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Sunday Morn
It is Palm Sunday. Each Palm Sunday and Sunday-before-Christmas, our church hires a huge orchestra and they accompany our choir in a service-long musical extravaganza. No sermon, no Bible readings, nothing but the classical piece. We’re doing Mozart’s Grand Mass … Continue reading
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Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras – Wrapping Up the Best Mardi Gras EVER (with a lot of pictures)
Lundi Gras (Fat Monday) was another day of day parades. We missed pretty much all of them, because they don’t run past my house and they DO run during naptime – ergo, inconvenient. I have a friend who lives on … Continue reading
Parades # 7, 8, & 9 – The Best Day of Mardi Gras
**TWO NOTES: Firstly, I have only two children. I described myself as a thirty three year old mother of three in the last post – I think I was hypnotized by all of the threes in my age. NO SECRET … Continue reading
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Parades # 5 & 6 – Preschool Playground Parades, and Mama Marches in D’Etat
On Friday morning, Jack’s class had their annual parade at school. Half of the kids decorate wagons with purple, green and gold banners. They dress in their Mardi Gras finest, and then roll around the play yard and throw to … Continue reading
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Parade #4 – Mama Gets a Shoe at Muses
The children are sleeping. The Professor is at work, writing a paper. I’m on the couch, nursing the last lingering effects of a minor hangover (and two horribly scabbed up and swollen knees – but that story to come). I’m … Continue reading
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