Pretty, Happy, Funny Real
Dropping in for a quick pic share. They're from last week; forgive me for trailing a bit.
Pretty...
The hickories in November
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Happy...
Roses in November, and kids who bring me the blooms
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Funny....
I've discovered a way to get my kids to eat a vegetable besides corn and raw carrots... pumpkin cake, made from two ingredients: canned pumpkin and cake mix. My sons asked if we could make this a habit.
We went to the All Souls Day Mass at our parish. It was beautiful, but we had to leave at what might have been the most awkward moment; Cora was in rare form that night, and there were a couple of other issues. Our parish had a photographer for the occasion; in the last of the shots at that link, the only person facing the camera (besides the priest) is my baby boy. This one's better, though, isn't it?
Real.
Update: To clarify, the picture in that last link is not my daughter; I just thought it was a lovely shot of an interesting moment.
Comments
Awesome picts.
And I'm so grateful for priests like the Abbot you mentioned. It really helps to hear repeated that our whole family is welcome at Mass. Sometimes people make a point of saying that caring for little ones is a valid excuse to miss Mass; but what a beleaguered parent often hears from that comment (if left at that) is, "We don't want you here; why bother trying?"
Jessica Seinfeld has a cookbook called "Deceptively Delicious" in which she advises how to sneak good food into your recipes so your kids don't know. Check it out!