Roses for St. Thérèse
Summer with the SaintsMarci has done an amazing job coordinating and hosting this get together each week! I feel so totally spoiled. Each week, I just show up with my children and they get to learn about the Saints, make Holy Cards, do a fun craft, eat symbolic snacks, and have a total blast. And as if that wasn’t enough, this week Marci even featured my favorite saint. Yep, Sara was right, it was in honor of St. Thérèse of Lisieux!
My kids (and I) were all so excited when we pulled up and saw the sign.Captain said, “Yeah! I just knew it was going to be St. Thérèse!” Twinkle Toes said, “I love St. Thérèse!!!” I said, “Me too!” 😉
I snapped a quick picture of the kiddos
Right away, they all got busy coloring pictures of St. Thérèse. My children love to color!!
Next Marci served the cutest little rose cupcakes for a snack. Thank goodness that we were the only family attending this week, since my children practically ate all the cupcakes. I guess swimming makes my little ones extra hungry… I do feed them!
I didn’t get a very good picture of the cupcakes, but you can see them (along with lots of other cute photos) over at Marci’s blog.
Marci even made some delicious dairy/gluten free cupcakes. They were SO good!!! I am going to definitely pick up some of that mix
. Yum!!!Next they all moved onto making their St. Thérèse holy cards…
(They now have quite a nice collection!)
…followed by lots of playtime.
Then it was time to make paper roses! Even though they were a tinsy-winsy bit hard to make, with a little bit of folding…
…they all turned out beautifully!
I am sure St. Thérèse was smiling!
Marci even sent us home with a big box of hand-me-downs from my favorite children’s store! Thank you once again Marci, we had a wonderful time!
O Little Thérèse of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love. O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God today to grant the favors I now place with confidence in your hands …(Mention specific requests)… St. Thérèse, help me to always believe as you did, in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day. Amen.
Scenes from a Summer’s Day ~ Aug 7th
The Saint of the Week by Captain
We had busy yet fun day of swimming followed by Summer with the Saints. I’ll try and post a few pictures soon, but in the meantime, any guesses on which saint was featured this week?
Scenes from a Summer’s Day ~ Aug 6th
Remember this picture?
Well, she is back…
It looks like my Auntie B anonymous commenter was right!
**I have been trying to get a picture for weeks, and today was the first day I was able to get close enough without them running away!!!
Scenes from a Summer’s Day ~ Aug 5th
Relay Races…
Great Auntie B came to help…
First time off the diving board this year…
“I want to be a dolphin too-ah!”
All tuckered out…
A Very First Swimming Lesson
Snuggles had his very first swimming lesson on Monday. He LOVED it!
Then he said hello to his big brothers.
He had a blast splashing.
It was so cute! He usually HATES being in water.
He worked on using his arms.
And then he learned about floating on his back.
He did great…
Scenes from a Summer’s Day ~ Aug 4th
P.S. To those of you that I owe emails, I am so sorry that it is taking me so long to respond! I really love hearing from you all, I am just totally slightly behind with everything right now… It has been a fun but EXHAUSTING week so far. I feel like I am treading water trying to keep up with it all! Did you notice my schedule? Of the 5 swimming lessons, I am suppose to be in the water for 3 of them, and my poor body is just not use to this, plus it is not the best time of the month, IYKWIM… I am SO sore and exhausted! I thought I was in better shape than this! ☺ See you all soon… Hopefully!
The Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ Aug 4th
Outside my Window… we saw a bird fly out of the nest!!! So, it must not have been abandoned…
I am thankful… for my wonderful, healthy children.
From the kitchen… hot oatmeal with blueberries, toast, orange juice, and a smoothie for me. I have been very bad about my diet and I feel the effects… I am planning on changing that today.
I am creating…our curriculum lists for the upcoming school year, still!! It has been very slow progress this year.
I am going… to be super duper busy this week.
I am wearing…my jammies. It is still early, though I really should be getting ready for the day, instead of sitting at the computer.
I am reading… or rather, pouring through, tons of homeschool catalogs, and forum discussions, trying to figure out what will work best for my children. We need to make some changes, especially in Math. Saxon just didn’t work this past year for us, and the thought of having children doing Saxon K, 1 and 2, is completely overwhelming. I am leaning towards switching to Right Start, but I am not sure yet…
I am hoping… to finish my planning and any ordering by next Sunday.
I am hearing…the washing machine. I have a few loads to do this morning, but nothing too overwhelming.
Around the house… I still have quite a bit of organizing to do. I started with the girls closet (armoire) the other night and sorted through 42 pairs of shoes! YIKES!! They ranged from size 6-10, so when I was done they had a much more reasonable number left over!
One of my favorite things… is having out of town friends come to visit! I have another best friend, from my teenage years on, who will be staying overnight with her 3 boys! It has been over a year since I have seen her, and we have each had a baby since then… Basically, it has been too long!! I’m so excited!!
- Auditory Processing Class for Captain, Mon-Wed
Sign the boys up for a week long beginner Piano Camp - Summer with the Saints on Thursday
- The boys will be serving Mass and Benediction on Friday for Father C. (It is so nice to have him back in town!!)
Swimming, Swimming and MORE Swimming!!!! The swimming teacher called me last night, and is able to get my boys into another session as well, so it looks like all five of my children will be having lessons the next two weeks. We will be at the pool from 10:30-2:00 Mon-Thurs . YIKES!!! Speaking of which, I have to get going!!
Here is a picture thought I am sharing:
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Scenes from a Summer’s Day ~ Aug 3rd
He even said he will help me start a garden next year!!! I have never grown anything, but I am looking forward to trying…
Scenes from a Summer’s Day ~ Aug 2nd
Snuggles is doing awesome and gaining weight quite well! In fact, we found out yesterday that the Celiac Panel came back negative!! Yeah!!! What a blessing! He has been such a happy baby lately too. It looks like he just got so sick in May/June that it took him awhile to recover. You have no idea how relieved we are. However, it all seems so non-important now… Thank you all for your prayers.
(Rascal was so excited that the tooth fairy remembered his tooth on only the second night this time!!! The tooth fairy has yet to arrive “on time” for this poor little guy. At least he/she usually makes up for it by leaving something extra special… This time it was a Dot-to-dot book AND a Revolutionary War coloring book. You can’t beat that! Right?)
Now, we just need some marshmallows…
Scenes from a Summer’s Day ~ Aug 1st
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