The sun is shining, the wind is blowing, windchime is chiming, it's a glorious day!
I am thankful...
For another full weekend. The weekend before found Steven and I on a day trip to Austin for furniture, while this Saturday found me with 4 friends and a baby, driving to San Antonio for groceries at Costco and Trader Joe's. I'm so grateful for these trips to find good deals so to provide a pretty home for our family and more healthy food on our plates!
Noticing God's goodness...
I stated it yesterday, but I will praise Him again. I was thrilled when after a series of events on our trip, we ended up at LaMadeleine Restaurant for lunch, and I turned around to notice my aunt, cousin, and cousin's daughter come in right after us! In a metro area of 2.2 million people, that I would encounter my family members who I hadn't seen in many years is quite a miracle. Thank you, Holy Spirit.
In the kitchen...
Is a lot of food. Staples from Costco and snacks from Trader Joe's. I bought TJ's fresh pizza dough, so we are having cheese pizza on wheat for lunch. I am not that great at making pizza, but I will say that this tastes pretty good!
here's the calabaza con pollo before the chicken and chicken stock,
one of our favorite meals (at least for the 10 and up crowd!)
I am wearing...
Jeans and a lavender tee. I'll put on some makeup and jewelry before we leave for ballet this afternoon; maybe one day I'll do better at getting fully dressed in the mornings! I did curl my hair. It gets frizzy and full of static if I don't put hot rollers on after washing it. It only takes me 2-3 minutes to put in the hot rollers, so it's not much of a time-waster.
love this of my guys on their "laptops"
For my health...
I went to 5:30am Zumba and then stopped for fruit at the store on the way home. I said NO to the pancakes the kids ate this morning and to the Little Caesar's Pizza at our church lunch after Mass yesterday. Proud of me! I had my protein-packed sprouted bread and some fruit this morning. Hoping I can keep up my commitment to stay away from white flour and sugar this week!
Tommy has some sniffles, but we have somehow escaped the flu that ravaged so many of our friends' homes. I hosted a doTerra Essential Oils party on Thursday evening. I'm planning to finally order the family kit this week and continue to learn and research the therapeutic effects of these oils. Many of my friends have seen great results!
A monster! Weaning and finicky eating makes for one cranky toddler. He needs a nap right now, but getting him to sleep without nursing has proved quite a challenge over the past week! We'll figure it out. I need to stock up on his favorite foods, and make sure he's eating enough since he no longer has the nourishment of mama's milk.
the boys at their favorite park
Nature Radio on Pandora. It's slowly putting Tommy to sleep.
Tommy loves this book, just to find the page with the guns :-/
Our Lenten Journey...
I have missed a few days on my commitment to the daily mass readings. I also didn't attempt a weekday mass last week. Stations of the Cross at church was wild with the boys on Friday. Thomas saw the priest walking around and knew it wasn't a normal mass, so he wanted to run around, play in the water fountain, and say silly things to his friends, "YOU a ducky, Wade!" They moved up the time, so Steven can't really make it there for us to attend as a family. We did have fun with friends at the potluck dinner, and it seemed that the girls were able to fully participate in the Stations. Hopefully this week my parents will be here and we'll just rest at home, and maybe next week we'll try the backyard Stations again. The kids each have their own little Lenten commitments they've thought up; I'm proud of them. I'm hoping to do the Papal Unit & Lapbook on Shower of Roses and maybe even a Lenten lapbook too.
Right now, I can hear the kids playing Mass in the living room. I love that they play this, but am worried that I'll get upset when I see the mess when I open the door! I'm working on patience! I spoke with the pastor of our church back in Houston, and he will allow Ellie to receive her First Holy Communion there, probably on Divine Mercy Sunday, a week after Easter. We have been preparing for many months, so this will be a beautiful celebration of the sacrament with our sweet girl. We are all so excited for her! First we need to figure out a time for her to make her First Confession. We'll probably do that at our parish here. Our pastor is a wonderful confessor, and hopefully she can go to Confession again before she receives her First Holy Communion. Searching for the dress, accessories, and taking some photos will be fun in the coming months!
no more reading/spelling in the closet, yay!
I feel I'm at a good "stopping point" right now. We have all the furniture we wanted and needed, so I can rest easy knowing we have places for our books, my grandma's china, and even our board games! I'm hoping to sew some bedroom curtains and paint a couple small rooms; maybe I'll aim to do this after Easter. I have the most precious picture of the kids to frame, which my friend took while watching the kids last weekend. She gave me a beautiful print; I think it's 11x14. I can't wait to find a good place to hang it! We do need to clean out the garage now that most of the boxes are emptied. I need to do a good cleaning of bathrooms, and we need to work on our daily tidying of bedrooms and especially the backyard!
And speaking of a stopping point....I think it's time I take the children away from their play Mass and get them to finish their schoolwork so mama doesn't turn into a yelling maniac when it's time to leave for ballet this afternoon!
Have a wonderful week, friends!l
MONDAY MOTIVATION:
Goals from last week:
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2. Daily readings
3. One weekly mass
4. Workout 2x (I only made 1 last week, so I figure 2 is a better goal for now!)
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1. Bills, update budget
2. Daily readings
3. Workout 3x (last week was zero, so I must step it up!)
4. Prep for family visitors this weekend! YAY! The grandparents are coming :)
5. Laundry catch-up
6. General house cleaning
7. Read to the children every day! Not just school books.
8. Plan for Ellie's first confession
9. Meals: Leftovers, Pizza, BBQ chicken, King Ranch Chicken, and I'm sure Steven will have some ideas for grandparent meals :)
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