Good Shepherd’s Garden Party :: Plans for Week Seven
Week 7
“The Heavenly Zoo”
This Week’s Good Shepherd’s Garden Party Menu
“The Heavenly Zoo”
This Week’s Good Shepherd’s Garden Party Menu
Water
Deer Cupcakes
Lucky Lion Lemonade
Beehive Baked Pears
Pelican Toasties
Phoenix-Tail Shrimp
Decorating Ideas
Peacock Feathers
Water Fountain Centerpiece
Deer Cupcakes
Lucky Lion Lemonade
Beehive Baked Pears
Pelican Toasties
Phoenix-Tail Shrimp
Decorating Ideas
Peacock Feathers
Water Fountain Centerpiece
By Jessica at Shower of Roses and Charlotte at Waltzing Matilda
*Please feel free to modify and be creative with these plans to suit your family!
Recipes and Suggestions
43. The Water
A pitcher of water would be simple and work just fine, but since we do have another drink suggestion, you could also decorate the center of the table with a small water fountain.
Water Fountain Centerpiece
and/or Pitcher of Water
and/or Pitcher of Water
Photo Credit: Shower of Roses
“Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night within his temple; and he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” Revelation 7: 13-17
44. The Deer
Deer Cupcakes
Cupcakes
Chocolate Frosting
(I mixed Milk Chocolate with White for a lighter brown)
(I mixed Milk Chocolate with White for a lighter brown)
White frosting for eyes
Chocolate chips, for the eyes
and nose
Pretzels for the antlers
Photo Credit: Shower of Roses
“As a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me continually, “Where is your God?” These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I went with the throng, and led them in procession to the house of God, with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help.” Psalm 42: 1-5
45. The Lion
Our first thought was to make Lion cupcakes, but since we already have deer cupcakes, we decided to go with this fun sounding drink that Charlotte found from the San Diego Zoo.
Lucky Lion Lemonade
3 to 4 scoops frozen vanilla yogurt
1 can frozen lemonade
5 to 6 ice cubes
1 cup lemon-lime soda
Whipped Cream
Chocolate Sprinkles
Fill a blender with frozen yogurt, add frozen lemonade, ice cubes, and soda.
Hold lid TIGHT! Blend together. Pour into cups and top with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles, to make your lion’s mane.
“To this they replied, “Daniel, the Jewish exile, has paid no attention to you, O king, or to the decree you issued; three times a day he offers his prayer.” The king was deeply grieved at this news and he made up his mind to save Daniel; he worked till sunset to rescue him. But these men insisted. “Keep in mind, O king,” they said, “that under the Mede and Persian law every royal prohibition or decree is irrevocable.” So the king ordered Daniel to be brought and cast into the lions’ den. To Daniel he said, “May your God, whom you serve so constantly, save you.” To forestall any tampering, the king sealed with his own ring and the rings of the lords the stone that had been brought to block the opening of the den. Then the king returned to his palace for the night; he refused to eat and he dismissed the entertainers. Since sleep was impossible for him, the king rose very early the next morning and hastened to the lions’ den. As he drew near, he cried out to Daniel sorrowfully, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has the God whom you serve so constantly been able to save you from the lions?” Daniel answered the king: “O king, live forever! My God has sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not hurt me. For I have been found innocent before him; neither to you have I done any harm, O king!” Daniel 6: 14-23
46. The Beehive
Here is another unique idea Charlotte found online, from The Feast Within, to symbolize the Beehive!
