Morning baskets are all the rage and I had to jump on board and I love it! I love having my “me” basket altogether, ready for me to use. Waking up early in the morning, before my kids, making a cup of coffee, sitting in the silence with a blanket, and reaching for all my…
Category: Liturgical Living
Books for Lent
Books for Lent, aka devotionals, can be so useful in preparing us Holy Week and Easter. They are meant to help guides us, as Christians, through self-examination, prayer, and fasting to focus on the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus. Lent is meant to mirror His 40 days in the wilderness. Most Lenten devotionals use prayers,…
Budgeting for Christmas
Christmas is such a beautiful season of Christ’s birth, light, joy, and family time. It can also be marred by the consumerism that has taken over our society. It can be stressful when trying to figure out to afford the gifts and dinners and all the various activities that come with it. I get it….
Catholic Advent Traditions
There are so many Catholic Advent Traditions that are so much fun for kids and adults. We tried many through the years, but the ones listed below are my tried and true that we do year after year depending on my energy levels that season. Some are more labor intensive than others, but most of…
Baby Easter Basket Ideas
Although baby Easter baskets aren’t entirely necessary because they don’t really know what is going on, they are so fun to make. I enjoy putting items in my baby’s Easter basket that they already need, but fit the cute Easter theme. Plus, now that I have 5, soon-to-be 6 kids, my kids would not allow…
“Get Your Kid Outside” Easter Basket Ideas
One of the best things we can do for our kids is to get them outside. I love using these Easter basket ideas to facilitate that. I have 5 kids under 9 years-old, 4 of them are boys and so the nature-themed gifts really get their attention and they thoroughly enjoy them. These toys are…
Preparing for Lent
Having a plan for Lent can sometimes be difficult to come up with, but I come up with a really great one-stop-shop for your Lenten Resolutions. To make a good Lenten resolution you only need to pick one thing. Figure out your greatest struggle, your most frequent sin, your most egregious habit and find a…
Lent With Kids
Lent with kids can be a difficult balance, but bringing our children into our Lenten journey is so important. Making sure that it brought to their level can be hard. 40 days of sacrifice and growing darkness can seem too hard for our children to handle or comprehend. Additionally, our children understand more than we…
Catholic Home Aesthetic
Making sure that our homes have the right aesthetic or look is generally pretty important to most homemakers. As a Catholic, I love that people can tell from the first glance inside my home that we are Catholic. It is important to me that our home reflects our lifestyle and that lifestyle is directly related…
Living Liturgically- October
Living Liturgically looks different to every family and in different seasons. October has some of my favorite feast days, so it seemed fitting that this would be the first month that I tackle in this new series of mine. I want to give credit where credit is due and the idea of this post comes…