Bernadette’s ball season

Kateri’s ball season

Isaiah’s ball season

Cooking tips

Mara: "What's for supper, Mama?"

Mama: "Red bean casserole with roast potatoes."

Pause.

Mara: "Mama, did you know that some casseroles can have ice cream sprinkles?"

Life of Pia

Mama (to Pia, who is starting to get a little silly while standing on a chair): "Oh, Pia, you scare Mama."

Pia: "ROOAARR!"

*                                      *                                   *                                    *

Pia (hurrying to the van after a birthday trip to Pizza Hut has been announced): "Pizza! Pizza! Pizza! I wun! I wun!"

Berry berry Kateri

Birthday cake at the ballpark

Pia is 2!

Persistent Bernadette

Last week at the pool I saw Bernadette climbing the steps on the big slides. She had a brief conversation with the lifeguard, then walked back down. Not big enough she told me.

Last night up she went up again. Still not tall enough. Maybe next week.

Not sitting at Mass

AHG awards

Ball season is here

"Trees" by Kateri Friedrichs

I have never seen
a tree as lovely as a rose,
a rose that has been
watered in the night.

Pia's joke, reprised (sort of)

Marian: "Will you tell me your knock-knock joke?"

Pia: "Nah-knock joke."

Sweet Isaiah

After I explained that I would be skipping an inappropriate scene in the movie "Much Ado About Nothing": "We're so lucky to have a mom who looks out for us."

Giving me a hug in the middle of morning lessons: "Mom, I love you. I love my life."

"Mom, when I hit my first Major League homer, I'm going to save the ball for you."

Pia's First Joke

"Nah-knock."

"Who's there?"

"Band-Aid."

"Band-Aid who?"

"Band-Aid who!"

Rainy day girls

Pia at play

Sayings

Mara: the rain started raining again.

Sayings

Kateri (speaking of the Daddy Daughter Dance): "There were so many songs we had to dance the whole time!"

Mara: "Mama, I know I have to wait for you, but I can't. My feet move too fast!"