Today is the feast day of St. Isaac and St. Jean, two amazing Jesuit priests who faced terrible hardship and ultimately gave their lives while witnessing to the Hurons in the 1600s. You can learn more about them at Catholic Culture. We had read this book (and I read this one) last year as we … [Read more…]
As a homeschooling mom who often compares herself to what (she thinks) others are doing and accomplishing, I THANK GOD for moms like Danielle Bean who are putting their days out there (warts and all) for all to see. THANK GOD, I’m not alone! So often I am asked (with great amazement), “How do you … [Read more…]
…but it was such a perfect description of my day I had to share it with all of you as well. Can you guess what virtue I was supposed to be working on today? I’ll give you a hint. It starts with a “P” and ends with “atience.” Don’t believe me? Here’s how homeschooling went … [Read more…]
Look how our homeschooling group has grown! Praise the Lord! May He continue to add families to our community! This was right after the “kick off the school year” Mass that we had on Friday… three moms are missing from this picture, but it looks like most of the kids are there, as well as … [Read more…]
Well, today was our second day of homeschooling. So far, we’re doing OK. Yesterday was a bit hectic — the “newness” of it all, the jitters some felt when they realized they were a bit rusty on math, the disorganization I felt (even though I had tried to plan everything out beforehand), coupled with the … [Read more…]
Planning, my friends, planning. Does anyone else struggle with this as badly as I do? Every year during the summer I start the long process over, pulling out syllabi, going over each and every subject, deciding if that is the direction I want to take or not. If not, then I have to pull out … [Read more…]
Thanks to this wonderful posting from Catholic Cuisine, I was inspired to try our own version of a Seder-like meal. The haroset (top right) was simple to make and will quickly become a family favorite, I predict. [I diced up 7 apples, put in a generous handful of raisins and walnuts, added 2 tbsps of … [Read more…]
We did it! Grace got into everything (as always), but we persevered! This is something I used to do all the time when I was younger. I would take boxes and make 3D scenes of Bible stories. The kids thought this was a GREAT idea and had a blast making their versions of the Annunciation. … [Read more…]
(19th century painting by Mikhail Nesterov) Edit: I had picked this picture out BEFORE I saw that Faith and Family had this one on their blogsite too. Darn. I wanted to be different! Oh well. It’s still a beautiful painting! One of the joys of the Catholic Faith for me is that there is always … [Read more…]
Here’s to Thomas, who finished his very first chapter book! Whoo hoo!