Beehive Baked Pears
Ingredients:
Pie Crust
2 large Comice or other pears, firm ripe, washed unpeeled
1/2 cup Walnuts, toasted
1/4 cup Pistachios, toasted
1/4 Honey
2 Tbs. of vanilla scented granulated sugar (put your rinsed and dried vanilla beans -or a fresh one-in a canister of granulated sugar after other uses)
Pinch of Salt
Pinch of Allspice, Cloves, and Cinnamon
Zest from a Small Lemon
4 Tbs. Cream Cheese
Directions:
Toast the nuts. Wash and dry the lemon and zest it. Place the honey in a small sauce pan and cook over medium heat until it boils. Add the nuts and stir to coat. Add the zest and salt and spices and cook until the honey is thickly coating the nuts. Wash and dry the pears. Using a melon baller, remove the blossom end and make a small cavity by removing the core of the pears. Spoon the nut mixture in and then plug the bottom with about 2 Tablespoons of cream cheese- depending on the size of your pears. Set aside. Roll your pastry dough out to a rectangle about the height of your pears and 2 x the circumference. Cut into strips about 1/2″ wide. Wrap the pastry around the pear starting from the bottom side and slightly overlapping each go round. Use a little water join pieces as needed. Wrap all the way to the top and place strips on the bottom to cover. Completely encase the pears in the pastry. Bake in a preheated 350F oven for about an hour or until the pastry is golden and the pear is tender when pierced with the tip of a knife. Cool slightly, cut open and serve with vanilla bean ice cream, a caramel sauce or creme anglaise as desired. Serves 2-8 depending on your appetite!
Photo Credit: The Feast Within
“Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and he came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion asunder as one tears a kid; and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done. Then he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. He scraped it out into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.” Judges 14: 5-9
47. The Peacock
You can find Peacock Feathers, to decorate the table, at the craft store.
Peacock Feathers
“All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver, it was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon. For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.” 1 Kings 10: 21-25
48. The Pelican
We had a hard time coming up with something, other than a Pelican Shaped Cookies, until Charlotte was inspired by a loaf of French bread in her kitchen and came up with these perfect Pelican Toasties!
Pelican Toasties
French Bread
Cheddar Cheese
Gold fish (optional)
Directions: Cut bread as shown. Top with Cheddar Cheese. Toast in oven.
Photo Credit: Waltzing Matilda
“And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens.” So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.” Genesis 1: 20-23
49. The Phoenix
An Easy alternative to the recipe below would be to just pick up a Shrimp Cocktail platter from your local grocery store.
Phoenix-Tail Shrimp
1 pound medium-size or large raw shrimp
1 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 dash white pepper
1 cup water
Salad oil
Dipping sauces: catsup and hot mustard or sweet and sour kumquat sauce
Salt-pepper mix
Shell shrimp, but leave the tail sections on for handles. Devein, wash, and pat dry with paper towels. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Add water and stir until batter is smooth. In a deep pan, pour oil to a depth of 1 1/2 inches and heat to 375 F on a deep-frying thermometer. Holding shrimp by the tail, dip into batter so it covers shrimp but not the tail, then lower into hot oil. Cook several pieces at a time without crowding, turning occasionally, until crisp and light golden (about 2 to 3 minutes). Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Serve with dipping sauce of your choice.
“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made him drop his prey from his teeth. Then I thought, `I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand, my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches, my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.” Job 29: 14-20
50. The Dove
We decided to include a menu suggestion for Day 50, Pentecost Sunday, to this final Garden Party. You can find additional ideas and recipes for celebrating Pentecost Sunday over at Catholic Cuisine.
Dove Chocolates
“The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is comely. Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” My beloved is mine and I am his, he pastures his flock among the lilies. Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle, or a young stag upon rugged mountains.” Song of Songs 2: 8-17
Shopping List
Fresh Produce:
2 large Comice Pears
Small Lemon
Dairy:
Cream Cheese (4 Tbs.)
Cheddar Cheese
Whipped Cream
Meat:
*1 pound medium-size
or large raw shrimp
~OR ~
Shrimp Cocktail
(If you purchase a premade Shrimp Cocktail, exclude all items marked with an asterisk.)
