The Jesus Tree ~ Week Six
Symbol: Two Small Coins
Readings: Mk 12:41-44, Lk 21:1-4
NCPB: (Not included in this picture book… read page 130 from this one
.)Coloring: The Widow’s Mite
Just for Fun: Widow’s Offering Alphabet soup (pdf), Crossword, Cloze, Spiral, and Word Search
Day 35 ~ Woman Anoints Jesus’ Feet
Symbol: Foot
Readings: Lk 7:36-50
NCPB: Page 141
Coloring: Jesus Forgives a Woman
Just for Fun: Jesus Anointed Word Jumble, Crossword, Word Search
Day 36 ~ The Rich Young Man
Symbol: Gate to Heaven
Readings: Mt 19:16-26, Mk 10:17-27, Lk 18:18-27
NCPB: Page 182
Coloring: Rich Young Man
Just for Fun: Wordshape
Day 37 ~ The Mother of James and John
Symbol: Throne
Readings: Mt 20:20-28, Mk 10:35-45
NCPB: Page 185
Coloring: I just can’t find an online page for this one!! If any of you can, please leave it in the comments. I am going to have my kids either draw their own, or color a picture of St. James and another of St. John…
Just for Fun: Following Gods Will Maze
Day 38 ~ Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem
Symbol: Palm
Readings: Mt 21:1-16, Mk 11:1-11, Lk 19:29-44
NCPB: Page 189
Coloring: Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem (Update: Palm Sunday)
Just for Fun: Palm Sunday Crossword, Word Jumble, and Word Search
Day 39 ~ Judas Takes 30 Silver Pieces
Symbol: Bag with 30 Coins (a small hole punch works great for making the coins!)
Readings: Mt 26:14-16, Mk 14:10-11, Lk 22:1-6
NCPB: Page 197
Coloring: Judas’ Betrayal
Day 40 ~ Jesus Washes Disciples’ Feet
Symbol: Washbasin with Pitcher
Readings: Jn 13:1-20
NCPB: Page 191
Coloring: Jesus washes disciples feet or this one
Just for Fun: Crossword, Word Search
Expensive Balloons
So… Saturday was one of our very old good friends birthday!
We all got together and went out for pizza… 
I couldn’t believe it when I found out that they charge $25 for EACH BALLOON that gets loose in there restaurant. Isn’t that crazy?!?!
Anyhow, last night I heard hubby tell the kids–after trying 
to recover the balloons many times for them–“Next time I am going to charge you 25 cents!”
This morning, all 5 of them were on the ceiling in one 
room or another… It’s a GOOD THING this didn’t happen at the restaurant!!!
Well… I am off to the dentist for a filling… Say a prayer for me, shots are my least favorite thing in the world!! sniffle, sniffle…
St. Therese
By Twinkle Toes (age 4)Mothering Sunday
At Mass, the priest may wear rose colored vestments. This custom originated since, as a symbol of joy and hope in the middle of this somber Season, popes used to carry a golden rose in their right hand when returning from the celebration of Mass on this day. In fact, back in 1051, Pope Leo IX called this custom an “ancient institution.” Afterwards, the pope would often give the rose to a church, shrine, city, or distinguished person as a token of esteem and paternal affection. It was from this tradition that today is sometimes called “Rose Sunday.
HAPPY MOTHER-ing Sun-DAY!!!
Ring around the rosy
“Ashes, Ashes”
We all fall down!
WoW!!
As I sit here eating my–oh so good for me–mixed green salad with walnuts and cranberries, the countdown begins…
The countdown to what??
OH, I’m glad you asked!!
Next Wednesday will be my first WoW check-in.
What is WoW?
Well, it is a group that my dear friend Regina just started, in an attempt to embarrass motivate us into losing some weight! Now, not only am I on a mission to clear the clutter, I am also going to try to get into shape too! Honestly, in my case, I think the two go hand in hand.
The deal is, each Wednesday, a group of us bloggers will post how much weight we have hopefully lost, or gained if that is the case. WoW = Weight on Wednesdays.
From the sounds of it, Regina is working on a button for our sidebars, and we will be enlisting Our Lady of Perpetual Help to be out patron!
I am excited, since I would love to lose a bit of weight before our family trip to Nebraska in May!
So far, the Members of WoW, are as of now:
Auntie Nee: No blog, Regina’s sister
and…
ME
Now… stayed tuned till next Wednesday to see how much I have gained if I have been able to maintain or lose anymore weight, as I recover from the flu!
