Outside my window- It's a mild day, a little breezy, but nice and sunny.
I am hearing- Legos being built in the boys room, yes they have been resurrected after months of dormancy...does that happen at your house too?? Also the trains have come back out, most likely because I mentioned I am going to try and sell the whole lot :)
I am wearing- Black leggings, an orange ribbed knit tee and a soft grey wrap cardigan much like this one pictured in the top middle.
I am pondering- How it's possible that I have a 16 year old, a 14 year old, a 10 year old and a 7 year old....what happened to my babies???? I guess the recent birthday of a certain boy now 14 has made me a little nostalgic for those littler kid days...There's never been a nicer 14 year old boy though, I'm just sayin' ;-)
I am reading- A new novel by Jane Gardam, well it's not new, but new to me - Crusoe's Daughter. It's starting out fine...we'll see how it goes. Also perusing several bread baking books as I so enjoy the art of bread baking :)
From the kitchen- Day 2 on my three day bread that I have been doing for the past month or so. You do an easy yeast starter on day 1, add whole wheat flour and salt and oil on day two and day 3 you shape and bake. We prefer long loaves as opposed to boules. It's absolutley delish, especially toasted!! It's called Ed Behr's Country Loaf taken from one of my old standby cookbooks - The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook. Such a great book!
Living a lifestyle of learning- Listening to lots of Haydn for music study right now, mostly in the mornings as we are doing something else, but especially if we are learning about a new piece we really enjoy these radio shows from Classics for Kids.
Living the Liturgical Year- Celebrating the month of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary with as many daily/evening rosaries as we can fit. We have been so blessed by having a devotion to Our Lady in the rosary. We pray that God will continue to bless our family through this ancient devotion.
Around the house- Keeping in place our afternoon quick tidy!! This goes a long way for my sanity when it gets hectic and busy during the week. Everyone does a little something for about ten minutes or so, and voila, tidy house for the evening :)
What we are creating- Lots of watercolor pictures, seasonal drawings and photography.
A few plans for the rest of the week- Beginning to work up end of term exams as we are nearing the completion of Term 1 around the end of the month. I am looking forward to doing these as in the past we have not done any "official" exams, but I have always liked the Charlotte Mason exams, so here we go!
A picture thought I am sharing-
Our beautiful Violet after a very busy performance weekend, including her first Solo of Paquita!!
Many blessings in your week ahead!
I do the same thing every day after we do after our one hour Divine Mercy Chaplet and Rosary time... I set up my 'cafecito' (Cuban coffee), the kids and I tidy up the space in our house and prepare for the night time ritual chapter of our life. It's makes cleaning house so much easier.
Your daughter is beautiful. I am using your Mondays with Mary as part of my Religion Curriculum for Monday after Rosary time. God bless you!
Posted by: Jackie C | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 09:05 PM
Jackie, you TOTALLY made my day/night! Thank you so much for sharing this! I am honored and blessed to hear you are using my book for part of your religion and rosary time. God Bless you and your beautiful family!
Best,
Meredith
Posted by: meredith | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 09:27 PM
That cookbook/diet book looks really good!
The Legos do have high and low tides. Right now it's high tide -- all building is. Different Lego idea books help encourage the building. But it's so nice when both brothers work together.
Posted by: Jennifer G. Miller | Monday, October 22, 2012 at 02:24 PM
Yes, the tides of all toys seems to ebb and flow here reguarly!! Thanks for stopping in Jenn!
Blessings,
Meredith
Posted by: meredith | Monday, October 22, 2012 at 03:29 PM