Lent! It's coming!!! And because blogging is how I organize my life and plan ahead, I'm sharing my planning with you in order to get my rear in gear!

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Food

This list of meatless meals (with plenty of links!) is one of my top posts every Lent (and is great for reference throughout the year) - I updated it a bit this year, so check it out if you need ideas. What are your go-to recipes?

Cecilia Therese, Age 5

Sweet Cecilia, our first girl, is 5 today! In keeping with past tradition, I asked her the same questions I have in years past:

1. What is your favorite color?  Purple.
2. What is your favorite toy?  Shining Light Dolls. (I'm not sure this is true... She likes them, but she spends a lot more time playing with her doll house, baby dolls, and legos)
3. What is your favorite fruit?  Strawberry.
4. What is your favorite television show?  Diego.
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
6. What is your favorite outfit? Uh... Purple and pink clothes. 

3/52: Snow Days

We finally had our first *real* snow of the winter and boy, was it a doozy! At least 33 inches here, much more in some drifts, and the kids are having an absolute blast in it!

Peter (14 months) still hasn't been out in it, but he's loving the fact that there are shoes all over the place that he can carry around the house!

Winter Style Thoughts

I'm trying to sift through my clothes and figure out what I've been wearing lately, what should be passed on to be enjoyed more by somebody who will actually wear it, and what's just plain worn out and needs to be replaced. So far I'm still living in my J.Crew Factory leggings and loose-fitting dresses & scarves, just like last year. 

2/52

I don't know what we do that makes everybody in this family love books so much - in a normal day the kids spend a TON of time reading and looking at books, so that's what I focused on this week:

Peter (14 months) is obsessed with a select few board books, and demands them LOUDLY in his best scream. Over. and over. again. and again. Much of the time it's the only thing that will calm him down! We'll just say he's a bookworm...