Vent Baby & What I've been reading

Baby loves the vent. If you need to find her, first check this specific floor vent.

I always tell the kids that this is MY mother's favorite things babies do. She calls it "lounging." I think of my mother when I see our babies doing it.  We sure had a wonderful day celebrating the first Sunday of Advent today.  I have been doing some extensive reading on celebrating all the Church's events in their proper order and proper place.  I wish I would have known so many of these beautiful pieces of truths when we were first married.  Our faith is so rich and so rooted.  I love that everything we do has a meaning usually dating back to the early Greek and Romans. 

I struggle with consistency in most areas of my life, but one area that I do without falter is read a lot, EVERY day. I have a love affair with books. I find myself constantly sneaking away to read just one more chapter. I would probably be diagnosed as a schizophrenic reader as my literary tastes are somewhat spastic. As my mother told me, "You are the quirkiest, normal person I know." John claims that I make life "so much fun" so at least he isn't worried.
So, about a month ago I decided to read my way through the non-fiction section of our library. I do love a good biography. I set my guidelines being that I had to read everything in alphabetical order regardless of what the title was. Some titles have been awesome especially this book:

I love photography and taking pictures.  Why not read about Ansel?

To be honest, it made me audibly laugh one night when I was reading before bed, with my book light about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Dork.

I grabbed this one a week ago and have been calling my mother about every other paragraph because her writing style is hysterical. Why are some people so incredibly witty?

Onward to my non-library adventures: Managers of Their Homes. I think I may have finally found the perfect system for our family. I know personality plays a role so much in how we run our homes, so for me THIS is the system. The famous Duggar family uses this system.

I just started this last week also. I looked back at the first few chapters realizing that I have highlighted almost every paragraph in its entirety.

The method of homeschooling we use is based on Thomas Jefferson's ideas of education. I enjoyed this book as it lent additional insight to the methodology.

The Well-Trained Mind is vast, but deliciously good.

I just cracked this open late last night, but so far it has shed light on some topics I've not yet thought much about. Since being originally published in 1954, I was eager to dive in. I am hoping to read Mary Reed Newland's other title "We and Our Children: How to make a Catholic home."

Finally, I printed off all 106 pages of Maria Von Trapps Around the Year with the Trapp Family. It is out of print, but you can find the complete text at EWTN.
I read it a couple times and John read it today.  It is worth your time merely for the simple fact of how the Church traditionally celebrates the feasts especially Advent and Christmas.