Finding board games for toddlers is sometimes tricky. I want to find a game that will keep them interested for longer than 5 minutes, but that wont take up hours of my time. I especially love games that occupy them without actually having to have me play too. That is a major bonus! Granted I…
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Spring Books for Kids
I love to bring out seasonal books for my kids. They come out during liturgical seasons, but they also come out during the physical seasons of the year, too. I will admit that Spring and Fall are the easiest seasons for me to remember to bring them out at the right time because of the…
Stations of the Cross with Kids
Stations of the Cross is such a beautiful expression of God’s love for us. Although it can be said and followed all year round we try to say it weekly during Lent. Our parish has Stations of the Cross every Friday and typically that is the day we say it, but with 5 children all…
Easter Books for Kids and Toddlers
My favorite part of Easter baskets (other than the candy, of course) is getting my kids good wholesome books to add to our Library. I like it to be a wide variety of Christ-centered, faith-based, and seasonal books as well. Some of them we bring out when Lent starts to help my children understand what…
Easter Basket Ideas for Children Under 8
I love finding the perfect items for my kids’ Easter baskets. This year I am hoping to come up with some really practical, fun, Faith-filled, and preferably consumable items. In the past I have loaded up on Dollar Tree toys and candy that last a couple of days, break, or add to the clutter in…
Celebrating St. Lucy’s Feast Day
St. Lucy is a great Advent saint to celebrate. She pledged her virginity to God and was martyred as a result. She is usually depicted with her eyeballs on a tray she is holding because it is said that her eyeballs were removed, but she was still able to see. This is why she is…
Celebrating St. Nicholas’ Feast Day
Today I was at the pediatric dentist for my two oldest kiddos, and she mentioned Santa Claus. I told her that as Catholics we like to place the emphasis of St. Nicholas on his feast day which is December 6th and reserve Christmas for celebrated the birth of Jesus. She told me that that was…
Celebrating St. Andrew’s Feast Day
Going big on the feast day of St. Andrew has been very important to me over the past few years. The proximity to the start of Advent really helps me get into the spirit of the season. I enjoy getting everything together a few days in advance so that I am totally prepared. For…
30 Advent Books for Kids
Finding the right Advent books for kids that help foster a Christ-centered Advent and Christmas is of great importance to me. I love books and I want my children to as well. The Advent books my kids have are different than the ones that they read during the rest of the year. Liturgical Living for…
How to Have a Catholic Halloween
I have noticed in the last few years an uptick in Christians becoming adamantly anti-Halloween, but I think this is an oversight to the rich traditions and Catholic culture that are the foundation to Halloween. Many believe that Halloween is based on the practices of early pagans celebrating the new year. This may be…