Tackle It Tuesday

It is no secret that I rarely do my Tackle It Tuesday on an actual Tuesday. If I did, it would not get posted til Wednesday. Most of the time my tackles are done on Monday. CoppersWife had me totally inspired to do my kitchen cabinet fronts. After all, I have pretty much tackled the inside of everyone of them recently. Then Ann posted about her family cleaning out the wood stove/fireplace in preparation for winter. Hmmmm, my fireplace is in need of attention soon too. Which one to choose.... To be honest I chose neither. I am fighting a horrible cold and just did not feel like it. So, I thought I would post another tackle. This one was done over the weekend and you may think it terrible that I refer to it as a tackle. After all, a tackle is something you don't really want to do, but you know it needs to be done, right? Wrong. To me, a tackle is something I know I need to do, but other things keep getting in the way and so this special task requires this weekly post in order to make it a priority. My definition of Tackle It Tuesday really does not help my case here. You will probably still think it terrible.

I have shared enough about Charlotte for you all to get the idea that things do not always run smoothly for her. Most is her own making, though this time of year is especially difficult. I will explain all of that closer to Halloween, in a second post on The Face of Trauma. Suffice it to say, it is difficult to be what she really needs me to be during these times. I decided Charlotte needed some Mommy time and so I had Zach plant himself in front of a DVD in another part of the house, and Charlotte baked pies. She learned to read and follow a recipe and she was given an apron made by my grandmother (Grace, whom Charlotte is named after). She started out very serious, but by the end she was smiling. Here is Charlotte's pumpkin pie in progress. She actually made 2.

And the taste tester gave it a thumbs up!!! The book "Raising Maidens of Virtue" by Stacy McDonald came yesterday. I am looking forward to reading it. With this nasty cold, it won't take long. I am considering getting the companion study guides and doing it with Charlotte. Have any of you read it? What do you think? I am hoping it will give me some tools to help me in this mother/daughter process. I think the mommy time and pie baking was a good choice for this week.

Blessings, Bren