P,H,F,R: Around the house

{Pretty}

Handmade rosaries.  Made with love to honor Our Lady.  I just like to think of all the murmured Hail Mary's counted on these beads over the years.  To ask her to pray with us and for us to her Son.

  

{Happy and Fun}

We have hit the geometry section in the 8th grade math book. Being a confirmed mathematiphobe, I can remember being so perplexed by math when I was young...to the point of tears.  And now, it is so easy.  Constructing shapes with Youngest Child has actually been, dare I say it, FUN.  Another little perk of home schooling.  You get to do everything over again and really learn it...and maybe learn to like it. 

{Real}

I read a post by Mary at betterthaneden.com about a table that her husband built for her growing family. It was a great post.  It made me think of the table I inherited from my parents.  It went to me as I had the most children!  I ate at this table when I was young and it is full of scratches and rubs that I don't want to get rid of.  My dad built the benches for my kids.    This table is actually an industrial sized door with a trestle attached.  It was the only thing my parents could find big enough to sit their 8 kids....4 right handed,  4 left handed, 4 boys and 4 girls.  I love this table.  And thanks to Mary for bringing that to mind because I pass it a hundred times a day and don't even notice it most times. Now I do!