Our little lady turned 4 on Monday. We had a "ladies only" party to celebrate that morning. Seven friends ages 2-6 came... we also had three other mommies, 2 baby girls, and baby Joseph.
We prayed a decade of the rosary using the Holy Heroes CD which I highly recommend (we have all the Mysteries and the kids love them...basically a Scriptural Rosary prayed by kids). We prayed the 2nd Joyful Mystery, the Visitation, trying to help the girls think of the role model they have in Mary, the Blessed Mother, as she cared for her cousin, Elizabeth. Then we read about St. Therese of the Child Jesus from the Catholic Treasure Box Series, another recommended resource. She was given "sacrifice beads" by her older sister to make presents for Jesus. Every time she made a sacrifice, she pulled a bead. So the girls each made a string of sacrifice beads with a Miraculous Medal on one end. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of that since it took lots of helping hands to string the beads the right way.
Next Maria Victoria and I gave the girls a gift...an apron of their very own. I had made them all on Saturday. It was fun to get to use some of my fabrics and scraps.
Decked out in their aprons, they decorated and ate cupcakes while sipping pink lemonade from pretty teacups. I had a lot of fun making things pretty and it turned out a simple, lovely party.
Joseph (6mos) and Lucy (9mos)
Birthday girl got to blow out candle again that evening when Daddy came home. Laus Deo.
We prayed a decade of the rosary using the Holy Heroes CD which I highly recommend (we have all the Mysteries and the kids love them...basically a Scriptural Rosary prayed by kids). We prayed the 2nd Joyful Mystery, the Visitation, trying to help the girls think of the role model they have in Mary, the Blessed Mother, as she cared for her cousin, Elizabeth. Then we read about St. Therese of the Child Jesus from the Catholic Treasure Box Series, another recommended resource. She was given "sacrifice beads" by her older sister to make presents for Jesus. Every time she made a sacrifice, she pulled a bead. So the girls each made a string of sacrifice beads with a Miraculous Medal on one end. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of that since it took lots of helping hands to string the beads the right way.
Next Maria Victoria and I gave the girls a gift...an apron of their very own. I had made them all on Saturday. It was fun to get to use some of my fabrics and scraps.
Decked out in their aprons, they decorated and ate cupcakes while sipping pink lemonade from pretty teacups. I had a lot of fun making things pretty and it turned out a simple, lovely party.
Joseph (6mos) and Lucy (9mos)
Birthday girl got to blow out candle again that evening when Daddy came home. Laus Deo.
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