Oh, how we are enjoying our new kitchen! We are getting ready to go to First Friday Mass with our Homeschool Group this morning and we just finished baking a Cherry Cheese Coffee Cake to share after Mass. (I'll add the glaze after it cools and...
Every year on the feast of St. Nicholas, we give our children Gold Coins, Holy Cards, and a yearly "note from St. Nicholas" telling the children what they need to work on between now and Christmas. For the past few years I have wanted to order the beautiful St....
Outside my window... it is so COLD!! Such a difference from the wonderfully warm weather we were just enjoying for the past two weeks in Arizona! I am freeezzzzinngggg!!!I am listening to... "Let it snow" from one of my favorite Christmas cd's!I am thinking......
The problem with giving our children new Christmas picture books on the feast of St. Nicholas each year (in addition to the other books we've purchased or have been given) is that, after 11 years of marriage and 6 children, we have a ridiculous number wonderful...
~ Getting Ready for Advent ~ Decorations:The Advent WreathAdvent Candles (2009)Preparing for Advent :: Advent Candles (2011)Our Favorite Advent Calendar (2007)Nativity Sets for Children (2012)Preparing for Christmas :: Seven Fun Finds for...
... we celebrated the feast of the Epiphany!Hot Cocoa topped with Whip Cream and Star Shaped Marshmallows Smiling Faces(Notice Twinkle Toes Toothless smile!)Star Shaped PancakesMy little Catholic Cuisine Chefs,all ready to bake a Crown Cake for Epiphany! We kept it...
Everyone, well almost everyone, loved the little Folkmanis Finger Puppets found in the stockings! They each received a few of them and we now have a basket full, since I found them on clearance this past summer. (Snuggles was initially terrified of them, but is slowly...
On Christmas Day, as I was preparing Brunch after Mass, I asked Captain to go and get Snuggles old bouncy chair from under the crib so I could use it for the baby.Well apparently Snuggles was not quite ready to pass it down to his new little sister... He was not very...
Home from MassMomma and BabyTaking TurnsNot very interested in her stocking... A good thing too, since somebody forgot to get much for in it!Another picture of our sleeping baby! Our favorite gift this year... Our little Christmas Rose!
~ On the Menu ~ Scrambled Eggs with CheeseSausage PattiesCara Cara Orange SlicesCherry Cheese Coffee CakeLots of GoodiesSt. Nicholas Hot CocoaCoffee with Peppermint Mocha CreamerOrange Juice
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.
