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Birthday
Party Photos This past weekend the twins had their first birthday
party. Their mom made Livie a cake with
pink frosting and Sophie had a cake with purple frosting. As you can see, the frosted birthday cakes mommy made them were very well-received.
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Treasure Chest
Surprises A few weeks ago, Sophie began pulling up on the treasure chest,
then perching on top of it for a bit.
Over the past week, Sophie and Livie have been very interested in
climbing into the Minnie Mouse treasure chest Vivi received as one of her
turning 3 birthday gifts. At first,
Sophie would approach the open treasure chest filled with wooden blocks and
Duplos and gingerly sit on it with one leg hanging off the side. Mastering this trick, she decided to climb
in, make herself as comfy as possible while sitting on blocks, and even cross
her ankles.
Thursday Livie
was sitting in the treasure chest facing backwards, trying to pull the lid down
on herself which went about as well as you can imagine it would.
Earlier both of the twins managed to wedge
themselves in there with the colorful assortment of blocks. To read about more of our adventures, click here.
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Quality Toddler Time Usually
I try to do something one-on-one with Vivi when her sisters are sleeping,
because when all three are awake, I’m so often playing the role of waitress,
interceptor, referee, busboy, block builder, diaper changer, potty monitor…that
it’s easier to do something that’s just the two of us when it’s just the two of
us. Typically we do an activity of her
choosing. Lately, we’ve played
Candyland, read several picture books in a row, and built towers of
blocks.
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A Multi-Media Event This scene has reminded
me of a similar one I photographed of the boys I nannied for a while ago. Basically, if it’s on a shelf that’s within
reach, not behind plastic, or glass, it’s fair game for the little ones who can
reach it is my philosophy about most things, especially in the main room where
we spend several hours a day. The girls
have quite an extensive collection of DVDs, but not yet nearly as big as their
parents’ movie and video game collections.
I honestly couldn’t tell you how many times I have put these DVDs back
on their shelf, nor can I recall how many times I put the cookbooks and
magazines on the shelves in the den when I was taking care of the boys.
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Simultaneous Adoration Pope Francis will begin an hour of simultaneous Adoration for the Feast of Corpus Christi in St. Peter’s Basilica at 5:00 p.m. Rome time. I've been told that's 11am Eastern time.
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Celebrating
the Feast of Corpus Christi Here are a few of the most impressive books (and the reviews I wrote of them) that I’ve
read about the Eucharist over the past few years:
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Prayers for
Ordination This Saturday morning at 10:30am many will be gathered at the
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Richmond for the ordination to the priesthood of Gino
Rossi. Please join me in praying for
this young man and all who are being ordained over the next month.
Lord, thank You for guiding the men being ordained this month
to shepherd Your flock. Draw them ever
closer to You, keep them centered on Christ, open to the Holy Spirit, and
committed to the vocation to which You have called them. Amen.
