Sometimes moments in life can be scrumptious (skrump'shes), adj. extremely pleasing, especially to the taste, delectable ♥
We started from the beginning reading about a chapter a day of Genesis. The creation of the world is so beautifully written...
Here's a goofy picture of the girls and me with red foil covered chocolate lips from Graeter's (scrumptious chocolates made locally...in Dayton, Ohio) in our backyard! I hope you have a wonderful weekend. ♥ ♥ ♥
And I've been sewing...very unprofessional, but a star design... Did you notice the polka dot fabric is leftover from the pajama pants I made over the weekend? My 8 year old daughter loves it, so it is for her, a mini quilt for Honey (one of her teddy bears). ♥
I got a card from a friend in the mail yesterday, with this bag of tea inside. Pukka - Three Ginger. Oh, it's so good. I added a bit of honey and milk. As you can see I made another batch of the Lemon Poppyseed cookies.| GOSPEL READING | EVENT IN LIFE OF CHRIST | SYMBOL |
| Luke 2:41-52 | 12 Year Old Jesus in the Temple | #1 temple |
| Matthew 3:13-17 | Baptism of Christ | #2 dove above water |
| Matthew 4:1-11 | Jesus is Tempted by the devil | #3 stones in desert |
| Luke 5:1-11 | Jesus Calls the First Disciples | #4 net with fish |
| John 2:1-12 | First Miracle, Wedding in Cana | #5 water and wine jugs |
| Mark 2:23-3:5 | Jesus and the Sabbath | #6 withered hand |
| John 1:43-51 | Disciples Follow Jesus | #7 disciples/Sunday of Orthodoxy |
| Matthew 5:1-12 | Sermon on the Mount | #8 mountain |
| Matthew 8:5-13 | Jesus Heals Centurian's Servant | #9 centurian |
| Matthew 131-9 | Parable of the Sower | #10 seeds beside/growing in soil w rocks and thorns |
| Mark 6:14-29 | Death of John the Baptist | #11 platter |
| Matthew 14:22-33 | Jesus Walks on Water | #12 feet on water |
| Mark 1:35-44 | Jesus Heals Leper | #13 leper kneeling |
| Mark 2:1-12 | Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man | #14 cot/cot being lowered with ropes |
| Luke 18:18 | Rich Young Man | #15 needle with eye and camel |
| Mark 13:32-37 | Second Coming | #16 alert sign |
| Matthew 15:22-28 | Woman of Canaan | #17 little dogs eating crumbs |
| Matthew 18:23-35 | Unforgiving Servant | #18 prison |
| Matthew 14:13-21 | Jesus Feeds Five Thousand People | #19 loaves and fishes |
| Luke 1:24-38 | Archangel Visits Mary | New Calendar extra symbol A - angel |
| Mark 2:14-17 | Sinners are Welcome: Levi | #20 tax collection box |
| Mark 8:34-9:1 | Jesus' First Prophecy of His Passion | #21 taking up cross/also Adoration of the Holy Cross |
| John 15:1-9 | Jesus Teaches He is True Vine | #22 grapevine with grapes |
| Mark 5:35-43 | Jesus and Jairus's Daughter | #23 girl sleeping in bed |
| Luke 10:25-37 | Parable of Good Samaritan | #24 bandages and oil |
| Luke 15:1-7 | Parable of Lost Sheep | #25 one lost sheep |
| Luke 7:11-17 | Jesus Raises A Widow's Son | #26 open coffin |
| Mark 7:31-37 | Jesus Heals a Deaf Man | #27 ear |
| Mark 9:17-31 | Jesus Heals Mute & Second Prophecy | #28 fire/also Sunday of St. John of the Ladder |
| Matthew 13:31-32 | Parable of the Mustard Seed | #29 mustard seed |
| Matthew 25:14-30 | Parable of the Talents | #30 talent (coins) buried deep in ground |
| Luke 12:15-21 | Foolish Rich Man | #31 full grain barn |
| Matthew 13:24-30 | The Wheat and the Tares | #32 wheat and weeds |
| Luke 1:24-38 | Archangel Visits Mary | Old Calendar extra symbol A - angel |
| Luke 18:10-14 | Pharisee and Tax Collector | #33 megaphone |
| Mark 8:27-31 | Peter's Confession | #34 question mark |
| Mark 10:32-45 | Jesus' Third Prophecy of His Passion | #35 scourge (multi-thong whip)/also St. Mary of Egypt |
| Matthew 17:1-11 | Transfiguration of Our Lord | #36 clothing white as light |
| John 10:11-15 | The Good Shepherd | #37 shepherd's staff |
