How It's Made ~

Buck has been watching lots of episodes of How It's Made this week.

I picked up all of the DVDs our little library had.

He continues to amaze me with his inventions. 
 

His latest is an assembly line in a car factory.

 

First up ~

 The workers are putting on the oil filter.

 Next ~ 

 

They weld the oil pan

 

 Last but not least ~

They weld the axle.

 

You can see more of his inventions by clicking the tab at the top labeled Buck's blog.

 

I'm so proud of our little engineer :)

2012 Summer Olympic Inspiration ~

We've all been enjoying watching the Summer Olympics from London, England.  These athletes are all so amazing.  The hard work and discipline they've put into training is admirable and inspiring.  There has been no short of inspiration around here! 

Honeybee has been dancing around twirling this homemade rhythmic gymnastics apparatus :)

We also had a floor routine exhibition. 

 Buck's been busy building lots of Olympic events with Legos  ~

Canoeing

Swimming

Pole Vault

Pommel Horse

Vault

It's been a fun couple of weeks of learning!

Snuggle Bug's Confirmed and Buck and Honeybee receive Jesus in First Holy Communion ~

Our sweet Snuggle Bug was Confirmed as a Catholic Christian Adult last Friday night.

She and I made a wonderful lapbook from Faith Folders for Catholics as part of her preparation.

After watching Therese and reading A Story of a Soul, among other things, she chose St. Therese as her Patron Saint.

Her grandparents came in town and spent the weekend with us. It was so nice to have them here to share in our weekend.  

On Saturday Granny helped Buck and Honeybee make their First Communion banners for Sunday's Mass.

Granny was a huge help as we cooked and decorated for Sunday's party!
Our Pentecost decorations were just perfect for this!

Sunday was such a special day with Buck and Honeybee receiving Jesus for the 1st time! 

Here their banners hang on the ends of pews. 

The First Communion Cake ~

Baked by The House Cat and decorated by Granny.

We also had the privilege of celebrating our Goddaughter's Birthday this same day.

The House Cat baked and decorated this cake for her :)

Yes, we had three cakes in the house!!  Not an easy place to be for someone trying to avoid sugar ;)  The House Cat was a huge help baking all of them for me.  Thanks HC!

SB had the great idea of having a 7 Layer Salad for The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit as part of our meal.

We also had Pork Tenderloin, Buffalo Chicken, Chips and Salsa, and Pimento and Cheese on Celery.  Got too busy and forgot to take the picture :/

It was such a blessed weekend overflowing with the Gifts of The Sacraments.

Thank you Lord for Your Holy Church!

No Fun For Buck :(

Buck had a little accident at the park yesterday :(

We'd been there a total of FIVE minutes when he lost his grip on the monkey bars and caught his full weight on his wrist.  OUCH!

Needless to say, it's fractured. 

He's not to happy about it, but he's hanging in there and trying his best to offer it up for Noah.