Novena to Saint Thérèse
The feast day of St. Thérèse is coming up! Her feast is celebrated on the 1st of October (and on the 3rd of October on the Traditional Calendar). The novena for her intercession can be said anytime, but we will be praying this particular Nine Day Novena to St. Therese in anticipation of her feast, ending on the eve of the Feast (Sept 30th or Oct 2nd). We will then start another Novena to St. Therese which begins on her feast day! I plan to schedule the prayers to post each day, just like last year.
“Many people {including myself !} report unexpectedly finding or being given a literal rose or roses (or smelling the perfume of roses) after praying to St. Thérèse, who said on her deathbed, ‘After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses. I will spend my Heaven doing good upon earth. I will raise up a mighty host of little saints. My mission is to make God loved…'” Quoted from Fisheaters
O God, who did inflame with the Spirit of Love, the soul of your servant Thérèse of the Child Jesus, grant that we also may love you and make you much loved. Amen.
DAY ONE
O Thérèse of the Child Jesus, well beloved and full of charity, in union with you, I reverently adore the majesty of God, and since I rejoice with exceeding joy in the singular gifts of grace bestowed upon you during your life, and your gifts of glory after death, I give Him deepest thanks for them; I beseech you with all my heart’s devotion to be pleased to obtain for me (…mention request here). But if what I ask of you so earnestly does not tend to the glory of God and the greater good of my soul, do you, I pray, obtain for me that which is more profitable to both these ends. Amen.
St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
My Daybook ~ September 22nd
FOR TODAY: September 22, 2009
Outside my Window… it looks like fall, but feels like SUMMER! The high today is suppose to be nearly 105 degrees (with a low of 50 tonight!) and the rest of the week should be pretty warm as well.
I am thinking… about how active our new little one has been lately. I’ve been feeling quite “lived in” and I am even more anxious for this little one to make her arrival!
I am thankful… that I was actually able to find my mom a birthday gift which she LOVED! Yesterday was her birthday and so we took a drive out to my parents home to drop off her gift, which was a gorgeous Seven Sorrows Chaplet, and a whole bunch of handmade cards.
From the school room… Yesterday we started “F” week which will include Fairies, Flowers, Forest Fires (I couldn’t pass up including a favorite topic around here!) and St. Francis! I couldn’t have planned it any better when hubby called yesterday afternoon to tell us that a big fire had broken out on the outskirts of our nearby city resulting in an impromptu field trip to his office (which had a great view) for the evening!
Living the Liturgical year at Home… We will begin the Novena to St. Therese this week, leading up to her feast day! (Hopefully I will have a few minutes to post the daily prayers again this year.) We will also be celebrating the feast of St. Padre Pio on Wednesday. After the children go to bed, Hubby and I will probably watch one of our wonderful
I am creating… Saints n’ Stiches! As well as plans for a Fire Safety Lap book.
I am wearing… maternity clothes that is already getting too tight this time around… And I still have just over 13 weeks to go!
Around the house… I hung a lovely new wreath on the front door for Fall. It makes me smile every time I open the door. Isn’t it pretty?
One of my favorite things… Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks. YUM!!! But even better is my Cocoa-Latte Maker
- Monday – Mom’s Birthday
- Tuesday – Birthday Party for a very dear couple (The children’s swimming teacher and her husband.)
- Wednesday – Doctors Check-up for me and Errands afterwards
- Thursday – Little Flowers Meeting and Pizza Party
- Friday – Mass & Benediction, Coffee/Lunch with Father
A picture thought I am sharing:
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Highlights from “E” Week
From this Coloring Book
book and listening to the CD
!)E is for Electricity
Science Book of Electricity
Bill Nye The Science Guy: Electrical Current
Electricity (The Usborne Young Scientist Series)
Electricity
Switch On, Switch Off (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
Endangered Species Coloring Book (pdf) We used Page 24 for the Bald Eagle.
Endangered Elephant Coloring Page and Comprehension Worksheet
using Draw Write Now: Animals of the World, Dry Land Animals
, Museum ABC Nesting Blocks
, and Elizabeth’s pdf 
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Coloring Page
Copywork from An Alphabet of Catholic Saints
by Father Lovasik, which is wonderful, but I am hoping to add Kat Finds a Friend
, Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity
, and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Daughter of America
to our collection since we will be studying her more later this year for Little Flowers.
