Today begins the season of Lent, forty-six days of prayer, almsgiving and fasting. Like last year, I will do my very best at spending the seven weeks pouring the true spirit of Easter into the little’s sweet hearts and young minds. Prayer We will conduct readings using this guide with a passage and a symbol… Read More
We began this lovely day with a quick pop-in-the-oven breakfast of bunny tails (Trader Joe’s Danish Pancakes – you MUST try) and potato latkes before tearing into (candy free!) Easter baskets and ultimately heading to mass. After a convivial service, it was time for our much awaited family egg hunt. While the littles scoured the… Read More
Along with my parents and my sister’s mister’s family, we reveled in the lighter side of Easter today. The eggs, that is. Hunting eggs. Boiling eggs. Dying eggs. Redying eggs. Stuffing eggs. You get the picture. Just as soon as we were all up and dressed, we headed to the club for brunch, a visit… Read More
The littles hopped out of bed bright eyed and bushy tailed at what seemed like the crack of dawn so I, regretfully, had to follow suit. Since we were up and at ’em an hour earlier than usual (thank you John for not only waking early, but for getting your brother up too), I checked… Read More
We love an excuse for a sweet treat around these parts, and holidays always offer up just that! We made Sweet Treats for our Favorite PEEPS today to deliver to the little’s friends throughout the week. I whipped up this little bag topper and printed it on regular paper to adorn the baggies. The image… Read More
We started our Palm Sunday in the kitchen, learning part of the Easter story while making breakfast together as a family (after I had to put the cow poke to Honey to wake him.) Cookie enjoyed eating his way through the story and preparations, while little John soaked it all up and proudly told the… Read More
Spring is here! Honey sweetly pulled my Easter bins out of the attic last night and I hopped to work to surprise the littles with Easter sweets and treats when they awoke this morning. Nothing says Easter to me like gorgeous white flowers in a spring basket and crisp white ribbons festooning our entry way… Read More