My Family
My family has not gotten to be ALL TOGETHER since 2003. Since then, there have been many times that we have gotten together, but someone always seems to be missing. Even though 5 of my siblings still live at home, the four that follow me (Jennifer, Sean, Jamie and Paul) all live in different states (2 of them on the other side of the country), which makes family reunions very difficult. Anyhow, I was recently given some pictures that were taken back in ’03 by one of my little sisters. This was pre-digital days for me, and so I was really excited about them… A LOT has changed since then… My little siblings are growing up!! In fact, I am quickly becoming the shortest person in the family. At this point, all my sisters are skinnier taller than me, and I am only taller than my mom and two youngest brothers. Anyhow… I thought I’d take a second and share a few of my favorites:
First, I just love this one. It is of the whole fam. Mom decided to finally hire a photographer and get a family portrait and individual shots for her hallway, and this one was taken by Jamie’s husband right afterwards, outside the studio in the rain:
I love the black and white, but here it is another one in color:
And since it was in the folder, here is one of my family… Isn’t it sweet? My, are we growing fast!
I love these next couple pictures of the twins and Scott. You can click here to see the three of them now. My have they grown! Scott always has thought he was pretty cool. Well, turns out he really is!! Love ya Scottie!
Here is a picture of my mom with her girls! You know… when my parents got married they thought they wanted 6 kids. Well, turned out God had 6 of each in store for them. Thanks mom and dad for being open to life. You have given us all the greatest gift possible!
Back: Jamie, Mom, Jennifer, Julianna, and Me
Front: The Twins, Mary & JoAnn
You’d never know that my mom has had 12 kids, would ya?
Since I showed you us girls… Here are the 6 boys:
Back: Brian, Paul and Sean
Front: David, Kevin and Scott
As I mentioned before, I was the mean big sister oldest. So here is the youngest. My sweet little brother. He was born the day before my 18th birthday! He is also my God-son!
Actually, here’s a quick funny story… Back when Captain was a baby… Hubby and I were walking around a quaint little town nearby, and I was carrying Captain, and Hubby had my little brother (who was just 4 at the time) on his shoulders. This older woman said to hubby, “Oh! Your boys are so darling!” Hubby responded, as he pointed to my brother on his shoulders, “Oh, no, this is actually my brother-in-law!” It was hysterical… You should have seen the look on her face, of total confusion! Gotta love those big families!
OK.. I just LOVE these. This one is of me and Twinkle Toes with my sister Jamie and her daughter. The first granddaughters.
One more of Twinkle Toes and me–hummm, bangs or no bangs??
Can you tell that Twinkle Toes has been spoiled loved since day one:
Well, thanks for letting take a quick little walk down memory lane! Hope you enjoyed it too!
The Jesus Tree ~ Week Five
One of the things I love about both the Jesse Tree and the Jesus Tree is they tend to make my children listen closer to the readings and Gospel at Mass. This past Sunday, my hubby took the kids since I was sick, and when he got home, the boys ran into my room and said, “Mommy!! Guess what? We don’t need to read the story for our Jesus Tree today!! We already heard it at Mass!” I said, “Are you sure it was the one for today?” They said, “Yep!! It was all about the Samaritan Woman at the well!” Well what do you know, IT WAS!! So they hung up their symbol and colored the accompanying page I had found for them.
Anyhow, here are the symbols for next week!
Day 27 ~ The Centurion’s Servant
Symbol: Roman Helmet
Readings: Mt 8:5-13
NCPB: Page 134
Coloring: PDF File with Coloring Page and Activities
Day 28 ~ Zacchaeus the Publican
Symbol: Tree
Readings: Lk 19:1-10
NCPB: Page 187
Coloring: Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
Just for Fun: Zacchaeus Maze; Word Search
Day 29 ~ Peter Receives the Keys to Heaven
Symbol: Two Keys
Readings: Mt 16:13-20; Mk 8:27-30; Lk 9:18-21
NCPB: Peter, Head of the Church Page 159
Coloring: St. Peter (Update: Jesus Gives Peter the Keys)
Day 30 ~ Widows’ Son Back to Life
Symbol: Face with Tears
Readings: Lk 7:11-17
NCPB: The Widow’s Son Page 142
Coloring: Jesus raises Young Man
Day 31 ~ A Coin for Caesar
Symbol: Caesar Coin
Readings: Mt 22:15-22; Mk 12:13-17; Lk 21:1-4
NCPB: We will read page 163 — but since it exactly what I was looking for we will read out of the bible for sure…
Coloring: Render to Caesar
Just for Fun: Render to Caesar Word Search
Day 32 ~ Lazarus Raised from the Dead
Symbol: Mummy Head
Readings: Jn 11:1-44
NCPB: Page 179
Coloring: Jesus Raises Lazarus
Just for Fun: Jesus Raises Lazarus Word Search, Maze
Day 33 ~ The Adulteress
Symbol: Gray Stones
Readings: Jn 8:1-11
NCPB: Page 175
Coloring: PDF File with Coloring Page and Activities
Team Work
Speaking of…
… how easy it is to make my day.
Check out this delicious surprise my Auntie gave me as a bonus for finally catching up her bookkeeping:
These little things are SO GOOD!!
Thank you AUNTIE B!!!
Oh… and how soon is Easter?? In the meantime, it’s a good thing that another one of my auntie’s sent me this!
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