On June 3rd is the feast day of the woman who brought France from paganism to Christianity. On that day we celebrate the life of Saint Clotilde, wife of Clovis, the first king of France to be baptized. I have a great devotion to this beautiful saint and I would love to introduce her to…
Very often I am reluctant to even take a break in the summer… Because of “I’m bored”. And it is so hard to restart and to implement a routine and a schedule again in the fall. It makes taking a summer break almost not worth it. So how is a mother to get a break…
It is finally spring on the farm! We’ve had a couple of freak snow storms, hard frosts (finally) but now it is officially spring, and really it’s summer as the temperature went from freezing to the 90s in under a week. You gotta love Colorado and its crazy weather! Last year we purchased two goat…
This picture book, like so many, came into our life at a used book sale and surprised us. I had never heard of Gilbert, nor Sullivan, but I knew the writing of Jonah Winter was always excellent and the illustrations enchanted me. Yes, I do totally judge a book by its cover. And most times…
And just like that it’s May! May is always such a busy month… We have three birthdays, we will be wrapping up the school year, and start planning for the next one. There are graduations, confirmations, First Holy Communions,farm work picks up drastically… And then Memorial Day weekend announcing the grand days of summer. “How…
In order for our children to have the opportunity to fall in love with poetry, they have to have poetry readily available. Through the years, we have built a small poetry library and we all enjoy having easy access to it. From A.A. Milne to Maya Angelou, building your Poetry Library is a delightful endeavor!…
Poetry is a wonderful topic to linger on, isn’t it? There is so much to it: the poetry itself, its author, the poet, and the mechanics of poetry. I was hoping to have a wonderful year-long poetry curriculum ready to introduce to you this month, but time was not on my side to accomplish that….
Do you remember the first time you went to the zoo and saw a real, live, honest to goodness rhino face to face? I’m sure it was a bit of a shock but you had seen pictures and maybe movies, so you knew what to expect. But if you had never even heard of a…
Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? What better month to dwell into poetry than the heart of spring. I had grand plans for this month, but time was not on my side, so it will be for next year, lol! Instead we will keep it simple, easy and so enjoyable that, hopefully,…
O Jesus, Who by reason of Thy burning love for ushast willed to be crucifiedand to shed Thy Most Precious Bloodfor the redemption and salvation of our souls,look down upon us here gathered togetherin remembrance of Thy most sorrowful Passion and Death,fully trusting in Thy mercy;cleanse us from sin by Thy grace,sanctify our toil,give unto…
