that the webinar was recorded and you can watch it yourself at: One Small Step for Parents, One Giant Leap for Homeschool Kids: Insights from a NASA Engineer.

PLUS, Domenico arranged with NASA to give away all kinds

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August 7th, 2009

Fun for the Weekend

Playing With Your Food.

August 5th, 2009

Creating Needs

It’s raining again, so I let the kids watch some TV this afternoon.

After only a few minutes, Daniel left the room and came to me in earnest. With a serious expression, he — slowly, deliberately, and with painful concentration — said something.

“I …. want … somefing,” he said.

“What do you want, sweetie?”

“I want … cookie … cwunch.”

Thank you, Nickelodeon.

August 2nd, 2009

I Auto-Reply You

I’ve never done the auto-reply thing on my email. Though I appreciate the usefulness of the tool, I would feel awkward auto-sending an impersonal email to every single person who emails me on any given day.

Besides, the auto-reply I would use could never be a cute little message like I get from other people’s accounts. I could never send a quick and easy auto-reply like “I’m away, but I’ll

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