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February 2017: A Summary

February greeted us with an unusual snow day.  Our weather has been much colder than usual, and it's put a real cramp in our style.  I am simply not accustomed to cold weather and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with it. But since the backyard was wearing a beautiful coat of snow, I bundled the kids up and pushed them out the door. What I'm Doing: If I'm not mistaken, this is about the time that Isabelle came down with a rather unfortunate and very pesky stomach bug that kept us cooped up in the house for a couple of weeks.  Oddly enough, it didn't spread around to any other members of our family, but I wasn't about to risk sharing germs with our friends, so we just stayed home.  For a long time. This was the same time that my husband was adjusting to his new job, which turned out to have very demanding hours.  It's already becoming a distant memory now, but the first couple weeks of February had me pinned on the couch underneath a misera

January 2017: A Summary

I don't really "do" resolutions, so I didn't have any lofty goals or plans as I enter 2017. The New Year was uneventful.  It was a Sunday and we went to Mass.  A week later, Elijah turned 10.  My first and oldest child officially entered the double digits.  I cannot believe I have been a parent for 10 years. I made a cake, took him shopping, and he had a friend over to play.  It was very low-key. Elijah's birthday is also the Feast of Epiphany.  So with that, we usher Christmas out of our house and pack it lovingly back into boxes. What I'm Doing: During the month of January, I embarked on a little project on my instagram account.  I posted pictures of ordinary moments of my day specifically pertaining to motherhood and housekeeping, and accompanied them with uplifting quotes about the high and holy calling of both.  I've been trying to really appreciate and enjoy these hard days of motherhood, and not just "get through it." H