Mary Picture of the Day

photo credit: Robert :-)

Study Time

It's ridiculously cold and windy outside, so we have to try to put our inside time to good use. Here, Daniel is working on his latest story, Start of Cloud City.

Start 'em young! Here, Mary enjoys a little "tummy time" while helping Raechel study her encyclopedia.

But lest you think it is all fun and no games, allow Thomas to reassure you that they also get plenty of "Silly Time". God bless!

You look Mah-vlous Dahling!

They really did it.

The woodbox in the mudroom needed to be filled this morning. There is serious snow in the forecast, so I told the children to make sure they filled it completely. I'm not sure if they were being smart, but they sure did fill it! The top of the box is at the very bottom of the picture. Now the trick will be getting wood into the house without inadvertantly starting a game of "pick up sticks".

Our Weekend

We butchered our ram on Friday. I say "we" but actually, it was Chuck and our neighbor who did the deed. I guess you could call it a lesson in "homestead economics", but that's some expensive mutton and it better be good!

Chuck left for California today. I forget exactly where he'll be, but close to one of the major cities. After he left, the kids and I did some furious house cleaning. I hardly recognize the place, but I can take comfort in the fact that it never stays this clean for long and will be back to normal before I know it. ;-)

We had such a warm and beautiful day today. It was sunny, and the thermometer got up to about 34 degrees! I was actually outside in short sleeves today; I guess I'm acclimating to this northern climate pretty well! It is heartening to notice how much later the sunset is. We still have a few long months until spring, though.

God bless!

Brrr...

A Day of Prayer

Today we are watching live coverage of the March for Life on EWTN.

Lord, have mercy on us.