What I am Presently Reading: February, 2010.

Life has been rather busy around here, but I took the time to dust off my old 35mm Pentax camera to see if it would work. I am planning on going to Clear Creek Monastery soon, and I wanted to take some good pictures to record the event.

So I had to take some practice shots of some of my children. Here is Bernard:


The other thing which has us all in a tizzy is the massive snowstorm on February 11, leaving more than 12 INCHES OF SNOW. When I heard about it - I was at work - I ordered the children to make a snowman.

So here it is, a Texas Snowman, with Jacinta:

Isn't it funny, how building snowmen is an inherent trait in all children? These children have never made a snowman - or at least not since 1996 - and yet, they easily construct a snowman without consulting any book or website.

It is reminiscent of the ability of bees to make honeycombs.

Speaking of bees, here is the book I currently fall asleep reading every night:


Right now I am reading a medically related book called The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman.

The Subtitle gives some hint about the subject: A Hmong Child, her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures.

I heard about the book while reviewing a syndrome called Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, where the patient has a particular type of seizure.


But back to the snow. Here are some videos of the children playing in the snow:










...and here is a picture from Saturday, February 13, showing that poor melting snowman:



By Sunday, St. Valentine's Day, most of the snow was gone, as one can see in the picture below. That is Maximilian pushing his bicycle:

We did contribute to some of the global warming by cooking steak on Sunday. Algore, forgive me!


That is Chef Marcellinus bringing in his platter of steaks.