These are a few of the books we read at bedtime this week:
Pelle’s New Suit
Children of the Forest
Ollie’s Ski Trip
Peter and Lotta’s Adventure
Around the Year
~ Crafts : E is for Embroidery ~
, including a few “Engines.” I had meant to order the Fairies of the Field Lacing Cards
, but then I completely forget… (I’ve been doing that a lot lately!)
I still need to finish them up by making them into little dolls… Hopefully this week!
We enjoyed lots of “E” foods this week including Enchiladas, Eggos,
Can you tell that someone just lost her second tooth?
We are moving right along…
Tomorrow morning we will begin another Fun week!
Learning about Ancient Rome: Roman Numerals
from Ancient Rome (Modern Rhymes About Ancient Times)
Some letters led a double life.
They served as numbers, too.
They used a simple system –
The numerals were few.
For one you used the letter “I.”
For five the letter “V.”
“L” was fifty; “X” was ten.
One hundred was a “C.”
The system had its problems though,
When numbers got too high.
And Romans weren’t able
To divide or multiply.
Their numerals were useful
But it’s very clear to me,
That we are served much better
By our numbers 1, 2, 3…
A few of the other resources we’ve used:
- Explanation of Roman Numerals
- Roman numeral list from 1 to 100
- Label the roman numerals worksheet
- Roman Numerals Matching Sheet
- Roman Numerals Mini Book
However, the boys have had the most fun with this online Roman Numerals Game!
26 Weeks…
as I practice looking and hearing each day.
At roughly nine inches long and almost two pounds,
there is less room for me to play.”
~The Miracle of Me
I is for Insects
CurrClicks Free Product for the week is:
“A great supplement to your science, phonics, handwriting, and math curriculum! Just enough to keep little ones attention and easy enough for mom to do in one sitting!”
I just downloaded our copy. This might be a nice resource to use with the Alphabet Path during “I” week!
Small Successes :: September 17, 2009
I finally hooked up the printer to this new iMac Computer. I had been stalling (for nearly two months) since I thought I would need to try and find the installation disk that came with the printer. In the meantime, every time I needed to print something I would put the file on a flash drive and open it on the old PC. (Very time consuming…) Well, it turns out that all I had to do was unplug the USB cord from the back of the PC and plug it into the Mac. I opened a document to see and hit the print button, just to see if it might by chance work, and it printed… Just. Like. That! lol!
Also, speaking about this wonderful Mac, I installed MacGourmet Deluxe
and I am LOVING it!! I am still learning how to use all the features, but so far I have learned how to clip recipes from online to add to my library, create meal plans and shopping lists, sync it with iCal, and even build a cookbook!!! This is going to be so much fun!
I was able to go out with four of my friends on Tuesday night to see Julie & Julia. Afterwards, since Starbucks had just closed we went to Applebees and visited for another couple hours. It was a very much needed break and I had a great time! Now I really want to try and make Julia Child’s Beef Bourguignon.
I think I may have mentioned that I’d been saving for a new white wooden crib for this baby? Well, yesterday morning, after searching and searching online and not finding exactly what I was wanting (at an affordable price), I decided to take my friends advice and check out Craigslist. Can you believe that a beautiful white “Serenity” crib made by Baby’s Dream had JUST been posted and that it was only FIVE minutes from my house?! (Especially, considering that I drive 20-30 minutes to get anywhere!) She had purchased it 2 years ago from a specialty boutique about 45 minutes away for $500. It does have a few minor scratches, but I still LOVE it and it is going to look so cute with the crib bedding I picked out for this baby.
A Gift for the Baby
Earlier this afternoon, while I was busy trying to catch up on a little paperwork, I told the children to stay out of the hallway so that Captain could mop the floor, his chore for today. Snuggles was finally napping (after getting into even more mischief today!) and Chiquita was playing in her bedroom. Rascal and Twinkle Toes decided to play in the boys’ room. A few minutes later, since I was just across the hall in the school room, I could hear Rascal and Twinkle Toes start to pray the rosary. About 20 minutes later they finished, ALL BY THEMSELVES!! It was so precious!
