Divine Mercy Sunday

Jesus, I trust in you!

Our Divine Mercy Craft

To celebrate we made
Lemon Panna Cotta with Berries

Yummy Lemon Juice

DOS helping pour

ready for the fridge

Topped with Fresh Strawberries!

Super Delicious!!

Get Recipe here!!

To read more about the story of St. Faustina and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, CLICK HERE

You can find the craft here- Catholic Icing!

Celebrating the Feast Day of St. Joseph

Here is our First Annual St. Joseph Altar

A Wooden Statue of St. Joseph

 

Here is a post about St. Joseph Altar for Beginners!

You can read about the History of the St. Joseph Altar here!

We also included pictures, prayer cards and names of loved ones who have gone before us...

Prayer To St. Joseph for Protection

Gracious St. Joseph, 

protect me and my family from all evil as you did the Holy Family. 

Kindly keep us ever united in the love of Christ, 

ever fervent in imitation of the virtue of our Blessed Lady, 

your sinless spouse, 

and always faithful in devotion to you. 

Amen.

We linked up here!

March Playdough

This month I was originally going to do Mardi Gras colors of Purple, Gold and Green but decided to just focus on Purple, for the season of Lent and Green for St. Patrick's Day.

Purple and Green Playdough

I added Mardi Gras beads for fun!

The kids loved the beads.

Looks fun and the littles are amazed at the results!

Our St. Valentine's Day Cards

UNO's cards had a lollipop attached that looks like he is holding it

DOS' had a lollipop attached to a vellum bag which held the picture

TRES' were delivered with a small goodie bag of Hershey Kisses

Teacher Valentine's

UNO's Preschool Take Home Treats

Happy St. Valentine's Day

Prayer to St. Valentine

Almighty God, grant we beseech You,
that we who celebrate the glorious martyrdom of St. Valentine, Your
servant, may by his intercession be filled with the love of God and
neighbor and be delivered from all the evils that threaten us.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Quick Valentine Treat

I attend a Mom's Group at a local church. 

The group is a spin off of MOPS.

I wanted to make the child care workers something 

to show my appreciation for them being there. 

I have been coupon shopping and knew I HAD to have something...

Also, I didn't want to stop at the store to buy anything.

Then I thought of these!

On sale for $ .99/box and purchased for $.50/box because I had a coupon!

Yeah ME!!

I made a cute sticker that said, 

"Will you be my Love Bug?"

And also added the "littles" names!

Adorable and CHEAP!!

And,I made 16 for under a Dollar!!

 

Can I get a Whoot-Whoot??

Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

This has got to be my most favorite feast day to celebrate!! I grew up going to church at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.  Every year we would wake up to attend the morning "mañanitas"!


Play this video to hear Las Mananitas!

I have the best memories as a child attending the grand celebration!

Today the littles made Juan Diego Tilmas. 

We got the directions from this website but I made ours "Momma Friendly"!

(I cut out flowers with one of my punches!) 

The kids just simply glued their flowers around the Image of the Virgen.

 

 UNO and TRES showing off their tilmas.

(DOS fell asleep before the picture)

 

Last year, my mom..."Wela" had Our Lady of Guadalupe Aprons made for her and her granddaughters!

(She says for making tortillas and tamales!)

TRES posing in an OLG apron her "Wela" made for her.

(I'm thinking I need one too!)

After dinner we had Chocolate and Pan Dulce...

reliving another childhood memory!

VIVA LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE!

I am linking here!

Click here to learn more about:
Juan Diego
Our Lady of Guadalupe

Celebrating St. Nicholas' Day

Last night, the "littles" put out their shoes for St. Nicholas!

 This morning, they found their treats of Peppermint sticks, Clementines and "Chocolate" Gold Coins!

 

And they quickly emptied them...

 And ate everything that was in them!!!

(note to momma...

not a good idea to sleep in on morning of St. Nicholas' Day...

Daddy let them eat all their goodies for breakfast!!)

