Princess

Teresa has insisted on wearing a fancy dress every single day for the last 3 weeks! Luckily, it's been more amusing than annoying. We hear her dancing around almost every day saying:

Cue the sparkles,

cue the music,

Princess Presto with spelling power!

Any other SuperWhy fans out there?

Apparently pancakes are a meal fit for royalty!

To remember

Teresa loved the song "All through the night" when she was a tiny baby & when we sang it from one of her books a few months ago, she relatched onto it. Though we find her singing quite the variety of songs throughout the day, that's the one she always wants me to sing. It was new to me when she was born.

Sleep my child & peace attend thee

all through the night

Guardian angels God will send thee

all through the night

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping

hill & vale in slumber steeping

I my loving vigil keeping

all through the night

My favorite part is when her little voice tries to stretch for the high notes... too cute! Last night as I was holding her in the rocking chair she just kept repeating the line "Guardian angels God will send thee". I want to remember her sweetness.

Bowling with GodTeens

Rebecca was hilarious! She basically would just drop the ball at the line & give it a little nudge. After about 3 minutes it would make it to the end! She would wiggle her body one way or the other trying to direct the ball. There was only once that the ball actually bounced back off the pins instead of knocking them over! What a riot. She was everyone's cheerleader as well.

"That was really good, ____!"

"Wow! Nice bowling, ___."

"You're a big striker, _____!"

It was a nice time to spend just Rebecca & me. We bowled, chatted, & shared a bag of Nutter Butters. Gotta love girl time.

Pinewood Derby

Andrew's car is #2. Nice wheels, huh?

Dear Andrew,

When did you get so huge? Please, slow down.

Love,

Mommy

Frosties

Grandparents Day

We started a new tradition for Catholic Schools Week & had Grandparents Day! Any grandparents that could were welcome to enjoy a free lunch with their grandkids at school. Andrew was lucky enough to have ALL of them come to celebrate with him. They even got to stay & play at recess. What a lucky boy! They stopped here before & after, too, so we were able to enjoy their company as well. We're all blest!

I hope that this can become a CSW tradition & maybe add in a little something to make it more of a day. Maybe we could have the Living Rosary that day? Or have them all stay to play Bingo with the kids? Or have them sing a few songs or something? There are such great opportunities... do they do Grandparents Day at your school?

Love Letter

Catholic Schools Week

I love Catholic Schools Week.

It's a great time to celebrate how blest we are to have such wonderful places to send our children. They can grow into smart, happy, holy little girls & boys all in a place that they feel comfortable & know they are loved. They get to go to daily Mass, be taught by priests & sisters, & talk about Jesus. What a gift! This year they had dress-up themes for everyday on top of other special activities. Unfortunately, I forgot to take any pictures until the last day. :( Andrew dressed up in his Cub Scout garb with his buddy Grayson for Twin Day, donned his flannel moose print for Pajama Day, wore his skeleton shirt backwards for Crazy Day, topped himself with a Husker cap for hat day, & covered up with his Husker jersey for Spirit Day. Rebecca was only interested in the last... she was a cheerleader on Friday.We went to their Open House on Thursday night & were able to see all the special projects they are working on in their rooms. Here's Andrew exhibiting his journal. They write & draw on a page everyday. It's rather amusing!

Here he is with Mrs. M. (& Puxatawny Phil)

Rebecca with Mrs. C.

A bunch of characters

Hello, unicorn pegasus Rebecca!

(She made that horn herself!)Barefoot officer TeresaOfficer Leo

Ringmaster Veronica

Cheeseball Nicholas

Trivial

We had another fun time at St. Teresa's Trivia Night this year!We were "The Green Machine". Everything at our table (except the food) was made from stuff out of the recycling bin. We had a riot assembling it all!

Our crowns worked pretty well, but the milk jug hats were a little small for the guys' heads. Kelly just resorted to wearing a bucket. :)

Amber & Nikki were part of a super-fast cake decorating competition...

& they won! Our team didn't win, but we were only 1 off in guessing how many questions we would get right out of 80 questions... AND we had a blast. Thanks for a fun time everyone!

Did you know?

My friend Cynthia tagged me (a few days back) to share 10 things you probably don't know about me... let's see what you do!

10. Drawing is one of my favorite pasttimes... though I rarely get the chance anymore. I specifically enjoy doing charcoal drawings of kids. Eyes are my specialty.

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9. I'm a Facebook rookie. I finally made my first entry a couple of weeks ago, but it hasn't gone much further than that. I'm pretty clueless, but I don't mind. This blog is where I prefer to share! Though I do enjoy keeping up a little with non-bloggers there.

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8. On that note, I really enjoy blogs. Sometimes I feel fellow bloggers are the only non-next-door-neighbor friends that I can keep up with! It's such a challenge to foster friendships in this busy time of little ones much less have a clue where to even start when we actually see each other... glad we can smile with & support each other even when we are too exhausted to get together!

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7. We lead a Sophomore GodTeen group at our parish. They are awesome. It's the perfect outlet for me to get my high schooler teaching fix each week without having to do 9 preps. ;) Plus, it encourages me to know our Catholic faith better & also has been like practice with raising teenagers. More practice necessary before they are our own, please!

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6. My favorite flowers are daisies. They look so bright & cheerful plus they last outside forever & in a vase for almost as long. Just seeing them on the table brings a smile to my face.

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5. I volunteer at Birthright as a counselor for women in crisis pregnancy situations. It's the most powerful pro-life work that I've ever been involved in.

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4. Though I've only had them a handful (ha!) of times in my life, I LOVE a good pedicure. Manicures are nice, too, but there's just something fabulous about happy feet. :)

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3. I've made it a point not to buy Nutella. The stuff is too darn good! I could put it on bananas, bread, waffles, cookies, pretzels, pizza?, well just about anything. If we have it in the cupboard I can't stop eating it until it's gone. I think it is my one true food addiction.

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2. I am a gamer. Not video gaming particularly, more board gaming. I could play Boggle all day long & still not get enough. Taboo, oh yeah. Cranium, you betcha. Pictionary, definitely. The only board game I can think of that I don't love? Chess.

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1. We've added another member to our family... baby #4 is due to arrive on September 1st! We are so excited. :) It's been an interesting ride so far, so please keep our family in your prayers. Thank you!