Refreshed!

After a 16-month hiatus, the Wolfepack returns to the blogosphere!  It began with persistent morning sickness and evolved into a necessary break to reevaluate priorities, learn how to be a better steward of my time, develop the character of discipline, and, frankly, to make sure I wasn’t blogging just to blog.  I needed to confirm it was being done with a larger vision in mind and with an eternal focus at heart.

I suppose I need to formally introduce our little Sunshine as well.  She made her debut back in September and has been brightening life in our family every day since.  She and her big sister are quite the pair of blessings.

Anyway, it’s fun to be back.  Oh, and I started tweeting, too!  (@mcdwolfe)  Talk soon, y’all!

noses in books are happy noses

Even mouths need to join in on the party sometimes, too.

Tags: raising readers

1, 2, 3

We’re learning to count around here lately.  Of course, Mama Wolfe has a book for that, too…

Thanks to Baby S’s tia, Ivy Mae, the Wolfepack is now the proud owner of a super cute set of Chez Beeper Bebe’s counting bean bags.  Crafty tias are the best kind of tia.

The love bug really likes to learn.  She’s a good student.  When I sit down and show her something new and start to explain, she becomes so focused and thinks about the new subject so intently.  She waits to hear all about it and then goes and experiences it for herself.  I mean, she’s really thinking about it.  Hard.

So far she’s got “2″ down.  And in case you were wondering, it is pronounced “DOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!“

Tags: counting bean bags, learning to count

delicious

Ivy Mae and I are on a mission to craft the perfect granola recipe.  Here’s one of our first tests from katie did.

It was lovely.  I’m convinced that the whole wheat flour and wheat germ are what made the clumps so lovely.  For me that’s the hardest thing about granola – getting it to actually clump uniformly.  (Is that a verb, btw?)   Another benefit was the low heat and long baking time.  I think we’ll be incorporating these two elements in our recipe for sure.  Thanks, Katie!

Tags: homemade granola

yes.

“We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image.”
-2 Corinthians 3:18

a must read

Even if I don’t win this giveaway, I’m buying the book.  The byline sold me: A Journey Toward Intentional, Professional Motherhood.  May it be a help to me as I try to raise my little love bug to the glory of God.

Tags: Steady Days A Journey Toward Intentional Professional Motherhood

busy, busy, busy

Sometimes she’s just a fuzzy blur making its way around the house.

to all of us “bloggers”

“If you want to write about life, you gotta have a life to write about…” -Jeffrey Steele (via)

Some encouragement – a reminder to live authentically, passionately, and boldly in the face of your imperfections.  Write from the belly of your inspiration, not out of a sense of duty.  This post by Alisa Burke is a great encouragement as well.  Here’s to authentic creativity and living real life!

Tags: authentic creativity, authenticity in blogging, bloggers, encouragement, inspiration

mama-daughter moments :: story time

a yummy, cozy morning

Some mornings I wake up with enough inspiration to up the cozy factor in our home.  What did it for us this morning – homemade sourdough English muffins from National Grange Bicentennial Cookbook via Ivy Mae via Throwback at Trapper Creek.

This inspiration actually started two days in advance with the sourdough starter, then another overnight rise with all the ingredients but the soda and salt.  The morning of, just knead and roll out the dough, stamp out your muffins, sprinkle with cornmeal and plop them into a warm skillet and watch them rise.

I even got the nooks and crannies!

Give it a whirl.  Totally worth the process.

Tags: sourdough english muffin recipe