Outside my {parents} window...Our beautiful mom with five of her six daughters on Thanksgiving Day 🍁🍂 The rain let up long enough for a quick picture outside. You'd never know it by this picture, she always looks amazing, but our mom is recovering from a broken...
2017 Christmas Gift Ideas & Stocking Stuffers {Plus Another Sleighful of Giveaways}
It's time for this year's list of "Christmas Gift Ideas" and another "Sleighful of Giveaways" from my amazing and generous sponsors! (You can the lists from the last two years here and here, as well as even more Catholic gift ideas listed in...
Hot Cocoa Cupcakes
I'm working as quick as I can to finish up this year's Christmas Gift Ideas and Giveaway (it's going to be amazing!) and hope to have it up on the blog soon. In the meantime, here is a fun idea for cupcakes. We made these for our daughter's soccer team's dessert...
Anne of Green Gables Birthday Party
You are cordially invited to participate in an Anne of Green Gables party with fellow kindred spirits. Games, crafts, and snacks will be provided.A little over three year's ago, we celebrated Twinkle Toes' 11th birthday with an Anne of Green Gables themed party!...
Our 2017 Advent Book Basket and Printable Labels {Plus Christmas Mosaic & Advent Giveaway!}
Advent begins three weeks from today! Advent varies in length from 22-28 days, beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle (November 30th) and embracing four Sundays. The first day of Advent can fall as early as November 27th or as...
Celebrating Martinmas
"Martin, so comfortable on his horse and cozy within his beautiful thick coat, took the coat from his shoulders, cut it with his sword and draped the largest part on the man. Something spoke inside his heart and said it was the right thing to do."- Snow on...
Letter Board Updates for All Saints and All Souls
I love that our twelve year old often finds quotes and updates the letter board for various feasts and holidays. This is what she chose for All Saints' Day this year. The girls also dressed up all their dolls as saints again too!The month of November is dedicated to...
New Christmas Books for the Feast of St. Nicholas {and a St. Nicholas Giveaway!}
The feast of St. Nicholas is just a month away! On December 6th our children wake up to find that the letters they wrote to the Holy Child and/or St. Nicholas have been taken and their (sometimes new/replaced) slippers have been filled with little...
Sponsor Love :: Quarterly Update & Current Specials {scroll to the bottom for a feast day giveaway!}
It's time for another quarterly update on all my amazing sponsors here at Shower of Roses. I have so many great updates, coupon codes, and new sponsors to introduce to you this quarter! We have some awesome giveaways planned for the next four weekends, in preparation...
Saint-O-Lanterns
.: Our 2017 Saint-O-Lanterns :.Our Lady of Fatimaby Ranger + + + + + + +St. Elizabeth of Hungary's Roseby Twinkle Toes+ + + + + + +Holy Innocentsby Chiquita+ + + + + + + Immaculate Heart of Maryby Rose and Chiquita+ + + + + + +St. Andrew's Fishby Captain and Bud+ + +...
Prayer of Mothers
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.