Plans for the Feast of St. Mark
St. Mark the EvangelistThe feast of St. Mark is celebrated on April 25th. Don’t you just love celebrating the Liturgical Year? My kids sure do! Here’s a quick look at a few things that I will be incorporating into our day:
Prayer:
- Mass & Benediction (The boys serve each Friday.)
O Glorious St. Mark, through the grace of God our Father, you became a great Evangelist, preaching the Good News of Christ. May you help us to know Him well so that we may faithfully live our lives as followers of Christ. Amen.
Food/Snacks:
- After Mass we always have coffee with Father… I will bring along decorated
muffinscupcakes to share. I was going to make Martha Stewart’s lion cupcakes… But after seeing the adorable one’s Mary made, I decided to make hers instead. Aren’t they darling?!? - In the afternoon, we will have the other half of the cupcakes which we will decorate as palm trees for our 50 days of Easter.
- For dinner we will be having Risi e Bisi (Rice and Peas) served with Salad and Rolls.
Reading:
- Listen to the “Saint of the Day“
- Read St. Mark the Evangelist in Picture Book of Saints
- Read St. Mark the Evangelist in Saints for Young People Vol 1
Craft:
- Color pictures of St. Mark to add to our Liturgical Notebooks… We will probably use this one, the Lion symbol for St. Mark. Does anyone know of a better one?
Copywork:
Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. ~ Mark 16:15
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? ~ Mark 8:36
I’d love to hear any plans you all may have. And if anyone has a better link to a coloring page, please let me know!
April Shower of Photos :: Day 24
I don’t have much time to take photos today… Last weekend I got frustrated with the dungeon my closet. I had started cleaning it, and as I was trying to get a gift bag off the top shelf, a huge plastic box fell and smashed my toe–o.u.c.h! It still hurts! And so, I basically threw everything out the door. The good thing is My closet is now clean, wahoo! The bad thing is, there is a mountain of paperwork and millions of miscellaneous items right outside the door, so you can’t get into my closet. Yes, it was a bad idea. I’ve been working on it all week, but have yet to put much of a dent in the pile. So, after school, that is my goal for today. Say a prayer for me!
I thought for today’s photo, since it happens to be my brother Sean’s 28th birthday, I would upload a photo from when we were kids.
It looks like I have very few pictures of Sean… This one was taken back when my parents had only the 3 of us… Me, Jennifer and Sean… and mom actually had our pictures taken! It is old (like us!) and scratched up, but I thought it was cute just the same.
Dragon Cakes for St. George
You must check out all the awesome dragons inspired by the totally creative Waltzing Matilda :
First you must go see Matilda’s own dragon, that she made for this year.
Then hop over to Knit Together in Love to see Amy’s.
After that, don’t miss Jamie’s at Lord, Make me a Saint. (Thanks Christine for the picture!!!)
OH! And you can see Tracy’s cake over at Pinewood Castle!
Aren’t they all so cute?!? What a pity to slay them!
My little brothers joined us for dinner, and helped dispose of our dragon! We had a blast! Thanks boys!!
If you posted about your St. George celebration, leave me a comment… I’d love to see it!
April Shower of Photos :: Day 23
New Slogans
I’ve seen this quiz, or rather Slogan Generator, at a few different blogs today. I just loved seeing their new slogans, so I had to give it a try myself.
Here’s what I was given:
| Your Slogan Should Be |
 So Easy Shower of Roses Can Do It.
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Too funny!!!
I then decided to type in Catholic Cuisine, my new group effort food blog, just for fun… It was so fitting, I just had to post it too:
| Your Slogan Should Be |
Catholic Cuisine. It’s What’s for Dinner.
|
So, what should your slogan be?
By George, it’s time to celebrate!
St. George Slays the Dragon ~ Image from Catholic Forum
Today is the Feast of St. George! Did you know, that it is also Shakespeare’s 444th birthday?! With all this ENGLISH celebrating going on, what are your plans for today?
Here is a look at what our day has in store:
- It is rainy outside… Perfect English weather!
- My boys have pulled out there swords and armor to reenact St. George and the Dragon.
- Our Dragon Cake is all ready to slay this afternoon during teatime!
- We will listen to “Saint of the Day.”
- Read Saint George Saints Lives & Illuminations
, Page 12 and St George Picture Book of Saints
- We will discuss St. George and the Dragon. (Hubby read it to the kids at bedtime last night.)
- The kids will color a picture of St. George. (We will use the one from Fenestrae Fidei, but here is an online coloring page too!)
- Listen to a Midsummer Night’s Dream, a Homeschool Radio Shows special.
- We will also have an Awesome Owl Snack, and add the owl sticker to our Garden of the Good Shepherd poster, as we celebrate the 50 days of Easter.
- And for dinner, we will have English Fish n’ Chips.
(I used up all of the red food coloring on Chiquita’s ladybug cake… So his spikes and flames look like Mustard. ewww… I didn’t have Hershey kisses either, so I used Junior Mints for eyes/nose. It is no where near as cute as Matilda’s, but my children are super excited, just the same!)
Whatever your plans, I hope you have a very
WoW ~ Week 8
So depressing… In TWO MONTHS, I had only been able to lose 5 pounds, and to top it off, this week I gained one of those pounds back! Argh… Not even my usual measly half a pound! It’s all Regina’s fault for inviting us to Cold Stone. If only I could follow her example, and turn down the ice cream. But then again, it’s just so yummy!
I really don’t want to talk about it so here is the summary 😉
- Week five progress: +1 pounds
- Total lost in WoW: -4 pounds
Goals for this week:
- Try to accomplish last weeks goals. 🙂
- And LOSE 3 pounds. (The one I gained this week, plus two more to make up for lost time…) It can be done, right??
Head over to Regina’s to see everyone else’s results.
April Shower of Photos :: Day 22
In Preparation for the Feast of St. George
Head on over to Catholic Cuisine for a few
whose feast day is tomorrow!
Our cake is ready to be frosted, as soon as I make the frosting. Yum!! My boys are SO excited… they can’t wait to slay the dragon!
Birthday Highlights!
*Video server no longer available. Need to find the pictures to update this post. 🙁
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