http://daniellebean.com Catholic mother and author Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:44:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Exciting news! Melissa Wiley will be blogging with us at Faith & Family this week -- with a focus on social media, like Facebook and Twitter. Please come make her feel welcome ... and look for her posts all week long! http://daniellebean.com/2010/03/07/new-media-blogging-with-melissa-wiley/ Outside my window ... it was a glorious spring Sunday. We spent 95% of it outdoors. And the other 5% sweeping floors. I am thinking ... exhausted kids are good kids. Thank you, front yard mud pie factory. I am thankful for ... a husband who forces me to put ... http://daniellebean.com/2010/03/07/feels-like-spring-daybook/ HT: Rachel http://daniellebean.com/2010/03/07/life-in-perspective/ You can read my latest column at Inside Catholic today: What Love Looks Like http://daniellebean.com/2010/03/05/what-love-looks-like/ I sent Juliette outside with my camera yesterday afternoon to "find some spring." Mostly, she found some gray. New England in early March is a world awaiting its colors. http://daniellebean.com/2010/03/05/march-is-gray/ You too? You see, the Tooth Fairy remembered that a child had lost a tooth, found a dollar bill, and actually placed it under the sleeping tooth donor’s pillow before going to bed herself ... This is huge. Read all about it. http://daniellebean.com/2010/03/04/im-a-tooth-fairy-failure/ My good friend and colleague Rachel Balducci has had an exciting day today. While she has to wait just a bit longer to hold her new bundle of baby in her arms, today the FedEx man delivered her new bundle of BOOK! How Do You Tuck In a Superhero?: And Other ... http://daniellebean.com/2010/03/03/congratulations-to-rachel/ There's a 40 Bags in 40 Days group at Faith & Family Connect for those who are taking part in the Lenten de-cluttering challenge. I'll be speaking in Houston at the ARCH homeschooling conference, April 16-17. I'll be speaking at the Dayton Catholic Homeschool Conference, May 21-22. There is going to be a ... http://daniellebean.com/2010/02/23/did-you-know/ Found this painful picture on Ambrose's camera -- a leftover from Valentine's Day. http://daniellebean.com/2010/02/22/feeling_lente/ You might recall that for the past couple of years Elizabeth Foss and I have shared daily promptings throughout the 40 days of Lent, reminding moms of small ways to pray, fast, and give every day. Last year, at the end of Lent, many moms asked if these daily devotions ... http://daniellebean.com/2010/02/20/day-by-day-support-throughout-lent/