There are also lots of great ideas for celebrating St. Nicholas' Day at Catholic Icing!

Nicholas, An Advent Saint

Advent is the time when Christians prepare to greet Christ—who came as a babe in a manger, who comes into our lives each day, and who will come again at the end of time. Advent is the time when people of faith are most at odds with the culture. The church calls people to focus on getting ready to receive Christ—preparing hearts and lives to make room for Jesus, to live as he would have us live. It is a time of longing, not fulfillment. Quiet reflection, not celebration. The culture, however, is already in a time of festivity, unable or unwilling, to wait and contemplate and prepare for the real festival. It is not easy to observe Advent without being pulled prematurely into Christmas. How does St. Nicholas fit into all of this? He is an Advent saint because his December 6th feast day always falls in early Advent (Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas between November 27 and December 3). However, Nicholas is a good Advent saint for more important reasons than the date of his special day. Whatever he did, and it is said that he did many kinds of amazing things, may not be as important as the way he did it. Nicholas became so popular because he was a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. His life clearly reflected the way each one of us is called to show God's love to others, especially those in need.
Celebrating St. Nicholas on his day in Advent brings a bit of fun and festivity into homes, churches, and schools. His small treats and surprises help keep the spirit of good St. Nicholas, especially when stories of his goodness and kind deeds are told and ways to express his care for those in need are sought. Saint Nicholas helps us remember Christmas is a feast of love, hope, kindness and generosity.

Yes, Nicholas is a good Advent saint.

From the St. Nicholas Center, www.stnicholascenter.org

Our Lady of the Rosary Feast Day

To celebrate and teach the littles how to pray the Rosary, I made a poster board of a rosary.

I was lucky enough to have a circle punch that helped A LOT!

 I used a glue stick to glue the "beads" down.

 Prayers of the Rosary

The finished product!

I already got great ideas to use M&M's, candy, marshmallows to keep count!

I eventually will add the Mysteries of the Rosary to the back of the board. It was a super fun and quick project and only cost me a dollar for the foam board, which I already had on hand! 

Everything else was in my craft room closet!

You can see other great Rosary Ideas here...

Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Today to celebrate the 

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 

we decided to have some Angel Food cake  

drenched 

drizzled in Carmel Topping!

Lacy from Catholic Icing had some delicious ideas!

To learn more about the brown scapular, click HERE.

For other delicious food ideas, check out Catholic Cuisine!

The Promise of Our Lady

Take this Scapular. Whosoever dies wearing it shall not suffer eternal fire. It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger, and a pledge of peace.

Holy Virgin of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Scapular, pray for us!

Feast of the Sacred Heart Jesus

Today we are celebrating the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Lacy at Catholic Icing has inspired me to make my version of Sacred Heart Cookies!

I had been obsessing thinking about what I could do that would be easy to do with 3 little ones attached to my legs and this turned out to be super fast and easy!!

Here is what I used:
Palmiers
Wilton Icing Red and Yellow
Orange Sprinkles
Chocolate Sprinkles

(Wilton just made my life easier!!)

First I melted the red icing in the microwave...about 20 seconds.

I poured it and spread it on the Palmiers.

After it dried, I added the Yellow icing on top and Orange Sprinkles.

I then added a line of red icing so the Chocolate Sprinkles would stick.

Here is the finished product!

Cookie Man gave me a hard time because I told the kids they could have one tomorrow...so I gave in and I think UNO and DOS approve! (I made these last night.)

Here is a prayer of Offering to the Sacred Heart that we prayed while we were growing up...sadly, I didn't remember the prayer and had to look it up.

My God, I offer You all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings in union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, for the intentions for which He pleads and offers Himself in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in thanksgiving for Your favors, in reparation for my sins, and in humble supplication for my temporal and eternal welfare, for the needs of our holy Mother the Church, for the conversion of sinners, and for the relief of the poor souls in purgatory.

Thank you Lacy for helping me add Icing to my "Catholic Cake"!