Frozen:
Frozen Vanilla Yogurt
Frozen Lemonade, 1 can
Bread:
French Bread
Spices:
Salt
Allspice
Cloves
Cinnamon
*White Pepper
Baking Supplies:
Cake Mix + ingredients for Cupcakes
Chocolate Frosting
White Frosting
Chocolate Chips (3 per cupcake)
Chocolate Sprinkles
Pie Crust
vanilla scented granulated sugar
Honey (¼ cup)
Walnuts (1/2 cup)
Pistachios (¼ cup)
*all-purpose flour
*baking powder
*Salad oil
Snacks:
Pretzels for Antlers
Gold Fish (one each, optional)
*Dipping sauces
Cookies & Sweets:
Dove Candy
Beverages:
Lemon-lime soda
Other:
Water Fountain Centerpiece (optional)
Peacock Feathers
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A Mr. Linky will be posted at Catholic Cuisine on May 24th, for anyone who would like to share the pictures from your own Good Shepherd’s Garden Party!
Wordless Wednesday . . .
…because she is just so cute and I don’t have time to post anything else right now. 🙂
I will be back soon (either late tonight or tomorrow) with the Good Shepherd’s Garden Party plans for Week 7. Right now, however, I am headed back to town for Hockey Lessons and a few other errands.
I hope you all are having a wonderful week!
Our Fifth Good Shepherd’s Garden Party : The Gardener Plants Paradise
This past Friday, thanks to a little break from the stomach bug that is making it’s rounds though our home at the moment, we were able to have our fifth Good Shepherd’s Garden Party!
For those of you that are wondering just how these fun little parties tie into celebrating the liturgical year, Charlotte and I have been coming up with fun little activities to celebrate the 50 days of the Easter Season, based on the daily symbols and bible readings from The Garden of the Good Shepherd: A Sticker Calendar to Count the Fifty Days of Easter
, for the past few years now. (You can find links to all of my old Garden of the Good Shepherd posts here.)
, for the past few years now. (You can find links to all of my old Garden of the Good Shepherd posts here.) This year, instead of offering daily activities to our children, we decided to have a weekly “Good Shepherd’s Garden Party” incorporating the seven stickers/symbols from each week. This past week we celebrated the fifth week of the Easter season with a Garden Party based on the theme “The Gardener Plants Paradise.”
I stuck pretty close to our actual plans for this weeks Garden Party. Here are some of the pictures I took to share:
~ The Tree of Life’s Leaves ~
Maple Leaf Cookies
~ The Tree of Life’s Flowers ~
Lemon Cream Flower Cookies
Hershey Chocolate Flowers
~ The Tree of Life’s Fruit ~
I didn’t have a chance to get to the grocery store and we were completely out of fresh fruit. Looking though my fridge and cupboards I had the options of frozen berries, canned peaches, or tomatoes and cucumbers. I decided to go with the tomatoes and cucumbers. . . They are technically fruit, right?!
I also purchased these little Groovy Fruit Pops just before Easter with this tea in mind. Each of the kids found one at their place setting.
Another last minute addition to our party was a bottle of Sparkling Apple Cider, served with little palm tree stir sticks for decoration!
~ The Owl ~
These really were super easy, for how cute they look. I even had saved some cupcakes from last week so I wouldn’t need to bake any more, or have too many leftover!
~ The Olive Tree ~
Black Olives for the children and Double Stuffed Jalapeno/Garlic Olives for Hubby & I
~ The Palm Tree ~
Palm Tree Napkins
Cheese Cubes with Palm Tree Picks on top of Olive & Rosemary Crackers
Since I served our Garden Party for dinner, I also served Santa Caterina Pasta in addition to the Lily Sandwiches.
~ A Visitor ~
~ A Few More Pictures ~
We have really been enjoying our weekly Garden Parties! I am looking forward to seeing pictures from everyone else’s Good Shepherd Garden Parties over at Catholic Cuisine!