| John 9:1-11 | Jesus Heals Blind Man | #38 hand with clay touching eyes |
| Matthew 22:1-14 | Parable of Great Feast | #39 invitation |
| Luke 6:46-49 | Jesus Teaches About the House Builders | #40 1 house sinking, 1 house firm foundation |
| John 11:1-45 | Lazarus Saturday | #41 Lazarus with graveclothes |
| John 12:1-18 | Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem | #42 palm branches |
| Matthew 24:3-35 | Barren Fig Tree | #43 barren fig tree |
| Matthew 24:36-26:2 | Parable of Ten Virgins | #44 oil lamp with flame |
| Matthew 26:6-16 | Sinful woman annoints feet | #45 tears on foot |
| Matthew 26:21-39 | Last Supper | #46 chalice |
| Luke 23:39-43 | Crucifixion of Our Lord | #47 three crosses |
| Matthew 28:1-20 | Holy Saturday | #48 tomb/cave with stone |
| John 1:1-17 | The Resurrection of Christ | #49 empty cave or resurrected Christ on white oval |
Isn't it frustrating that you can't find 100% cotton flannel pajamas for kids? 
So... I bought 100% cotton flannel to sew pajama pants for my daughter.
Next time, I'm going to use this tutorial: http://lieslmade.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/pj-shorts-tutorial-with-pattern/
And the best thing about this weekend...is my newly baptised Godson in my arms! ♥
Aren't these just such cute cards? Right now, you can get 5 cards FREE (you just pay for shipping) at:
There's Velvet stepping over it, as I try to snap a photograph. We picked her up yesterday, after having stayed overnight to be spayed. She seems to be back to normal, playing and jumping around. She is now 5 pounds. Shaved belly. And a little incision that is healing up already. We'd gone to the vet last week and it would've cost an additional $150 to have her spayed, but at the UCAN clinic downtown I paid just $35. It really encourages people to spay or neuter their animals when it's affordable.
This morning we awoke to snow...and so took off for French Park a little after 8 o'clock...lucky we homeschool and can do lessons later on! There was no one else out so we let Lusy run free...no leash!!! She loved it. Licked the snow, raced like a wild dog and went into the woods...
Just enough for us to enjoy...to make it really feel like winter.
These were given to us with the K12 curriculum for my 5th grader, Hannah. The exercises in these books are very useful, Exercises in English often give sentences that teach you about something, like American history (e.g. Neil Armstrong) that are written incorrectly, where you have to write the correct form of the verb or underline the adjectives. The vocabulary one is nice, because at the beginning of each unit, they give you the words, with their dictionary meaning and an example of it used in a sentence. They are both workbooks, which I'm not fond of in general, but when you need one to help you with basic grammar, these are excellent!
A few days ago we went to a local book shop where the kids made pom poms and then they read aloud this book Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett illustrated by Jon Klassen (I really love the pictures, looks like he rolled paint onto knitted fabric and pressed it on the paper)!
They hung up their pom poms on a tree in the bookstore, and some on the trees outside, too. A group of women, who call themselves the Cincinnati Bombshells (they "bomb" the town with their knitted and crocheted colourful beauty...for example, we saw the outdoor statue of Cincinnatus the Roman with leg warmers and a scarf!), came and helped. What an awesome group! They wear blonde wigs, so to remain anonymous. And gave out blonde wigs for the kids to wear. What do you think of Olivia (I thought she was already blonde, but guess she's actually a dirty blonde or light brown hair girl now)?