Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Family Prayer

We have just recently started a new routine for family prayer. Here is a photo of our little altar that we set up. The boys love to help set up the altar. They get the table, Jesus, and the candle. They each give Jesus a kiss. The entire prayer time lasts about 5 minutes b/c they are anxiously awaiting the blowing out of the candle.
We got this idea from a dear friend of mine. We have only been praying this way for about a week, but the boys appear to be a bit more aware of what is going on. Of course, we leave tomorrow for Louisiana for 10 days. Maybe I can find a little area to make an altar for family prayer night while we are there.
I just LOVE this picture. My sweet boys!!!!

My Wonderful, Sweet, Energetic Andrew


Andrew is almost 4. He is very sweet, curious, and ALWAYS moving. He wakes up with energy to burn. He started Mother's Day Out this year and loves going to school, but is having a little trouble with the "sleeping part". I know there are boys in his class, but all he talks about are the girls: Ava, Faith, Zoe, and Emily. It is a 3 year old class with 6 girls and 4 boys. The boys are all younger 3's so I guess he plays more with the girls.

Andrew is very curious and must ask about 50 questions a day. I was reading yesterday and he asked me why I wasn't talking. We talked about how I was reading in my head. We have had this discussion before when we talked about silent prayer. Today he announced, "Mommy, I got Flash (his superhero figurine) from Mark." I replied, "Did you ask him if you could have it." (We've had problems with him pulling things from Mark) His answer, "Yes, I asked him in my head."

There is never a dull moment with Andrew around. He keeps us laughing and on our toes all of the time. He is very interested in letters and numbers right now and is always counting things or asking about letters and words. He wants to know how to spell almost every word. Last night at dinner, I said to Bruce, "I made the gravy with cream of m-u-s-h-r-o-o-m soup" since I knew Andrew would not eat it if he heard that. Andrew said, "and don't forget x-t-o, too."

St. Andrew the Archangel, the Knight



He announces to our guests one evening, "I'm St. Andrew the Archangel, the knight. If a bad guy tries to put fire on your baby, I'll get 'em."

Monday, November 16, 2009

The Blog - Day One

Testing, 1 2 3. O.K. Here we go! Well, I decided to begin this blog for several reasons. None of which is because it appears to be the "in" thing to do now. I want to document our life for my children and share it with friends and family. A virutual scrapbook, if you will. I can almost see the worry on some faces right now. Don't worry. It is safer than you think. So, enjoy!