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Éirinn go brách!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all!  We've got quite the busy day around here.  I'm warming up HUGE trays of corned beef and cabbage with a boat-load of pratties to go with to bring to dh's office.  The kids will get to work on these neat lapbooks.

Our reading time today will consist of some of the children's favorites: Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka, Patrick Patron Saint of Ireland, and Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill-- all by Tommie dePaola, and this fun story.  For dessert we'll have cookies the kids made with green M&M's (okay-not the most Irish dessert, but it's the best I could do at the present)  

Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me abundance of reward.
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

Your Shamrock Says You Are Loving

You are balanced, nurturing, and sympathetic. You understand people and love to help them. At times, you get too involved with what's going on in other people's lives. It's hard to remove yourself. You consider yourself a lucky person. Luck always seems to be on your side. You are stylish, in a classic sort of way. You are particular about how you like things.

The Shamrock Personality Test

Chick-Fil-A

We soooo feel his pain....

ht:Aggie Catholics

Fun with Animoto

Do you know what I would do if I were a GROWN-UP?

This was the contemplative question I overheard Four ask one of his friends the other day. It caught my attention, so I perked up my ears waiting for his response... Would he say, "I'd help solve the economic crisis!", or "I'd minister to the poor.", or even "I'd buy my mom and dad a new motorhome so they could travel ALL over the US visiting my brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews."?

After a pregnant pause to make sure his friend was paying attention, Four said in all seriousness..  "Um, I'd take this here ice cream (oh, forgot to mention we were in McD's eating soft serve ice cream at the time.  Hey! Nothin' but the best for my kids, you know...)  and then I'd take this here cup and go fill it with root beer, add the ice cream and then I'd have my very own ROOT BEER FLOAT!  That's what I'D do if I were a grown up!"    I shouldn't have been surprised, after all, it's certainly not the first time food was the topic of conversation.

Four is seven.

Happy Birthday big boy! We love you!!

Oh my, it's Lent already..

and there I was sitting at the computer, preparing a post on what we do around here to make Lent more meaningful and BAM!, I came across this picture I took last year-- during the Lenten season (at least that's the folder it was in..), and help me Rhonda, it made me stop in my tracks, or made me get off track, or sumthin'.
So now after digging and digging for photos I took last year, so I could A.)Make sure I remembered all that we did (yes,preggo brain has already set in) and B.) then share the ideas here.. I got nothing-- nothing but distracted by these stinkin' beautiful eyes that will forever keep this kid out of any real trouble with me. I'm helpless.

But all is not lost because I did post one of our very favorite activities that we've done now for a few years. They're called Sacrifice Eggs and you can read all about it HERE.

So does this mean I'm not totally hopeless helpless?

eta:If you click on the picture, it will enlarge and then you'll get the full scope of what I'm talkin' 'bout here...

Three's a crowd?

Maybe not in this case. You see, toddle monkey can't quite make it through a night without his over life-sized teddy bear. AKA: Monkey One. Each night you can hear his little voice pleading with his biggest of brothers to "Sweep wif me paweeeezeee..." Who could resist that?!?!

Happy St. Valentines Day!

A little repost from last year...

Here's hoping all of you and your loved ones have a great St. Valentines Day. Did you notice I said "St."?? At one point in time everyone referred to it that way... Folks went skipping around (okay, maybe not skipping) saying "Happy St. Valentines Day!" to their sweeties, teachers, grandparents etc. Even my little grade school Snoopy perforated edge valentine said "Happy St. Valentine's" back in the day. Now, I guess our time is too compressed and busy these days too eek out the 'St.' part. Next thing you know we'll be having Patrick's Day parades (sans the St.) and so forth. Although maybe not, since the Irish heavily guard and honor their beloved Saint.. some by drinking themselves silly with green beer on his feast day. (nuthin' wrong with that-- green beer, I mean. Drinking themselves silly-- another story) So my friends, to right the world a bit today, I'll be slowing down a little to wish everyone a proper "Happy St. Valentines Day". Consider yourselves the first!

eta: We LOVE Charlotte's coloring pages! Her coloring page for St. Valentine can be found at Waltzing Matilda

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