A Gift for Mother’s Day
This photo arrived in my inbox last night from a dear friend who I am taking very “small steps” towards hopefully meeting someday! I still don’t have a copy of her new book
yet, but my sister-in-law (Hubby’s only sister Melissa) received a signed copy from her husband, my brother-in-law Tom, for Mother’s Day!
yet, but my sister-in-law (Hubby’s only sister Melissa) received a signed copy from her husband, my brother-in-law Tom, for Mother’s Day! I am so jealous excited for her!! 🙂
Melissa is such a wonderful sister-in-law and I sure wish we didn’t live nearly 3,000 miles apart! Hopefully it won’t be too long before we are able to see her and her family again. . .
Happy Mother’s Day Melissa! We love you!!
Highlights from “T” Week
Learning Along the Alphabet Path
~ Letter Formation ~
The girls made the letter T with Modeling Wax
, Wooden Pieces and on paper.
, Wooden Pieces and on paper. ~ Thrift Fairy Coloring Pages ~
They also colored from the The Flower Fairies Alphabet Coloring Book
while listening to A Flower Fairy Alphabet
on CD.
while listening to A Flower Fairy Alphabet on CD.~ Picture Book Science :: Tallest Trees ~
On our way home from Our Trip to see the Tide pools, we stopped to see some of the Tallest Trees in the world, the Coastal Redwoods.
As soon as we got home our Tree Toys were all taken out and I got quickly got online to order some picture books on the Topic! 😉
My children especially love our Folkmanis Sequoia Wildlife Play Set
and the Tallest Tree Stacking Blocks.
and the Tallest Tree Stacking Blocks.
I also have my eyes on some Tree Blocks (like these)
Here are the books we’ve been reading through about Trees:
A Tree Is a Plant (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science)
A Log’s Life
Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art
A Tree Is Nice
The Giving Tree
The Apple Pie Tree
Fun With Nature (Take-Along Guide)
For lunch one day, while I was preparing some Toasties, the children made Veggie Pine Trees and Fruit and Cookie Palm Trees! They were both very easy, fairly healthy, and so much fun!!
(I got the idea for the palm tree awhile back from an old magazine. They had it paired with some Alpha-Bits cereal for a snack to go along with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. It would actually be a fun addition to Week 5 of the Garden of the Good Shepherd too!)
It looks like I didn’t get any pictures, but they also did a picture study on trees using Museum ABC’s book
and nesting blocks
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and nesting blocks.~ T is for St. Therese ~
Here is our hand-painted St. Therese dolls for with An Alphabet of Catholic Saints
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The girls had fun dressing up in their St. Therese Costumes, playing with Rose’s St. Therese Dolls, and loved watching The Miracle of St. Therese
They also colored St. Therese Coloring Pages from Catholic Artworks and completed some copywork, which I created at Writing Wizard using the quote from An Alphabet of Catholic Saints.
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We also read about St. Therese in our Catholic Children’s Treasure Box books.
You think you might be able to find lots of other ideas for St. Therese in my archives! 😉
~ T is for St. Teresa of Andes ~
We also watched St. Teresa of the Andes
~ T is for Treats ~
Continuing from S Week, the girls have been playing with their Felt Sweets Treats, as well as making a few more!
We continued our celebration of the 50 Day’s of Easter with The Garden of the Good Shepherd: A Sticker Calendar to Count the Fifty Days of Easter
and a Garden Party based on the theme The Wind and Sea’s Obey Him.
and a Garden Party based on the theme The Wind and Sea’s Obey Him.~ Toffee Bars and Tea with Tasha Tudor~
I’ve had Tasha Tudor’s Toffee Bars in the back of my mind ever since seeing them over at As Cozy as Spring last September. I thought T week would be the perfect time to try them out! 😉 They were so easy to make and very delicious!! While we enjoyed our Toffee Bars, and some Tea poured from a pretty new (to me) Teapot from a sweet friend, we read a few books by Tasha Tudor including A Tale for Easter
and A Time to Keep: The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays
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and A Time to Keep: The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays.
