Merry Christmas

The last couple of months have turned out to be quite busy in this neck of the woods. Some of the kids are gearing up for the play they are in on Monday (Frosty). We are looking forward to our upcoming school fair. And as one might expect, getting ready for the Christmas season. Which brings me to my topic of discussion, or rather, rant.

I don't like to watch the news. I get what important info I need from my husband and my local newspaper. Therefore, I did not hear the stories about our president wanting to take Christ out of Christmas. I hear he wants to call the white house tree a"holiday" tree. WHAT!! I thought the whole reason for the season was in fact Christ. It's His birthday celebration. I do not know the details about this, but it makes me sad. So as I was driving in Morgan City, a town across the river from me, I noticed the very large "Merry Christmas" banner hanging over the bridge. I am so happy that I still live somewhere where He is still king.

So to all of you out there, Catholic and not, MERYY CHRISTmas!!!!! Go have your St. Nicholas parties, enjoy decorating your Jesse trees, light your Advent wreaths, have a great birthday celebration of our Lord incarnate!!!!

Me and Jesus found it

OK this is just a quick story about something that happened to us a few days ago.

My brother has been staying with us and working with my husband. He got paid one friday and cashed his check. He left the money in his pants pocket. The next morning, my oldest went and got his laundry to wash it for him. She didn' t check the pockets and washed and dried the cash. When he went to get his clothes out, his freshly washed and dried green was all over the dryer! He gathered up the money and began to count, it was $100 short! One bill, a 100 dollar bill, was missing. He really needed that money. We looked everywhere, in pockets of all the pants that made the cycle, in the washer, in the pipes leading out the dryer, in the filter, everywhere. No money. I told him about St. Anthony and said a prayer myself.

He had to leave for a few days to see his family, we continued the search. Then, the Sunday after mass, I was cleaning in the classroom when my 2 year old comes running in yelling "Mommy, mommy, me and Jesus found it." I asked her what, and in her tiny little hand was a crumpled $100 bill!!!! I said "how did you get this?" Her reply was simple and true, "me and Jesus found in the living room, mommy, we found Dean's money!"

Praise God!!! He used my little one.

John Joseph as St. Francis

Daniel as Padre Pio

My Crew

St. Francis Christian Academey

On October 31, 2009, our homeschool, St. Francis Christian Academy, held its annual All Saints Party. We had about 18 families attend. We saw over 50 saints!

Grant Hebert

Just a note to let everyone know that Grant has passed. He died surrounded by his family on Sunday. His fight with cancer is over. More info to come. God Bless.

Oh My, it's WORKING!!!

Our home school organization is putting together a fair, a craft fair, a old time country fair. No rides, except maybe horse and pony. Food vendors are us, 25c hot dogs and such, cheap. But most importantly, it is what the families do together in preparation. I stress together. The idea was that moms and daughters, fathers and sons, would get together and make things, cook, learn from the elders, and bond. The thought was that spending time learning a craft or the like would bring us closer together and that the fair was a way to show everyone our hard work and fellowship with one another in a good and wholesome way.

Well, I have only been behind a sewing machine 5 times in my lifetime. I did not take home economics, I took Chemistry and Biology, and Calculus. So, needless to say when I came up with the brilliant idea to make a recycled denim jean quilt, I was asking for trouble. However, instead of fussing and fighting, it has been awesome. The girls and I went shopping at garage sales for the used jeans we would need. We have spent hours together cutting the jeans and preparing them to be cut into pieces. We are now at the point where they are each deciding what their quilt will look like.

We are learning together. It has been great. I want to thank the people who brought this idea out to us at the meeting for this. My girls don't quarrel while we are working on our creations. It is working.

Homeschool opening meeting

What an exciting and busy day for my family yesterday was. We had our year beginning homeschooling meeting for St. Francis Christian Academy. It was great. The speakers were well spoken and the topics were informative and interesting. We discussed the womans role in the home and with educating our children. One of the speakers spoke of attitude. A long time member and co founder of our school spoke about what a man should be doing in his home. We talked about the fair we will hold this year for the first time. I will be posting a lot about that soon.
The kids got a chance to see their friends and socialize. It is great to see such a large group of good young people. The boys playing football together, young and old. Discussing boy issues and teaching younger boys how to play the game. The girls in modest dress discussing girly issues and taking care of the babies and toddlers. This allows them to practice being mothers. Boys were boys and girls were girls. How nice.

School starts!!!

Today was the 2nd day of CCD in our home. The kids look forward to it so much. We did the 7 deadly sins and the 7 virtues to counterbalance them. It went great. Each of them understood, interacted, and discussed many issues in life relating to them.

We officially start school on Monday. I am a little nervous and excited all together. I am hoping we can get off to a great start and they listen. We began a chorepak style of organization a couple of weeks ago to prepare for school. This seems to be going well. Here is a link to that software and books.

http://titus2.com/