A Letter to Baby Jesus on the Eve of the Feast of St. Nicholas Incorporating the Christkindl Tradition into Advent Back in 2012, I shared about a beautiful Austrian custom I first read about in Maria von Trapp’s Around the Year with the Trapp Family. (At the time, I...
Back in 2012, my husband and I created an All Saints Scavenger Hunt {Printable Party Game!} for our annual All Saints Party. The following year we created a second version featuring sixteen additional saints with new clues. In 2015, we came up with...
Back in 2012, my husband and I created an All Saints Scavenger Hunt {Printable Party Game!} for our annual All Saints Party. The following year we created a second version featuring sixteen additional saints with new clues. In 2015, we came up with...
"Good morning, my friend!" I had so much fun coming up with party plans and a menu and then making these Strawberry Shortcake Party Printables for our daughter's 7th birthday! Once I got started I got on a roll and just kept going with more and more ideas... I didn't...
Looking for more Graduation Party Candy Buffet options? You're in luck! 🎓 Every spring and summer, my inbox gets flooded with requests for additional printables to sweeten up graduation celebrations! Everyone seems to want my 'Class Rings' sign, and a few others have...
Leap Day is quickly approaching! Despite my Intention to share this year's Leap Day Time Capsule weeks ago, an unexpected surgery delayed my plans. However, I've now completed the updates for 2024 and uploaded the files uploaded to share with you all! This year marks...
Back on Leap Day 2012 and then again on Leap Day 2016 the kids each made a Leap Day Time Capsule! Apparently I was so much more organized back in 2016… I was just searching through my computer files for the 2016 Leap Day Time Capsules documents I had created for my...
A few weeks ago I spent a little time creating new versions of my St. Nicholas Chocolate Coins and they turned out so pretty. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to share them with you all! Here is the link to my updated St. Nicholas Chocolate Coins... ...and here is the...
When I ran across the idea for a Graduation Candy Buffet I knew we had to include one for our boys' high school graduation party! Here are some of the types of candies I used: “Aren't You a Smartie” – Smarties “Book Worms” – Gummy Worms “So long Suckers” – Dum Dum...
“But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, "Courage, dear heart," and the voice, she felt sure, was Aslan's, and with the voice a delicious smell breathed in her face.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderWith St....
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.
