Advent & Christmas Favorites from Catholic Child {plus Coupon Code & Infant Jesus Giveaway!}
One of the very first things I purchased from Catholic Child was our Advent Calendar which is still a family favorite. Catholic Child no longer carries that particular Advent Calendar (you can find an almost identical one at Amazon) but today I’d like to share some other Advent and Christmas favorites available from Catholic Child. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post. I have one last giveaway for this year and it’s one of my favorites!
Our Baby Jesus was purchased from Catholic Child and has been a beautiful addition to our Advent traditions as we prepare our hearts for Christmas. Our children love creating a soft place for the Infant Jesus to arrive on Christmas morning by placing a piece of straw (or raffia) in the manger for each of their extra prayers, good works, and sacrifices.
I’m so happy to see the Infant Jesus in the Manger available once again! Our family has the 12″ Infant Jesus but Catholic Child offers an 8″ Infant Jesus as well. Scroll to the bottom of this post to enter the giveaway for a chance to win one for your family!
You all know that I love to give our children books as gifts! Catholic Child has a great selection to choose from including Bambinelli Sunday, St. Francis Celebrates Christmas, and the Saints and Me books.
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Right now, through Tuesday, December 2, 2014 you can receive 1) FREE STANDARD SHIPPING (within contiguous U.S.) 2) $2 off Christmas DVDs and CDs and 3) FREE PERSONALIZATION on all Prayer Pillowcases with coupon code #199114!
Catholic Child has offered to send one of my visitors an 8″ Infant Jesus in Manger! The giveaway will be open through December 7th, and the winner will be chosen, contacted by email, and announced here in this post on December 8, 2014, the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary!
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Gail Girón Design {Sponsored Giveaway}
Gail is offering to give away the beautiful Ave Maria Crown Earrings, made with faceted clear aurora borealis Czech glass, pictured below! The giveaway will be open through December 7th, and the winner will be chosen, contacted by email, and announced here in this post on December 8th, the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary!
Saints 365 {Sponsored Giveaway}
Debbie Gaudino at Saints 365 is offering a Lighthouse Catholic Media Advent and Christmas bundle of CDs for a Shower of Roses reader. The bundle includes the following titles:
- God Made Man by Father Shannon Collins
- Prepare the Way of the King by Dr. Scott Hahn
- The True Meaning of Christmas by Archbishop Fulton J Sheen
- The Mystery of Christmas by Father Larry Richards
Lighthouse Catholic Media books, CD’s and subscriptions make great, reasonably priced, faith-building Christmas gifts for friends and family. Visit the Lighthouse Catholic Media store today.
Prayer Pillowcases {Sponsored Giveaway}
I love giving our children at least one faith based gift on Christmas morning. Last Christmas Snuggles and Rose each received Prayer Pillowcases!
The Prayer Pillowcases have held up well and my little ones are still using them every night!
Prayer Pillowcases has offered to send one of my visitors here at Shower of Roses a 4-pack of Prayer Pillowcases consisting of St. Michael, St. Joan, St. Kateri and St. Francis. The winner can have them personalized at no charge! (A retail value of $79.80!)
Lilla Rose Hair Accessories {and a Giveaway!}
In addition to all the great Black Friady sales, if you are a new Lilla Rose customer, when you buy 3 or more, you are eligible to get 1 free.
Christine has offered to send one of my visitors here at Shower of Roses a Lilla Rose Hair Accessory of their choice with a value up to $16.00. The giveaway is only open to U.S. residents over the age of 18.
Logic 101 Course Now Available
This year I have started teaching our oldest two boys apologetics using Christ 101 by Dr. Scott Sullivan.
Dr. Sullivan, a homeschooling father of eight, has just released Logic 101 which looks like it will also be another great course for teens and adults.
The ability to reason properly, distinguish truth from error, make proper distinctions etc. is obviously a very important skill that is sadly missing from so many people today.
This is what the study of Logic does. It teaches us how to reason well and helps us arrive at conclusions with more facility and correctness.
You can check out the trailer here.
Calico Critters
My girls all love playing with their Calico Critters. I’ve been looking for a couple new families to give to Rose for her birthday in a few weeks and I recently added the cute little Calico Critters Sea Otter Family to my Amazon Shopping Cart. I happened to log in a few minutes ago and noticed that the price had dropped significantly and they are now 41% off! I just placed my order and thought I’d share the link with you all. Now if only the Hazelnut Chipmunk Family would drop in price… They are so cute!
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Mama’s Notebooks {Sponsored Giveaway}
Of all the notebooks created by Heather the original Mama’s Notebook is my favorite!
I love that it doesn’t include pre-printed dates, so when I misplace it for a week (or three!) I can pick up right where I left off without wasting any pages.
I love using it to plan our menu for the week including any special occasions or feast days!
And I especially love all the space provided for my “Weekly Lists & Goals.”
You can find additional information and pictures in my past reviews here and here.
You can also find Mama’s Notebooks on Facebook and Pinterest!
- FLASH30: 30% off until November 24, 2014 at 11:59 PM.
- TRESACE: Buy three books and get one of equal or lesser value free (no end date listed).
- FAST5: 5% off.
Instagram Recap
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On Tuesday morning I had another appointment at the orthodontist, this time for braces on my top teeth. I had been stressing out over it for months and was fighting tears when they started making the impressions a couple weeks ago… If it wasn’t necessary I wouldn’t have even considered it (my five years in braces as a child was plenty, not to mention pretty traumatic!) but my top teeth are collapsing inwards and have been causing bite issues. My bottom teeth are fine, thanks to a permanent retainer, and I’ll only be wearing them for about six months.
I was reading the papers from this week and had to show this one to my husband-it had us both cracking up! It was a creative writing assignment for our 9 year old (who apparently has “many exciting activities”) using her “brain inventory.” Looks like she included all the required #iew dress-ups (“-ly” adverb, who/which clause, strong verb, quality adjective, because clause, and adverbial clause), the topic & clincher sentences repeat or reflect the same key words, and the title repeats key words from the final sentence. I’m going to have to show it to my brothers, her “uncles who came freely because they wanted to hang out near the motor home and sit by the fire.” I love it!
Chiquita just completed the final lesson of Student Writing Intensive Level A. She started it the second half of last school year, in 3rd grade, and completed it the first part of this school year. (Our older children are using the SWI Continuation Course Level A and Level B, combined with the Fix It! Grammar. The new revised versions of Fix It! are so great!) We are taking next week off of (most) school work and then in December we’re all focusing on a literature unit study and lap book. After our Christmas break she’ll either begin the Continuation Course for Level A or one of the Level A themed-based writing programs for the rest of the school year.
Ack! What made me think I could dust around these minifigs?! They are like dominoes! Every time I try to fix one that I’ve knocked over, even more fall down. I’m just going to stop now or the boys are going to come home from hockey and discover that their whole army has been taken out!
He has been sitting there playing for the last couple hours and every time he picks up the doll his Godmother painted for him he smiles and says “St. Andrew!!!” So cute!
This Medieval Castle was one of his gifts last Christmas. Our girls have had the Princess Castle for about 6-7 years and they still play with it all the time. The castles are such great toys!
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