Nathan has been fascinated by receipts lately. He usually asks to get a receipt of his own anytime we leave someplace. Today after our brief trip to Target, I let him hang on to the receipt and when we got inside the car he told me he was going to…

Today was Nathan’s very first violin recital. His performance was a Beginner’s Exercise which involves focusing during one variation of Twinkle, Twinkle. He has been practicing so hard over the past few weeks at rehearsing everything from walking up to the front, to bowing, to holding his violin steady while…

Tonight was Trunk or Treat at our church so we decided to take the kids for a real dress rehearsal of what’s to come in a few days. The kids had a great time and we shelled in a ton of loot. Looks like whatever else we bring in for…

This evening after Catechesis, we were driving home and Nathan informed me that in addition to praying for me, he had also prayed to God that he could come home and find his Buzz Lightyear toy that’s been missing since yesterday morning. He prayed that God would keep Buzz safe…

Today David and I met with Nathan’s preschool teacher for his parent-teacher conference. I must say that although I was extremely pleased with Ms. Jan’s assessment of Nathan, it also scared the heck out of me. I had no idea it would lead to the discussion that it did. You…

In following his Daddy’s footsteps, Nathan has created a new dish. Today after preschool I was getting ready to make lunch and asked Nathan what he wanted. He didn’t want the usual PB&J (I was shocked!) and told me to “just make it”. That usually means surprise him. Well, I…

Today was Nathan’s last soccer game of the Fall season. He’ll be able to sign up again in the Spring but for now he keeps asking if it’s time for The Little Gym to start back up again. I suppose since he has no activities that involve sports or physical…