A Flower Fairy Birthday Party
It’s hard to believe that Chiquita’s birthday was well over 2 weeks ago and that I still haven’t posted any pictures, other than of her cake!?! What has happened to me? 😉 I just can not keep up with blogging anymore!
Chiquita had wanted a Flower Fairy Birthday Party ever since seeing the pictures from another little girl’s birthday. Even though it was just our family (my mom did stop by for a few minutes) she had a wonderful birthday, complete with some darling Flower Fairy Crowns sent as a gift from Twinkle Toes’ new pen-pal who recently had a Flower Fairy Birthday Party too!!
Here are a few more pictures from her special day:
~ Birthday Treats ~
In preparation for Chiquita’s birthday, the girls flipped through their cookbooks over and over trying to choose “just two” special treats to make during our party. They ended up choosing the “Fairy Garden Cottages” from the Fairies Cookbook
and “Magic Princess Fairy Wands” from the Pink Princess Cookbook
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and “Magic . ~ Fairy Garden Cottages ~
The children all had so much fun decorating their muffins as Fairy Garden Cottages!
~ A Birthday Smoothie ~
One of the local coffee drive-thru chains in our area offers free drinks on your birthday, so we loaded up the car and headed to town. Chiquita choose a Strawberry Smoothie, and was SO excited when they handed her her very own HUGE drink!
~ Flower Fairy Wands ~
Thank you, Charlotte, for the tip on cutting notches into the paper plates to make rolling the wands in the sprinkles a little bit easier!
I just loved the looks of concentration on my boys faces!
Didn’t they turn out pretty!?!
~ Birthday Cake ~
Chiquita LOVED her Flower Fairy House Birthday Cake!
~ Birthday Gifts ~
Chiquita received her very own set of Stockmar Crayons
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… a set of Alphabet and Number Cookie Cutters
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… cards from her Grandparents and our neighbors and a Flower Fairy Money Jar (aka: Piggy Bank) made by her siblings (their own idea) since she didn’t have one yet…
… a darling St. Bernadette doll…
(The feast of St. Bernadette is a few days before Chiquita’s Birthday.)
… and a set of Play Silks!
She wasn’t quite sure what to think of that bag of “cloth,” but as soon as I showed her a few of the possibilities we had a whole bunch of very excited children. Even the boys joined the fun!
Fairy House Cake Tutorial
I’ve had a couple emails asking for directions on how to make the Fairy House Birthday Cake I made for Chiquita’s birthday, so here is a quick tutorial. It really was quite easy to make and this is coming from someone who had to be convinced to even try decorating a cake just two years ago! Of all the cakes I’ve made, this one and Captain’s Tank Cake are my favorites. I’m so glad that my sweet friend convinced me to give it a shot and create such wonderful memories for my children.
Ingredients:
- 4 – 8″ Round Cakes (I used two boxes of cake mix – 1 Milk Chocolate and 1 Triple Chocolate)
- Milk Chocolate Frosting
- White Frosting mixed with a little Creamy Peanut Butter to make a light brown Frosting
- Coconut mixed with some Green Food Coloring for Grass
- Fondant (I used blue, yellow, and green from this Wilton Multi Pack)
- Food Decorating Gel (to paint accents on the door, windows, shutters, and leaves)
- Sugar Flowers
Directions:
- Trim the cakes so that they are nice and level. I’m sure there are better ways to do so, but I just used my long serrated knife. I did it quickly and if you look closely my cake is slightly slanted! 😉
- Stack the cakes frosting between each layer. (I flipped them over so I was frosting the bottoms of each cake instead of the trimmed top, making it easier to frost .)
- Frost the outside of the cake and a ring around the outside of the top with chocolate frosting. (Use a knife, or in my case clean finger) to add texture to the “bark.”
- Frost the top of the cake, inside the dark brown ring, with a light brown frosting.
