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I love C.S. Lewis.  I find his writing hard to put down.  I've read the Narnia series so many times in my life I'm sure I could repeat parts of it to you.  I can barely wait for Riley to big enough that I can read it to him.  I'm very excited about Prince Caspian coming out tomorrow (May 16th) and plan to go to it next week when I have a babysitter!  Tim has been working his way through the Narnia collection but hasn't gotten to Prince Caspian yet.  I guess he'll just have to see the movie first.  C.S. Lewis and his wonderful books about a fantasy land were a big part of my childhood and I still read them occasionally.

Well... this isn't what I had originally written up to post about today but maybe I just wasn't supposed to post it.

One of my fellow Mommies a couple weeks back asked me what classes I had Riley in as we were leaving our swimming class. Which made me think to myself "should him and I being doing more classes?". I answered that I had him in swimming and I take him to the library for a sing/read along when he gets up early enough.

The Mommy seemed satisfied with my answer. But it made me think about if I was really doing enough for Riley. Is he being stimulated enough? Is he learning enough? Am I making sure that his potential is being pushed as far as it can?

I hear a lot about people that are putting their toddlers in many activities. Ranging from swimming lessons to "baby band" all the way to toddler 2nd language classes. Are these necessary? Am I hindering Riley's learning by having him spend time with me during the day instead of in a class learning something?

I thought this article about Mother's was just to good not to share.  The Mother's War.  Read it, it's worth the five minutes. 

Mother's Day is, to be honest, somewhat of an annoyance. It's manifestly one of those tedious Hallmark holidays wherein everyone is supposed to run out and support the revenue stream of cardboard manufacturers in the name of expressing gratitude to mothers, fathers, grandparents and anyone else to whom we might be related.

Just wanted to share with you all the wonderful little man that has given me the ability to be able to share in this day.  Hope all the Mommies I know and love out there had a wonderful day!

I'm not Catholic... but I have been looking into it.  I am sure that my mother is screaming "what did I do wrong?!" as she reads this.   Anyways, I've been doing a lot of reading about what the Catholic church believes about sex and contraception so when I came across this today I thought I would share it with all of you...  all three of you that read my blog that is.

Pope: Sex can become "like a drug"

VATICAN CITY, Italy (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican's teaching against birth control was difficult as he praised a 1968 Church document that condemned contraception.

I have recently added this wonderful blog to my Google Reader...  what a fabulous invention!  Thought I would share.

Missing Jesus by Inches.

 So last night as I'm talking to my brother-in-law and writing an e-mail when Tim decides that we should have some coffee.  I rarely turn up coffee.  I love coffee.  It's my friend.  I have a special place in my diet just for coffee.  Unfortunately, I have a tendency to over due the coffee. 

8:30 pm and this is when I decide to stat drinking coffee.  Normally I wouldn't think twice about it but in my old(ish) age I can no longer handle two gigantic mugs of black steamy goodness.  I seem to have forgotten that last night as I chugged back two full cups.  I knew this was going to cause problems later on as I was already vibrating around the house chattering Tim's ears off. 

When I was pregnant Tim and I had thrown around the idea of a home birth or one at a birthing centre.  I had not had the best hospital experiences and was worried this was going to be another thing that I dreaded.  Due to price and availability we decided against doing a natural birth at home or a birthing centre.  In the end it was good that we had decided to go with our Dr. and at a hospital as there were some minor complications (never mind having to be induced 2 weeks past my due date).

Alberta's midwives rally for provincial funding

Ok, I have an issue with Tofu.  I gag most of the time when trying to eat it.  I'm always on the lookout for new ideas on how to eat tofu without tossing my cookies.  I think I may have found just the thing to try, does this not look fantastic?!

Kitchen Wench you take the most beautiful food photos!  I can't wait to try this Spicy Silken Tofu Stew and see if it gets me over my tofu hatred!