By the time the fourth child passes milestones, they often slip past without much fanfare. Not that they don’t get noticed at all, but it is a little more muted. Still, in the first nine days of Advent it’s been fun to watch Michael really connect with this season for the first time. I realized…
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In Which Going to Church With Kids Completes My Entire 7QT Post
My mother told me once, “There were a lot of Masses when you girls were little that we didn’t get much out of.” This week was one of those for me. To wit: 1: Processional Cross A Because I walk with the toddler, I’m always the last one into church. I shepherd Michael through his…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Boo Boo!
Michael Mayhem is two! Nov. 30, 2011 and…
Read MoreThe Many Face of Michael
All of which I will sum up in the phrase: Oooooh, you are soooo cute!
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Mostly Michael (a 7QT post)
___1___ It seems to be one of those universal truths of parenthood that when you reach a frustration point sufficient that you break down, everything automatically gets better afterward. Maybe it’s because of hormone shifts. Or maybe it’s because when you break down in the presence of your kids, it puts the fear of God…
Read MoreMesses, Marriage and Speech Therapy (a 7QT post)
___1___ I am beginning to accept an incontrovertible truth: if there is a mess to be made, Michael will make it. Wednesday morning, he turned over a cooler half full of water and ice, which we’d been too busy to empty after taking snacks to baseball Tuesday night (that was the end of a marathon…
Read MoreGood Week, Bad Week (a 7QT)
___1___ Last week was not a good week–the first week of summer vacation is always a transition time, but this was ridiculous–but I thought after the weekend away, my attitude was bound to be so improved that life would be markedly better. And it was, at first. Although I’ve been growing steadily more exhausted by…
Read MoreMotherhood, Mostly (a 7QT post)
___1___ I’ve been so busy lately, I just now realized I never shared this! We are running a giveaway of This Little Light of Mine on Goodreads. Six copies available, to be “drawn” by Goodreads on May 1st. Click on over and sign up! ___2___ I think every woman–probably everyone–is well aware that the reproductive…
Read More7″Q”T: Down Syndrome, Cute Conversations, and The Crazy Day
(You all love my descriptive 7QT post titles, right?) ___1___ What a week! Monday I spent the day at the Cathedral selling books and playing backup singer/pianist/flutist for Danielle Rose. What an amazing lady she is. Tuesday was Nicholas’ 4th birthday, and in between Jazzercise, school pickup, and piano lesson transport, I interviewed Angela Baraquio,…
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Kathleen M. Basi 