This article is too good to be missed. Baby-Haunted
Archive for December, 2006
Babies
Posted in Blessings of Children, Catholic Faith, Openness to Life, babies on December 27, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Devotions Meme
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Faith, Prayer, saints on December 27, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Ruth tagged me for this one!
1. Favorite devotion or prayer to Jesus?
Divine Mercy
2. Favorite Marian devotion or prayer?
The Memorare. I pray this often each day, for my mothers re-version, and many other intentions.
3. Do you wear a scapular or medal
Both. I have a Miraculous Medal and Our Lady of Le Leche medal on my scapular.
4. [...]
Prayers for Friends
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Please join me in praying for the intentions of all the dear mothers on the 4RealLearning forums. In particular for Mary Ellens little blessings.
Loving Father, we come to You with thanks and praise, we adore You in all of Your Glory. Please hear our prayers and bless us with the strength and grace to do Your Will [...]
The Original Christmas Gift
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Faith, Christ, Counting my Blessings, Mary, Prayer, Thankfulness, gratitude on December 21, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Love Incarnate. Beautiful.
A Mid-School Year Boost
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Faith, Homeschooling on December 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Great Article!
Vatican to Homeschoolers
ht to Katherine
SAY CHEESE!!
Posted in Blessings of Children, Large Family Life, family life, growing children, large families, large family living on December 12, 2006 | 5 Comments »
There’s been lots of talk and sharing on the Magnum Opus list this week about the trials, errors, frustrations, bribes, tears, and then, finally successes of getting a good Christmas picture. We got it all but the success. We gave up and decided to send a picture from earlier this year.
We considered this last one, [...]
The Right Tool for the Job
Posted in The Boys in my life.. on December 11, 2006 | 1 Comment »
My husband corrected me, and I must admit it here. The saw mentioned in our Advent Cubes post, well, it was not a circular saw after all. Turns out it was a reciprocating saw. Who knew? I guess it would make sense that a ‘circular’ saw would be, well, circular! My mistake!
Speaking of Dancing in the Kitchen…
Posted in Blessings of Children, Fathers, In the Kitchen, Large Family Life, Mothering, family life, growing children, large families, large family living, parenting on December 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Do you know the quickest way to get 8 little children whispering and giggling all through the house? Why, have one of them walk in on Mom and Dad slow dancing in the kitchen of course!
How we made our Advent Cubes
Posted in Blessings of Children, Fathers, Large Family Life, The Boys in my life.., family life, growing children, large family living on December 5, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Alice shared a simple way to make paper cubes, and it reminded me of how we made our own wooden Advent Cubes. I didn’t want to order them online because the shipping would cost more than the cubes themselves. I hardly ever make it out to go shopping. My husband does all of the [...]
Preparing for Christmas
Posted in Blessings of Children, Catholic, Catholic Faith, Homeschooling, Large Family Life, Living the Liturgical Year, Prayer, family life, growing children, large families, large family living, liturgical on December 5, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I have many little children, so I try to keep our Advent simple. We are using Alices’ Advent Cubes this year, which is plenty to do in one day for the littles. We are also spending lots of time snuggled up reading aloud. I’m not planning any lapbooks or portfolios. We will do whatever we [...]

