Little Flower Tea Party

April 29, 2017 

Little Flowers Mother Daughter Tea

Bridget has been attending meetings at the St. Philomena home school co-op once a month with some of her cousins for a Little Flowers Girl's Club. Each meeting they learned about a new female saint, focused on a virtue that they tie to a specific flower and the girls did some sort of project. Bridget really enjoyed the time and growing in her faith, plus getting to see her cousin Sarah, who also came from another school, was a great treat.

Little Flowers hosted a beautiful Mother Daughter Tea Party in April. They laid out the linens and china and everyone brought foods to share. Each person also volunteered in some way. Bridget and I volunteered to make a center piece based on one of the saint and Bridget chose Saint Joan of Arc whose flower theme was the carnation and whose virtue was Obedience.

She and I had a fun time picking up cut flowers at the store and making the arrangement. We printed small cards with information and we added a prayer card. Bridget proudly carried the arrangement into the Gathering Space at OLV. The OLV pastor was happy to let us use the space.

Tea was poured and tasted. Bridget added a good bit of sugar and milk before she would drink it. The food looked and tasted great. We also got a few minutes to go off together and sit in the grass, where I got to share a letter that I wrote to her. It was a wonderful day with my Bridget.

Easter 2017

Alleluia!
Happy Easter!

This Lent I made an attempt to attend the Stations of the Cross regularly. Each week different family members would come along. Johanna came most frequently. Despite talking almost non-stop through the service every single week, she followed along. Johanna matched the pictures in the book with the images on the walls as we progressed through our Lord's Passion. It made an impression and Hanna has taken to adding crucifixes to many of her drawings. One week we went to Stations as a family because the OLV High School youth group did a living stations of the cross, with Martin as the reader, Peter as Christ, Matthew as the Roman guard and Joseph singing. They did a great job and Hanna was intensely focused on them as they re-positioned with each station. It was reverent and beautifully done. Hanna was very upset when we went back to the regular version the next week.

Emma had her spring break earlier in March so she was home just for the Easter weekend. It was great to get to attend the evening Good Friday Tenebrea service with her just as we had done in prior years.

Holy Saturday we broke out the Easter decorations and got to some serious egg dyeing. Each girl took special care on her eggs. Rachael was feeling overwhelmed and was only up for depositing her eggs in a color, which we retrieved for her much later.

On Sunday morning we gathered on our bed and sang before heading into the living room. We shared a nice breakfast after baskets and then relaxed before heading to Mass. That evening we headed to my Dad's house for the annual egg hunt and dinner.

We are so blessed to be able to share in Christ's death and Resurrection.

Alleluia!