Back to St. Joe's we go!

So as many of you know, St. Joseph's Parish is the source of many a blog entry from Mad Molly and this week is of no exception! At our church on Sunday they were doing a special mass to bless all the children who had been baptized in the parish during the past year, and our very own Roaming Gnome would be one of those special children! Now due to his napping schedule wild man Will (a.ka. Roaming Gnome) usually does not attend service on Sundays so we thought this was as good a time as any for him to make his debute for the first time in many moons. Sunday rolls around and off the we go to good old St. Joe's. Mad Molly was super excited that the entire family was in church and that it was filled with many other children, so needless to say she was indeed very fidgety! Her view of the alter, which usually keeps her pretty entertained and mildly interested was obstructed which left her to entertain herself.  During the sermon, she kept climbing on my lap asking me all sorts of questions...the conversation went like this:
Mad Molly: "Momma, what are you doing?"
Mad Mommy: "Listening to Father Al" (calmly)
Mad Molly: "oh"..."Momma, what are you doing?"
Mad Mommy: "LIstening to Father Al!" (in a firm whisper I could muster)
Mad Molly: "oh"..pause, pause...."Momma, what are you doing?"
Mad Mommy: "LISTENing to Father Al!!!" (in the strongest whisper I could muster)
Mad Molly: "oh"....pause, pause, pause, fidget, fidget..."Momma, what are you doing?"
Mad Mommy: "LISTENING to Father AL!!!!!!, now sit still" (threw gritted teeth in a strong whisper)
Mad Molly: "Oh" looking around the pew, poking the roaming gnome, starting to reach over the pew behind her
Mad Mommy: "MOLLY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" (in the firm, yet quiet strong mom voice)
Mad Molly: "listening to GOD!" (calm as can be)

God help me now!

Happy New Year!

As you may know, it's been a while since I've had a chance to post, not for lack of blog worthy content I assure you but for sheer lack of a free moment. The past few months have been a blur of bizarre sicknesses, birthdays, holidays, anniversary and of course the joyful mayhem that was Christmas! Now that the new year has begun I am recommitting myself to keeping you all informed of our latest antics of Mad Molly and her trusty sidekick! And now that Wild Man Will has joined the ranks of those of us that walk he has come to be known as the Roaming Gnome...see picture below for pictorial explanation! He's still as wild as ever but he has taken to Roaming around the house in circles, going no where in particular, just roaming because, well because he just plain can! Over the next few days I will search back through the past few months and catch you up. I hope you all have a Happy and Entertaining New Year!