Boys and Fishy Tails. . . and Bees and Bugs? Oh My!

 

BOY, BOY, BOY, and another BOY!
A Day in the Life of One of My Boys. . .




So here is my son Peter-Joe, (super eye-licious, I know. . . ) and SO proud of the "Biggestwonever!"   Really.  These are Bass boys, I tell ya.  Thaddaeus (Thad) always looks out for his little siblings, and really enjoys teaching Peter how to fish.  These guys are always ---always---- bringing something home to surprise me with.  IT NEVER ENDS.  It could be a slimy salamander or two, or more. . . Fish, fish, fish:  Recently, Thad scared the bejeebers out of me when he came flying into the house screaming (and my heart jumped like I was expecting an emergency call) "Mom!  I caught like a hundred fish over at the pond!  MOM,  MOM!!  I just caught the monster of the pond!  You gotta come see this!  You gotta see it, hurry, hurry!"  I thought something terrible was happening he was going so crazy (excited), haha!!!  So, I came outside with my husband to see what he had.  It was the "MONSTER".  It was a huge 20-incher.  He sure had a prize.  He returned it to the pond though, like a good boy, but Peter also shares his enthusiasm.  My goodness!  The day or two before, Peter had caught his first big fish and bass.  He was super excited! You can just see the JOY on his little face!  They've told me so many names of fish that they have caught: bluegill, sunfish, carp, pumpkin seed fish. . . it could get long here, probably!  Haha!

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These boys just have a fascination with life outdoors.  They keep me "on the reminder" that we should never run out of opportunities to appreciate these moments- even the ones that gross us out completely.  

 

Like the other day, Nathan decided he was going to be a "Bee Catcher, Agent Specialist #7596". . . That's what he put on his badge that he made himself!  He decided that  he was going to use a net that we had to catch bugs.  And his "lab" as he called it, was no other than his bedroom.  Yes, bedroom.  NO JOKE!  He caught a bee borer (those ginormous bees), a hornet, a honey bee/worker bee, and a bunch of other things I prefer to not know what they are, honestly.  Then he put them all into a ziplock bag (can we like double tape them shut please?!) with some holes in them (so that the bugs can breathe), and then he decided to write a report/facts sheet on bees from the encyclopedia. I was stunned.  I was like, "whuuuu . . . huh?" We homeschool, so this was like a shocker to me.  I wanted to take his face in my hands and kiss him!  Haha!  Why wont he write any other day?  Right? Well, he did.  Now, to just find something else he could be fascinated about enough to write a report on-on Monday. . . (I'm regretting that I don't have a picture of Nathan with his badge.)

 

Proud big brother!

 

 

 

Thad's 20-inch bass

 

 

Boys are pretty fun; they keep it interesting.  They can drive you into circles of crazy, but they keep reminding us how to appreciate God's world, and take a time out to just enjoy life, and not busy ourselves with so much.  I found a favorite quote of mine here:

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Me and the real Bas *smiles*



Daddy's Little Girl? Or Just Mommy's Only?

 

I just read this article that I found quite disturbing in one sense, and encouraging in another.  There was actually a statement in regards to a law that claimed that a man was the enemy of a woman's right to choose. . . unbelievable.  Well, there are pro-life advocates that are men --- yes, men! Woo-hoo!  Please take a moment to read the article from LiveAction.  It's so true.  I agree with the argument, would you? Please leave your comments below!

 

A photo used in “Lucy,” Skillet’s song for an aborted daughter/ live action article

 

http://liveactionnews.org/men-should-they-have-a-say-in-abortion/

 

Dear Lord, Please send Your Graces to the women who bear unborn children.  We ask that you will guide the mothers and thus safe their little lives.

 

 

 



The Saints Answer . . .

The Child, the Lord Jesus Christ . . . Word in our flesh, Wisdom in infancy, Power in weakness, and in true Man, the Lord of Majesty.

~Pope St. Leo the Great

You can do nothing with children unless you win their confidence and love by bringing them into touch with yourself, by breaking through all the hindrances that keep them at a distance. We must accommodate ourselves to their tastes, we must make ourselves like them.

~St. John Bosco

 

Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.

~St.  Teresa of Avila

Let us teach the young in the school of the fear of the Lord.

~Pope St. Clement I

Tribulation is a gift from God; one that he especially gives His special friends.

~St. Thomas More

 

 

There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.

~St. Catherine of Siena

 

Children should never be taken to church in dress that would not be thought good enough for appearing before company.
~St. John Baptiste de la Salle

 

The passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but it is also an ocean of love. Ask the Lord to teach you to fish in this ocean. Dive into its depths. No matter how deep you go, you will never reach the bottom.

~St. Paul of the Cross

 

Peace and union are the most necessary of all things for men who live in common, and nothing serves so well to establish and maintain these as the forbearing charity whereby we put up with one another's defects.

~St. Robert Bellermine (Intercessor for Down's Syndrome)

 

He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

~St. Philip Neri

 

 

Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.

~St. Jerome 

 

      http://www.catholicbible101.com/quotesfromthesaints.htm

 

 

 

 

You CAN change the world!

Mother Angelica's Quote of the Day "I don't care if you're five or one hundred and five, God from all eternity chose you to be where you are, at this time in history to change the world."   - Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality