St. Daddy and Other Prayers...

We've recently started adding a "mini-litany" to our night prayers, including the boys' first and middle name-saints. After a few days, Ben realized that we were leaving out 2 family members' names (even though Brian & I would include our patron saints, he didn't make the connection). He now insists on saying "St. Mommy, pray for us," and "St. Daddy, pray for us." Nothing can deter him.

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The boys have gotten really eager about praying the Rosary in the evenings (their enthusiasm usually wears off by about the 2nd decade, but we're working on it!). Tonight Nathan clearly asked if we were going to pray the "grocery." I had him repeat himself several times, just to make sure that was really what he was saying. Sure enough. "I have a white 'grocery' and Ben has a blue 'grocery'!" I wonder if he's confused about why Hy-Vee is called the "grocery store", then? I've never seen a rosary for sale there.

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I've decided to finally let go of my blogging ideals - I may or may not post daily, or weekly, or however often you're supposed to post to be considered "active." So many times I have thought about writing a blog post but didn't want to make the "commitment" to jump back in - isn't that silly? Really, it's sad, because I'm not great about journaling the little things that happen around here - the cute sayings, the things I want to remember. I know there are dozens of adorable things the kids have said that have already slipped my mind, and things we've done that I have forgotten details of. I DON'T WANT TO FORGET. So I'm going to try to be better about recording them here. I would love to do a journal for each of my kids, but that's not realistic for me. I would rather have a few sporadic posts here and there than NOTHING at all! I would also rather have lots and lots of short posts than just a handful of long, detailed ones because I'm too intimidated/busy/tired to write long, thought-out posts, perfectly crafted posts.

(I am really good about scrapbooking and baby books, BUT, I tend to do those months after the actual events have happened, and I've already forgotten the cute things that were said that day and the specific details. So I have lots of PICTURES, but nothing written.)

(Oh yeah, and I did have another baby, and I AM planning on writing a long, thought-out post on him and everything surrounding his birth sometime soon! But my blocks of time are still limited - he requires lots of snuggles, and typing and cuddling don't mix.) ;)