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Children's Prayer Books
A few years back our kids made personal prayer books. I bought small scrapbooks and patterned paper to fit in each page. I also saved...
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Dec 30, 2010
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Feast of the Holy Innocents
The Feast of the Holy Innocents. This feast day is to remind us of the day Herod murdered all the baby boys so he could kill the King of...
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Dec 28, 2010
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How do you handle that many kids?
I remember the days when Jon and I only had the two oldest girls. I was so stressed and overwhelmed. I understand how people feel when...
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Dec 22, 2010
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Book Recommendations:
“Minute Meditations on the Mysteries of the Rosary” — By Rev. Thomas M. Feeley I found this book to be a wonderful help to focus on...
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Nov 18, 2010
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Feed My Sheep Game
“Do you love me?…Feed my sheep.” John 21:17 I created this toss game for our All Saints day party. The kids stood behind the fence and...
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Nov 17, 2010
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St Isidore's Produce Sorting
I made using a wooden sectioned crate (you could use separate boxes or buckets), plastic play fruit and veggies, and a basket. In this...
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Nov 17, 2010
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St. Anthony's Lost and Found Game
This game is fun for young and old!! The game players search through the beads in the container to find items, but they are not allowed...
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Nov 17, 2010
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Satan Bowling
This is a popular game at our All Saint's Day parties! This simple game was made using 2 liter bottles with Satan pictures and a soft...
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Nov 16, 2010
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St. Helena of the True Cross ~ Costume
Naomi as “St. Helena of the True Cross” She is such a ham!!
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Nov 14, 2010
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St. Elizabeth of Hungry ~ Costume
Rebekah as “St. Elizabeth of Hungry” This cute costume was created with a princess costume from a local department store. We added a...
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Nov 7, 2010
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St Andrew ~ Costume
Jacob is wearing a brown robe I bought from Oriental trading. The beard is also a Oriental trading purchase. I tied a fishing net around his
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Nov 7, 2010
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St Sebastian ~ Costume
Joshua as “St. Sebastian” I used permanent red and black markers to make red lines on Joshua’s white shirt to resemble arrow wounds. His...
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Nov 7, 2010
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Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha ~ Costume
Elizabeth as “Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha”
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Nov 7, 2010
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The Angel Gabriel ~ Costume
Hannah as “The Angel Gabriel”
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Nov 7, 2010
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A Princess Angel ?? ~ Costume
Abigail as “A Princess Angel” I’m not sure what that is!?!? But she insisted!
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Nov 7, 2010
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Today's Families
~Jennifer’s Thoughts: Extreme individualism has weakened our family structure over the last 5 decades. Busy families, which are too...
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Sep 11, 2010
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You know you're a big family when...
…people count the number of your children out loud when you’re in public …people ask, “Are they all yours?” …you start counting your...
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Aug 31, 2010
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To homeschool or not to homeschool? That is the question
~Jennifer’s Thoughts I’ve been told soooo many times…I’d love to homeschool, but I don’t know if I can. Well, I have a few suggestions...
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Aug 28, 2010
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Please and Thank You
Originally published in “The Evening Sun” on June 25, 2010, by Jon Lawernce Going out in public with my wife and eight children normally...
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Aug 27, 2010
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