- If you’d like to add growth rings like I did, just use a fork to create multiple rings at once, starting at the outside of the circle and working your way towards the inside with just a dot in the very center. (My husband is a Forester, so this was very important! My children all counted the rings to see how “old” this tree was before it was cut down!)
- Sprinkle coconut grass around the base of the house, covering your serving platter. (I covered my tray with foil first and then a trail making a pretty shining pathway leading up to the front door. Simple and cute!)
- Decorate the Fairy House with a door, two windows, and shutters cut out from Fondant. Using a small paint brush and food gel, add accents. Cut leaves out of Green Fondant and place around the house for decoration. You can also add decorative sugar flowers as well.
- I added a couple Cecily Mary Barker Flower Fairy Ornaments (purchased from The Turtle Trail) to the top of our cake. They are even cuter in person! They come with floral picks which make them quite easy to place securely on the cake.
I think that is everything?! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask in the comment box. Also, if you end up making this cake, I would LOVE to see pictures!!
Oh! And one more thing… Either invite lots of friends and family over for cake, or be prepared for start calling the neighbors! 😉
Craft Basket Wednesday :: More Painted Saints
I’m so excited to actually be able to participate in my friend Amy’s Craft Basket Wednesday this week!
This past week was “T” week for us Along the Alphabet Path, and even though I have already painted (quite a few!) St. Therese Dolls, I just had to paint another. 🙂
For the very first St. Therese I ever painted, I used a 2 3/8″ Little Person. I have also made some with the tiny 2″ Girl dolls as well. This time I decided to try painting one of the 3 1/2″ Dolls for the first time. It was just as easy (if not easier!) and will be less of a choking hazard for my littlest one. I took a picture with all three so you can see the size differences. All of these dolls can be purchased very inexpensively from Woodworks.
I probably could have added more detail, however, since I was painting with a wiggly 4 month old on my lap, I decided to keep it simple.
Since I already had all the paint supplies out, I couldn’t resist my daughters pleas to add a St. Teresa of the Andes to our collection as well. I think I have mentioned before that we were so pleased when Ignatius Press recently rereleased St. Teresa of the Andes
on DVD, and despite that it is in Spanish with subtitles, it is one of my girls new favorite movies.
on DVD, and despite that it is in Spanish with subtitles, it is one of my girls new favorite movies. 
So, what crafts have you been working on lately?
My New Little Niece
Last Wednesday my brother and his wife were able to bring their sweet little baby home from the hospital at just 4 pounds! So we could have “an excuse” to stop by and see them, the kids and I made up a dinner to deliver and then headed to town.
I only let my children peek at her from the entryway, but it was just so precious to see the looks on their faces as they admired their new little cousin.
On Friday, we headed back to town for Rose’s 4 Month and Chiquita’s 5 Year Well-Child Check-ups. We were so excited to find out that my niece had her 2 day (after discharge) appointment immediately following ours. What perfect timing! After our appointments we all went out for Coffee and Smoothies. The little ones were fast asleep:
Isn’t this picture cute!?! (Even if my brother says it reminds him of David and Goliath?! Poor “little” Rose!) The girls are both growing well and weighed 4 lbs 4 oz and 12 pounds 14 oz at their check-ups.
On Sunday, after Mass, we stopped by to see the baby “just one more time!” This time the girls both got to hold her for a few minutes. It was so sweet. Afterwards, when I asked Twinkle Toes how she liked holding such a little baby, she said, “I don’t know… I didn’t really feel anything but her blanket!”
My precious little niece will be traveling to see some specialists in June for an operation she will need sometime next year. Also, she didn’t pass any of the hearing screens at the hospital and will soon be seeing a specialist for her hearing as well. Any prayers for these intentions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!
Comparing Baby Pictures #2
Twinkle Toes ~ around 3 months old
Rose ~ 4 1/2 months old
I’ve always thought that they look alike!
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