Eucharistic Procession in Honor of Christ the King
The Little Flower :: DIY St. Therese Infant Costume
If you are looking for a simple last minute DIY costume idea for All Hallows’ Eve or All Saints’ Day, here is what I ended up making for our baby girl last year!
PSA: Order Your Advent Candles Now
Advent begins at the end of next month and it’s time to order Advent Candles for your Advent Wreath!
- Tumbler Jar Candles – The Cloister Shoppe makes amazing Jar Candles. In the past I’ve ordered extras of the Three Wisemen Candle (perfect for Epiphany!) to give as gifts.
- Bayberry Christmas Eve Candles – I’m ordering replacement candles this year so that I can bring myself to actually light the candles, instead of just using it as a decoration.
- Christmas Tree Creche Candle – I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to actually burn this beautiful candle!
- Beeswax Candles – You can’t go wrong with any of these! I replace our Advent Candles with Beeswax Candles for the Christmas season.
- St. Nick’s Goat Milk Soap – I first featured this in my Seven Fun Finds for Advent back in 2014. This year they have it available in red! Love it!
- Peppermint Foot Creme – Love, love, love this stuff!
Baking Éclairs on the Feast of St. Thérèse
Last Saturday, for the traditional feast of dear St. Thérèse, I had promised my sweet “Rose” that we would learn how to bake Homemade Éclairs. We started the day with attending First Saturday Holy Mass (she was able to participate in the procession and give a flower to Our Blessed Mother), then she and I went out for coffee (for me) and French Vanilla Hot Cocoa (for her), before heading to the grocery store to pick up a couple things. The older girls were at their Maidens of St. Joan meeting but as soon as they got home they wanted to help with filling the éclairs. So fun!
Wearing her Rose apron and favorite St. Therese Necklace… A First Holy Communion gift from Grandpa & Grandma |
Angel of God, My Guardian Dear
Angel of God Blanket from Annunciation Designs
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A is for Angel: The Alphabet in Sacred Art
Morning Prayer by St. Thérèse
St. Jerome and the Lion
Celebrating Michaelmas
I tried adapting our Michaelmas Blackberry Cobbler recipe using Cassava Flour and Coconut Sugar… Didn’t turn out wonderful but I enjoyed having a refined sugar-free treat! |
St. Raphael, St. Michael and St. Gabriel from Naturally Catholic • Ostheimer Dragon |
St. Michael Saints ‘N Stitches from Waltzing Matilda |
All decked out to celebrate his patron saint! St. Michael Socks • St. Michael T-Shirt from Catholic T-shirt Club • St. Michael Coffee Mug |
The special little gift I purchased hasn’t arrived yet… but the younger kids were so excited when this Special Edition Saints Around the World Box arrived! |
I was just (unsuccessfully) looking for our copy of The Great Battle for Heaven! Perfect timing. |
St. Michael Statue, another My Holy Cards Holder, and all sorts of other goodies too! |
The Great Battle for Heaven |
The Children’s Book of Angels |
Blackberry Bubly and Izze Sparkling Blackberry Drinks |
I had planned to make our Apple Chicken to serve with Angel Hair, but changed my mind after seeing Ruby’s Chicken Scampi… Yummmmmmmmm! |
Our annual Michaelmas Cupcakes are always a favorite! Devil’s Food Cupcakes with swords for “stabbing the Devil!” |
3 Archangels Saint Block Set from Almond Rod Toys • Playmobil Swords |
Tooth Trauma {Take Two}
If you’ve been reading along for awhile, you might remember the Tooth Trauma we had way back in 2012… Well, this past week, as we were getting started on the first experiments for Zoology 2 (the first time we’ve revisited the topic since 2012-2013… So ironic!) I joked with the children saying “Let’s not break any teeth this time!” On Wednesday night, after I was tagged a couple times in a Christendom post featuring one of our boys, I also joked in a comment saying “Such good looking students!” 😉
Sigh… I know better than to joke around like that!
Thursday night, after soccer practice, I received a text message with the following photo…
“Soccer practice” |
“A true Christendom intellectual” |
Meanwhile older brother was making plans for this year’s Costume Dance… |
She did an amazing job putting the tooth back together! It actually looks better than it did before. Eventually he will need a crown, but hopefully this will hold for another 8 years…
And no more soccer without a mouth guard!
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