Catherine, Constantly 🕯

Have you said a prayer for the conversion of sinners today?

@LadyRotund I had a "baby screaming while toddler poops in her pants" kind of morning the other day so I feel you.

Et incarnátus est de Spíritu Sancto ex María Vírgine: Et homo factus est. Today in Nazareth, at the very place where the Incarnation happened.

@LadyRotund Mine are 2 years apart and I'm like hmm maybe 3 years for the next one.

>put baby down on playmat >baby scoots off mat >put baby back on mat >baby scoots off mat >put baby back on mat &c, &c

@LadyRotund I let her wear undies while eating breakfast and we get maybe 2 hours at best. I think at some point we'll have to take a week off from activities. 🫤

@ChivalryGuild Someone who started teaching 35 years ago with just a BA and someone starting now who has to get a master's degree are not in the same boat.

The retired teacher behind the counter at our local health food store told me his pension clears $5K/month after taxes. Don't know why he felt it necessary to share that info, but public school teachers are doing better than we've been led to believe.

Today we did: - breakfast at the diner - grocery shopping - potty training - walk around the neighborhood - playing in the backyard - baths And now I am Tired. 😴

@LadyRotund Blue and pink works though!

how i wanna be dressing fr

I know I'm terminally mom-brained bc the Vermont County Store catalog is serving some looks.

The picture of Belle that my 2yo refers to as "the Holy Spirit one" because she thinks it looks like she's making the sign of the cross:

@maestrojm9 I'm not against God Bless America as a recessional, actually.

@ConstantCate Or processing/recessing to America the Beautiful on US holiday weekends. It’s NOT a hymn just because it uses the word “God”.

I'm not against hymns at mass but this is the second time I've seen the responsorial psalm replaced with a hymn and like...can we not.

2yo has found a stick bigger than she is though, so she's happy.

>50 degrees out >sun is shining! >let's play outside! >get 2yo and baby in sweaters >get 2yo in shoes >get outside >clouds have rolled in, no longer sunny :(

Slicing an avocado is one of those things that I'm always amazed to discover I can actually do.

2yo in fits of ecstasy over getting to wear a Disney princess nightgown we found at Goodwill for $4.

Of course the day I complain about this on twitter she's napping for an hour and counting 🤷‍♀️

We're working with more like 11-12 hours of sleep including 3 half hour naps so. There's that. I'm sure it's fine.

"6 month old babies should be getting 13-15 hours of sleep including 2-3 hours of daytime naps." Yeah she is...not doing that.

My Irish ancestors, watching my 2yo color a shamrock orange: