Lent and Easter in the Domestic Church: Activities to Celebrate the Catholic Liturgical Seasons is written by Catherine and Peter Fournier and published by Ignatius Press. I was looking to take Lent a little more seriously last year and wanted to try and find ways to start getting my 2-year old involved so I purchased […] Read more…
Book Review – The Essential Lenten Handbook
The Essential Lenten Handbook: A Daily Companion, published by Liguori Publications, is a fabulous one-stop resource for all your Lenten needs. It is divided into 6 sections. The first is on the meaning and history of Lent. The next is on traditional practices of Lent, including in depth information on the Stations of the Cross, […] Read more…
Read-Aloud Thursday: Valentine’s Edition
Since things have settled down a bit, I’m back to doing stuff with Lil’ Bit again. On purpose & intentionally, I mean. I’ve starting gathering books for holidays now that she’s old enough to look forward to them & kind of get an idea as to what they’re about. Our first acquisition was actually brought […] Read more…
Lent 2010
I’ve been thinking very hard about my lenten changes in the last week. Especially since Katie over at Kitchen Stewardship sent a bunch of us an email last week about getting a bunch of lenten linkies up :). I found a great article or post this time LAST year and cannot, for the life of […] Read more…
{CLOSED} Lent & Easter Devotionals Giveaway!
*** CONGRATS to Deneen M. and Heather who have won. Please check your email and reply back within 24 hours or a new winner will be selected. Thanks! *** During Advent, I shared & gave away my favorite Advent/Christmas devotional, The Little Blue Book. I also purchased copies of their Lent & Easter devotionals, the […] Read more…
Lenten Sacrifice – Lent 2009
This year I’m doing something entirely different for Lent. Usually I give up something food related, mostly because, well, I REALLY like food. And I shouldn’t be eating many of the things I eat and cutting it out would be good and I could stand to lose a few pounds as well :). I read […] Read more…
PACE – Program for Achieving Character Education for Catholic Schools & Homes {Curriculum Review}
One of the things I mightily struggle with is trying to instill virtue in my kids. I have tried several different ways and methods of doing so and none of them have felt right or stuck with our family for very long. I received a message from Monica Speach about her Catholic character program, Program […] Read more…
Relaxed, Classical Kindergarten Curriculum Plan
Our daughter, Miss Lady-5 does not meet the cut-off to have been considered a kindergartener last year, but she was more than ready (and wanting) to begin Kindergarten level work in January. So we did. We also did the Kindergarten Memoria Press literature, science and enrichment last year. This year, I looked at the Memoria […] Read more…
Live Free – Coloring Book Review
Disclaimer: This book was received in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support! I received a lovely new scripturally based adult coloring book for review before I left for vacation in April. I have to admit that I am VERY late […] Read more…
What Did (and Did NOT) Work For Us – Classical / Charlotte Mason / Memoria Press for Second & Kindergarten
Last year, I decided to jump back into classical education. As much as my oldest liked crafty things, I despise them. But we all like books (hello Charlotte Mason) and I wanted my oldest to start Latin. So we started with Memoria Press & tweaked. Go here to see our original choices for K4 Curriculum […] Read more…