Highlights from “D” Week
Big “D” and little “d” out of Modeling Wax
“D” and Hidden Letter 
(while listening to this CD!)
I had a basket full of dinosaur books from both the library and our own collection. However, I wasn’t the one to read them. The boys really enjoyed reading them to the girls this week, which was nice!
Other dinosaur fun that we enjoyed:
Reading Rainbow: Buried Treasures
Dinosaur Fact Files and Worksheets
Color by Number Dinosaur
Discovery Channel Dinosaur Page (My children especially enjoyed the games!)
Wee Sing Dinosaurs
How to Draw Dinosaurs And Prehistoric Life
Leap and the Lost Dinosaur
and Megatoob- Dawn of the Dinos
!
and our painted Saint DominicFlower Fairies Alphabet
and daisy out of Modeling Wax
St. Dominic Coloring Page
We read about David in Letters from Heaven: An Illuminated Alphabet
D is also for Divine Mercy, so what a perfect week for our first Little Flowers Meeting of the year!!
At bedtime this week we read and/or compared pictures in lots of our Tomie DePaola Books:
The Night of Las Posadas
The Story of the Three Wise Kings
The Clown of God
The Legend of the Poinsettia
The Holy Twins
The Miracles of Jesus
The Lady of Guadalupe
Christopher: The Holy Giant
Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi
The Knight and the Dragon
Mary: The Mother of Jesus
~D is for Draw Write Now ~
My children LOVE all the Draw Write Now books. You can purchase them individually, however the Draw Write Now Boxed Set
Now, if I could just figure out what to do with the hundreds of drawings I have piling up around here! 😉
~ D is for Dolls ~
Twinkle Toes’ received The Flower Fairies Activity Book
~ D is for Decoupage ~
I was so excited when I found a packet of Cecily Barkers Fairies, to Decoupage, at Michaels. This was our first attempt and we had so much fun!
On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
I was not very good about embracing my own little crosses… The morning started out so wonderfully peaceful. We had Eggos for breakfast and started our school day on time! However, by afternoon everything seemed to be falling apart! For example: Captain could not finish his Math or Phonics correctly. (After 3 hours I finally gave up and sent the boys outside for a break. We all needed one…) I then realized that while I was working with the boys, the girls were having a little camp out in my bedroom and, in addition to the fort which had been made out of my bedding, I found smashed apple jacks all over the room. While I was cleaning that up, Chiquita managed to break a first communion gift of Captains. At nap time, Snuggles somehow got access to a blue permanent marker and decided to write all over his bedding and himself. (Thankfully he didn’t write on the comforter, just the sheets.) Hubby had to work a 16 hour shift (plus his commuting) and I kept finding myself losing my patience and getting completely overwhelmed…
cake like I had planned (but had all but given up on), bathed the baby, and read the children the story of The Tale of Three Trees: A Traditional Folktale. The day ended much better!
O my God, I thank you for this cross you have allowed me to carry. Please give me the strength and faith to persevere so that I may bring glory to your name while withstanding the burden of its weight. Thank you for offering me a share in your suffering. I know that you have always been, are now, and ever will be at my side every step of the way. Thank you also for every “Simon” that you have sent to help me bear this cross. I have prayed so often that this thorn in my flesh would be removed, but I trust that your grace is sufficient. Change my heart’s troubled cry of – “How long, O Lord?”, into words of trust: “However long, O Lord.” May I seek only to do your will and to unite my sufferings with your passion. Help me to not get lost in my own self concerns, but may I find in these trials a way to greater virtue, a call to prayer and a path to trust in you alone. Permit me not to waste my pain, but to make of these struggles a sacrificial offering for others. Lord, when I am weary and I fall, exhausted under the weight of this cross, please give me the courage to press on as you did. Lord Jesus, I embrace with love my cross, as a share in your own. By your grace, may I carry it all the way to the vision of your glory. I abandon myself totally to your will. Christ Jesus, I trust in you. Amen.
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