Mama-luia

This past week, we had a visitor for tea. A vibrant, warm and insightful elderly woman who really befriended me and Patrick during our engagement from our parish had asked if she could come over and get acquainted with out kids. I cleaned the night before, made sure we had some cookies in the house, reminded the boys on how to behave nicely towards her, dressed the kids in the their Sunday clothes, and in general made preparations as though we would be giving something to her . I should have known, though, that her presence would be a little ministry to us. In a very grace-filled way, she asked each of us sensitive questions and really listened to our answers. She held Anna and spoke to her not like she is just a cute little baby (which she is) but a teacher to the rest of the world. She showed that she was generally interested in the boys, and laughed at their sweet and silly stories. Noah was obviously delighted by her presence, because as we sat and talked, he quietly worked aw...

Well, my friends, we have made it to the halfway point of February, and beyond, and that is reason in itself to celebrate ! The days are already visibly longer, and we have had some near-tropical days, for here anyway, of +1! So the children and I have been enjoying some (muchmuchmuch needed) fresh air. (This was taken in January) You can probably see the little marks of the window screen through this picture.  Because I was inside taking their picture. I don't do winter. At least not a Charlotte Mason-y outdoors-every-day winter. Eeee-yuck. Love those teeny little baby feet, while getting mooned over by Isaiah Anna is already 3.5 months old. Where is time going? Of course I realize that makes her still a Very Tiny Person, but insofar as babyhood goes, time is going by quickly. I told Noah the other day about the Nourishing Traditions idea of feeding a baby egg yolk at 4 months old, which got him excited, but then I shocked myself when I realized that is onl...