Me:
Today is the day Jesus died for us
UNO:
I want to be Jesus.
DOS:
I want to be Mary and TRES can be Baby Jesus.
UNO:
No DOS, TRES has to be Simon.
Later...
UNO: But I don't want to be nailed to the cross!!
Showing posts with label Holy Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holy Week. Show all posts
Friday, April 22, 2011
By Your Holy Cross...
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| Cookie Man took this picture of Michelangelo "La Pieta" while on our honeymoon. Truly a magnificent piece of work! |
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Crown of Thorns from Paper Nest
I saw this idea in a Magazine at the Dr's Office!
I thought it could also make a great visual for a Crown of Thorns.
So easy to make:
-Lunch Paper bags
-Sticks
-Tacky Glue
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| TRES demonstrating how to open the bag |
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| Scrunch up the bag and make into a circle |
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| DOS |
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| UNO waiting on another paper bag |
Now the fun part goes here...
when you dump the glue onto a paper plate
and the kidlets go psycho over glue and sticks!
Yup...you guessed right, no pictures were taken
during this process!!
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| Mommy's Nest |
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| UNO's nest |
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| DOS' nest |
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| TRES' made with mommy's help |
I think they turned out great!!
Here are our "Crown of thorns"
...watch for their transformation on Easter Morning!!
I am linking up to
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Stations of the Cross
I have found lots of great ideas for the Stations of the Cross.
This one-by far- is my favorite.
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| I also added tea light candles that are turned off after each station is read. |
I got the Printable Stations from The Bookworm.
Laminated them.
Placed them in a box.
Added the symbols for each Station.
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| DOS repeated the Stations after Cookie Man read them. |
The Littles really took to the "story of Jesus".
The picture above does not do justice to how they took it all in.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Capirotada- Mexican Bread Pudding
Capirotada is traditionally eaten during Lent.
Growing up, my mother made it during Holy Week.
Family would come over to enjoy their "favorite aunt's" bread pudding.
I never knew the religious side of it until I watched my mom make it.
...and asked her to give me "the recipe".
Here is my mother's recipe... if you are looking for exact measurements,
you won't find them here!
Take close look at the "bandejas" (pots & pans) in the pictures.
They belonged to my 'mama' and my mother now has them...
adding to the 60-70+ cooking years my grandmother put them through.
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| Toasted bread use any type |
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| Oil heating in pan... notice handle is missing |
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| Once bread is toasted, dip in hot oil. |
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| Boil water and add brown sugar or Piloncillo (Mexican Brown Sugar). One stick of butter, cinnamon sticks and whole cloves |
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| Cinnamon Sticks represent our sins and the wood used to crucify Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Cloves- Nails used to nail Jesus to the Cross |
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| Bread- The Body of Christ |
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| Raisins-People you are praying for family, friends, government officials, enemies, etc |
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| Brown Sugar mix- represents the Blood of Christ |
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| Cheese- our connection with Jesus Christ's suffering and our own suffering |
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| Nuts are the hardened hearts or bad habits we need to let go |
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| Layer Bread & cheese |
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| then pour brown sugar mixture between layers |
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| repeat in layers until all ingredients are used |
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| bake at 350 degrees for 2-3 hours |
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| my mother and her Capirotada! |
Monday, March 29, 2010
Chocolate Crown of Thorns
Today we made these super-duper easy Chocolate Crown of Thorns. I saw them on a post from Catholic Icing and knew they would be a messy fun project for UNO and DOS. Evann from Homeschool Goodies also said to add eggs to it to transform it to a bird's nest!
All you need is Baking Chocolate and Pretzels.
I just followed the directions for melting the chocolate.
I lined a baking sheet with wax paper and drew a circle on the back side.
I was thinking the circle would be easy for the kids to "shape" the Crown.
UNO stirring the pretzels and chocolate...
BUSTED!
DOS added her pretzels...one at a time...YAWN!!!
TRES looking on with a red star sticker stuck to her upper lip...too cute!
I made this one earlier in the day.
Our crown of thorns
NOTE: Less is more.
The one Evann made was thinned out a lot better than this one but hey...
It was my first one.
UNO and DOS ended up eating their bowl of chocolate covered pretzels, while watching an Easter Video...which was ok with me.
I LOVED this idea and look forward to making this one of our Holy Week Traditions.
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