Dirt Cake Cormac

Dessert Chef for the night last night was Cormac. He made Dirt Cakes with Gummy Worms. They were YUMMY! I like it when he is the chef. We thought Grandpa would like to see what it looked like. Would you like some Grandpa???
In case you want to try them yourselves...

Chocolate pudding in cups

gummy worms in the pudding and on top

crushed Oreo cookies crumbled on top of everything

EAT

Fourth of July Weekend

We spent our Fourth of July weekend on the go. We had a great party at some friends' house on Sunday. The kids played and played. They made new friends and met up with old ones. We had tons of good food, great conversation, and incredible fireworks. We made it home close to 11:30 PM. The next morning we slept in until between 9-10:30.

Oh Brech was trouble. Keeping up with him was like keeping up with a butterfly. We "lost" him once. He ended up in the house somehow. He was being very good playing with a train, but we were freaking out! We also found him on the road once. You will notice there are no pictures of Cormac in this post. He was also as hard as a butterfly to keep up with. We also found him on the road a couple of times. Heart attack time!! There were a few neighbors who thought it was a Nascar track. Wouldn't you think if there a bunch of cars parked along the road that you would slow down?? NOT THEM! If I had been by the road they would have gotten a piece of my mind. Adult or child would not have survived if they had hit someone.

Rex found a sand pile. The sand found Rex's head. Dad found the sand in Rex's head. Mom just shook her head.

Stephen and his new friend showing me how HIGH they can go.

Brave Rex!! He was shaking the whole time he was up there, but kept saying "Take my picture Mom!"

In trouble. Pouting. Not fair.

Playing ball with Father Litzner. He slept good that night. I didn't even know kids came with that long of a battery life. Don't they EVER run out????

On the Fourth of July we spent the morning cleaning and catching up on things. Then later in the afternoon we headed up to another party. The kids played volleyball and air hockey. Afterwards we went to Gianna's Godparents' house. The kids were having a blast in the river, pool, sandbox and yard. They had rides on a golf cart. We were home late again that.

Stephen looking for fish.

What to do, what to do??

He had a great time in the river. I think he wants to go back again.

What is it about sand and boys? Do they ALWAYS find the sand??

Mom: "Blase, don't shoot water at me."

Blase shoots water at me and smiles.

Mom- "I said DON'T shoot water at me."

Blase - "I thought you said to shoot you. My bad."

More smiles....

Big stuff

What neat things. Are they called fingers?? I'm big stuff now that I'm 3 months old. I'll show everyone just how big I am!

Oh what's over here???

This is hard work. I can't do it.

Oh oh so close! Oh oh so pissed! At least I'm on my belly!

Still pissed, if only this arm would do what I'm telling it to do.

THIS HAND IS DRIVING ME CRAZY! GET OUT FROM UNDER ME ALREADY! OH I'M REALLY GOING TO BE MAD IF THIS DOESN'T WORK!!

I knew I could do it. I'm not a quitter! Now if only I could look at Mom and tell exactly what I think of this situation. DON'T YOU LOVE ME MOMMY??

THERE! Mom you are so mean to let me roll over and cry and cry.

When it was all said and done she had scooted herself closer to the family altar. All that work makes little girls so tired. She slept for about 30 minutes.

Three Months Ago

Three months ago today, at this moment, Gianna was born.

I can't believe how fast it has gone by. What a blessing she is to all of us!!!

My New Favorite

I have just read my new favorite poem. Today is the first time I have ever read it. I think its amazing when a book, a song, or a poem just connects with you and it becomes your new favorite. This is one of those poems. It just hit home and said exactly what I am trying to live. A big THANK YOU to my friend Marcia who posted it on her blog. I am glad to say I did some cleaning this morning, but paused my agenda to dig out the dress up boxes. I now have a house full of pirates, doctors, train engineers and super secret spies. What a wonderful day!!

Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,

Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,

Hang out the washing, make up the bed,

Sew on a button and butter the bread.

Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?

She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I’ve grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,

Lullaby, rockabye, lullaby loo.

Dishes are waiting and bills are past due

Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peek-a-boo

The shopping’s not done and there’s nothing for stew

And out in the yard there’s a hullabaloo

But I’m playing Kanga and this is my Roo

Look! Aren’t his eyes the most wonderful hue?

Lullaby, rockaby lullaby loo.

The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow

But children grow up as I’ve learned to my sorrow.

So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!

I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.

- Ruth Hulbert Hamilton

Two of Many

This preview of the Fourth of July post has been rated....PG3 or Perfectly Good times 3

Triple layer jigglers for our eating enjoyment...see this and other Fourth of July pictures in an upcoming post. Coming to this blog in a day or two.

This post is brought to you by the Letter S. Find all your S words, including nouns, pronouns, adverbs and adjectives in your own copy of the Webster's Dictionary. In the meantime enjoy these strawberries from our patch that we picked yesterday. They were YUMMMYY!

Now we bring to you, for you enjoyment, the feature of this post:

TWO OF MANY

Starring - lovable, huggable Brech Earl

A show of daily doings of a two year old in two pictures.

After 30 minutes outside...

After eating lunch....

July Prayers

I have updated the Monthly Daily Prayers at the bottom of the page. This month's theme is SHARING along with the Precious Blood. The "little prayer" is more of a big prayer, but we are trying to memorize all the words so we are saying it for the month.

The longer prayer is about sharing. I find this to be a hard concept for the boys to understand. They are so willing for their brothers and others to share with them, but not so willing to share themselves. I am going to focus on sharing our time as well as our worldly possessions. I think that they need reenforcement on how to share their time. This could include helping with chores or reading to a younger brother. Maybe it could be playing a game with the family or letting someone else pick the movie for a change. The possibilities are endless, if Mom's patience and encouragement are endless as well.

We started to pray a decade of the rosary in the mornings. In years past we have picked one person or group of people to pray for all month long. It only ends up being 30-31 decades, but still better than nothing. This month we are praying for our bishop, Bishop Sample. Darren said that he felt we should offer more prayers for him, so this is our contribution.

July is the month of the Precious Blood. I will be taking a few mornings to discuss the Precious Blood with the boys. It is also a special feast/month because the church where we attend Mass is called Precious Blood Church. We just might have to have a special party one of these weekends.