It's a great day to begin watching this wonderful movie and begin praying the Novena for Purification. (see my sidebar) 

This last week flew by!  Snuggle Bug's been telling me, "Mama, you need to post!"  So here are a few things we've been ke...

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It's that time again...ordinary time.  One may be inclined too think this is a just a drab, numbered time.  Oh, but it is so much more! ...

Tonight we used some of the shell candles we made last year to decorate the table.  Buck and Honeybee also placed some sea shells about th...

The Magi arrived Gifts were given The House was   Blessed   A great way to begin the new year!

I was thinking of how many people make black-eyed peas for prosperity on New Year's Day.  We normally eat them too, with cabbage and cor...

Mama added a new tree to the house this year.  She said, "Daddy always wanted a tree with blue lights."  She covered it with silve...

getting your kids to take the yucky stuff in the middle?  These are some of the things we tried last week.  Yep, Buck and Honeybee both had...

Light the Christ Candle of Hope at the main Christmas dinner and during the 12 days of Christmas. Repeat the lighting of the Christ Candle ...

We have our first ever! 

to you and yours Merry Christmas!

December 24th ~ O Divine Savior, O King of Immortal glory, Who in Your great mercy came into the world to redeem us and make us holy; grant...

December 23rd ~ O Divine Savior, O King of peace, Who was pleased to make Your appearance among us when the world was in peace; graciously ...

Snuggle Bug and I enjoyed putting this lapbook together. The O' Antiphons are so interesting to research! I was so excited last year wh...

December 22nd ~ O Divine Word, Who for the love of all of us, Your poor creatures, was pleased to be born under the most lowly stable roof,...

December 21st  ~ O Divine Infant, Who when excluded from Bethlehem, did inspire Your holy Mother to retire to a  poor and wretched stable,...

December 20th O most adorable Jesus, Who upon thy arrival at Bethlehem was rejected by all men; grant us to follow Your example in sufferin...

December 19th O Sweetest Jesus, Who went to Bethlehem in the womb of Mary to obey the commands of Caeser, who ordered all his subjects to ...

December 18th O Infant God, Who from the moment of Your conception in Holy Mary's womb did offer Yourself to Your Eternal Father for th...

December 17th O merciful Redeemer, Who choose to remain in the chaste cloister of Mary's womb, hidden and unknown, even though You were...

December 16th O God and Savior of  our souls, sweet Infant Jesus, Whom the angels and shepherds adored in the stable of Bethlehem on that ...

Last year the kids made small O' Antiphon ornaments for a "very" mini Christmas tree we had.   I printed the images onto a pi...