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Weekly Photo Collage :: 9/21/2012

September 21, 2012 by Jen 10 Comments

It might take a minute to see what’s in the sky, but I took this on our way to soccer games last Saturday. It was right before the Michigan football game and that’s an “M” {upside down!} in the sky. On Sunday we were invited to a birthday party at a roller rink! Jonah […]

First Week of School :: August 17, 2012

August 17, 2012 by Jen 7 Comments

1. We officially kicked off our school week on Wednesday. We enjoyed going to mass and then to one of our favorite places for breakfast. This was the best back to school shot of the crew I could get. Jacob looks excited doesn’t he? 2. He makes up for his lack of enthusiasim on […]

Feast of the Assumption

August 15, 2012 by Jen 5 Comments

Happy Feast of the Assumption! Today is the first official day of our 2012-2013 school year.We are kicking off the day by going to mass and then out to breakfast with the “principal”. We will spend part of the afternoon learning more about this beautiful feast day, coloring reading, and just getting into a more […]

Guest Post :: Planning our Homeschool Days

August 1, 2012 by Jen 3 Comments

*editors note – blogger is not cooperating with the planner photos today! Please go visit Sanctus Simplicitus to view the planner pages, they are beautiful and really will add so much to your school year this year! The Holy Simplicity Planner – A traditional Catholic Planner for living the Liturgical Year Jennifer has so graciously […]

10 Things I Love About Being Catholic

March 20, 2012 by Jen 12 Comments

Maybe it’s a combination of Lent and Preparing for Total Consecration that has me thinking about how grateful I am to be part of the Catholic Church. Here are 10 things I love about being Catholic! Photo Source Besides the first reason, Jesus in the Eucharist, the rest are in no particular order.1. Jesus in […]

Happy St. Valentine’s Day

February 13, 2012 by Jen 16 Comments

We have a short school week due to a vacation, so we decided to put away our formal studies and focus on St. Valentine for a couple of days. Contrary to popular belief, Valentine’s Day is not a made up Hallmark holiday, although like many other holidays it certainly has been secularized! I have to […]

WUTW – Columbus & St. Andrew Kim – 9/23/2011

September 23, 2011 by Jen 6 Comments

Around the House :: This week wraps up our first full six weeks of our learning year. So far so good. I’m really happy with our schedule and really happy with our curriculum choices. In the Kitchen :: We were busy with our theme/feast dinners this week. See below. The last couple of Monday’s I […]

St. Valentine’s Celebration

February 14, 2011 by Jen Leave a Comment

Last night we made and decorated heart-shaped cookies…. The kids woke up to a small treat from St. Valentine. We read our favorite Valentine book: Then we made a craft. I saw this idea at Waltzing Matilda. I loved it because it incorporated the the American Sign Language sign for “I love you”. Very fitting […]

St. Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2011 by Jen Leave a Comment

Happy Feast of St. Valentine’s Day! “So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 Today is also the Feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. Did you know they invented the Russian Alphabet in order to translate the bible? A fun fact that fits in nicely with […]

St. John Neumann & other Saints

January 5, 2011 by Jen Leave a Comment

I picked a Patron Saint for our blog for 2011, it’s St. John Neumann. Today is his feast day! Since every man of whatever race is endowed with the dignity of a person, he has an inalienable right to an education corresponding to his proper destiny and suited to his native talents, his cultural background, […]