Category: household management

My grandmother sent this to me from her Irish Jesuit prayer site. * * * * *Children are deprived not because we do not give them things, but because we do not sufficiently value what they give us. We need to be alert to welcome what children have to offer. You remember how Kahlil Gibran wrote about children,You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

My son (5 months old) adores his older sister. She walks into the room and his face lights up. When they are in their car seats (his backward and hers forward) I can see through the “spy mirror” that he lovingly gazes at her and generously laughs at her crazy screaming his name to get his attention. He even tolerates it when she sits on him and of course when she gives his tummy raspberries he heartily responds with a guttural laugh. I just hope this adoration, love, affection and closeness lasts …

I wanted to put this cute story in before I forgot about it completely. A while ago, my husband bought Raisin Bran cereal and my daughter pulled it out. I said – “Oh, that makes you poop.” She promptly took the box and locked herself in the bathroom! Later that day she insisted she go to bed with her boots on. Oh the wonders of a two-year old mind!

Egad! Our regular programming is ending this week! I thrive on our daily and weekly routines as do the children. If I do not have plans for the day then it never ends and the kids don’t like it either. I like to be up, dressed with make-up, breakfasted and out the door on our way to a set activity or play date by 8:00AM (maybe 8:30AM at the latest). I have been fairly pro-active in getting a variety of free or low-cost programs that will be offered in the summer at several locations. I’m also part of a home