Funk?

Well, Regan dear seems to think that I've got some sort of writer's block. She's right. I'd like to call it post block though.

So what better thing to talk about than the kids!

The 3 girls are starting softball this weekend. They've all been playing since they were 4yo. -
Dani is soon-to-be 13, Therese is 8.5, and Sophia is 7. We always play Therese and Fia on the same team. Make life as easy as possible! They are all really excited. The younger two are really looking forward to playing on the same team with their friend whom they mostly see at Little Flowers meetings.

Kayla is narrowing her college choices. She's also rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing for the school's spring musical: Sweeney Todd. Her favorite class this semester is Morality in the Media - the teacher is a wonderful holy priest, who used to be an atheist, I might add!

Dani is in the local playhouse's production of Tom Sawyer where she plays Amy Lawrence. There are 2 casts - the Kite Cast [regular cast] and the Steamboat cast [the homeschool cast]. This is her first play and she's loving it! They'll be performing on Wed.'s and Fri.'s in March - she's got 2 shows on her birthday which she thinks is pretty cool.

We also started a book study with 3 other families. We've only had one meeting thus far but the kids really enjoyed it. The 10+ are reading A Wrinkle in Time and the 5 - 9's are being read to by one of the moms who is using Catholic Mosaic.

We also started a girls club this past summer - Goretti Girls' Group. A mom and I were seeing a need that wasn't being met and just decided to 'get the girls together' for some simple girl time. Basically, game night! The first few meetings were here at my house - there were about 12-14 girls for each bi-weekly mtg! They had a blast! They were LOUD! Since then, the girls are really forming those bonds that we mothers were really praying for. But we're now trying to implement more activities and service projects for them.

They made Stations of the Cross boxes for the PSR classes at our parish - like the Jesse Tree... each girl signed up to make one station symbol for each box, which just happened to be 14.

They'll be donating some items for a baby shower. This baby shower is the second one of its kind. And what I mean by that is that these babies were saved at the abortion mill. One of my friends, a dear dear woman, was one of the 2 women God used that day. The girls will also be going to pray a rosary in front of the mill in a couple weeks.

We're also interested in integrating All Things Girl books into some of the meetings. When you go to the link the first 7 books are a part of this series. I believe that these were done by CHC. And they are based on JPII's writings about womanhood [I believe - don't quote me]. Some of the titles include: Friends, Boys and Getting Along -- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall... What is Beauty, After All? -- Mind Your Manners -- there's also a Leader Guide and a journal for your daughter/s. I believe we're going to begin with the Friends and Boys one. I'll let y'all know how that goes. It will hopefully lay some wonderful foundations!

....Busy? Yes!

Joseph will be turning 4 in a bit over a week! Crazy! I have to bribe him with: You're not going to be able to turn 4 if you don't... blah, blah, blah. He's eating right out of my hand with that! "Mommy, can you please put my shoes on??!!" [read that with just a bit of whininess] "Joseph, you know how to do that." "But I want YOU to do it!" "Well, you're not going to turn 4 if you can't put your shoes on." "Oh yeah." Where he then plopped down and put his shoes on!! Dani and I cracked up at the "Oh yeah." Cutie!

In other news, Charlie is counteracting his most adorableness with getting into EVERYTHING! Yes, he's growing up and following the pack! There are tantrums and No's thrown in there too. But he's still the baby. There's just something about the baby.

So there ya go. Just a little bit of an update. Like you really cared ;)