Motherhood can be so difficult. The ups and downs of motherhood can make you feel like you’re on a rollercoaster. One minute everything is seemingly perfect and then it all falls apart. I love to read books about great mothers who figured it out. None of them, sans Mother Mary, were perfect, but everyday they…
Category: Liturgical Living
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 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…
5 Advent Devotionals
I have been seeing this question everywhere. What Advent devotionals do you use? It is, in my opinion, a very important question. How we prepare for the birth of Christ can take many forms, but Advent devotionals are a beautiful way to put our minds and hearts in the right place. If you are looking…
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…
Praying the Rosary with Your Littles
Praying with little children in and of itself is a major feat. Praying the Rosary seems impossible. It isn’t though. I’m definitely not saying that it is easy, because it isn’t that either. Praying the Rosary with littles takes a whole lot of patience and maybe some adjusting of your expectations. Every child is obviously…