Don Quixote

I spent the Fall and Winter months of this pregnancy reading my sister’s copy of The Well Trained Mind  by Susan Wise Bauer– an absolutely inspiring book about classical education and how to do it (in children).  Last summer, I also started slogging my way through The Charlotte Mason Companion.  For those of you unfamiliar [...]

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Lovely Summer Days

See what I mean by magical?
 
 
And this is why Roman doesn’t spray our plants.

Mom, I love peppers.  They’re yummy.

I know I might stop eating my veggies next year, but for now…

 
Today’s Scent: Calyx by Prescriptives

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Milk Production Is Down

I don’t get it.  Oliver has been gaining weight hand over fist, and yesterday my milk production dropped to almost zip.  This morning, he doesn’t seem to be getting much at all.  I’m afraid to pump, b/c he might wake up at any minute starved b/c he didn’t get enough the last time he ate.   
Yes, I [...]

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Summer Pregnancies

I’ve always heard how difficult summer pregnancies were: hot, sweaty, miserable.
 
But no one ever told me how wonderful summer babies are.  Rome and I have spent most of our evenings since the delivery in our backyard (thank you, God for “noodging” us to make it beautiful this year) sitting on a picnic blanket in the [...]

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Gazpacho – A Taste of Spain

When I was 16, my mom took my sister and me to Spain and what I enjoyed most about the trip was gazpacho.  Once we hit the coast, I think I ate it every day, possibly twice a day.  I remember sitting outside at a little restaurant (I think I was alone…what was I doing alone?) [...]

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Yup, I’m a carnivore.

It turns out breastfeeding makes me HUNGRY.  VERY HUNGRY.  My darling husband has obliged me (in the name of love and milk production) and I’m eating steak for breakfast.  Around the noon to two timeframe, all I want is fat and more meat, but not from the same product.  So it’s more of an ice [...]

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