Tiny Boy busy fixing a tire... how much it was fixed is in the eyes of the beholder.
New little piggies! This day we bought 7 little ones.
They are just so very cute, albeit a little frightened after a ride "home" in a trailer.
We are having a a great maple syrup year this year! So far we've canned 56 quarts of syrup.
Here it is boiling down.
The I-don't-know-why-there-is-a-fire-outside-my-bedroom window fire. Usually I get an answer like, "It's an experiment."
"Tape it!" In return I said, "I don't have any tape" (who keeps tape in their bathroom?)
My bad, I do keep tape in my bathroom... in the form of band-aids. Of course.
Sam scored huge when he brought me a nice bunch of pussy willows. My favorite! I'm trying to root them since our pussy willow was up-rooted and washed down stream during the spring flood last year (waaahhh!)
A herd of deer! I believe there were close to a dozen.
Palm Sunday
We had a lovely outdoor procession for Palm Sunday. I didn't process since I had been sick. But I had the privilege to listen to the beautiful chanting that just welled-up so beautifully!
5 of my 6 boys serve and 3 of us sing in the adult choir (5 of us sing in the young ladies' choir as well)
I spent the afternoon braiding palms with some of the children. This is a crown of thorns.
I also braided some 2 strand braids and a whipping lashin remembrance of the scourging
Happy Birthday to Aragorn and Pippin who share a birthday.
Marigold all dressesd up. She decided she really, really wanted a pair of glasses. Aragorn shared one of his reading glasses, she's thrilled.
We had local flooding so we went up to the local dam to see the waters.
Kili waffles between being "Charlie Brown" and "Edmund" (Me Edmund) with sharp sword. For Easter he said he wants a sword for Charlie Brown and a bow and 2 arrows for Pigpen. Very thoughtful child!
Pippin is now 10 years old and thoroughly enjoying a rocket he received from his God Parents.
I like the little water droplets floating in the air to the right in this picture.
Personally, I found this sledding hilarious, but not everyone found it so entertaining.
All my karate kids except Frodo were belt tested. (Frodo was home sick but he was tested a couple weeks ago as a 2nd degree brown belt)
Poppy had her first belt test.
In addition to the 2nd degree brown belt we have 5 green with brown belts and 1 blue belt and 1 yellow belt. I think we better get a warning sign for the driveway, "Beware of the karate kids".
We had a splendid ice storm on Spy Wednesday - Holy Thursday.
Holy Thursday we celebrate the first Mass.
Here is our gorgeous altar of repose.
When we returned home from Mass, we found one of our trees was down from the weight of the ice!
We have a Holy Thursday tradition. I take any number of the children around to 3 local parishes to pray at the altars of repose. Our won for the loveliest!
Our diamond farm! The ice on the trees was absolutely gorgeous, especially since we had a beautiful sunny day following said ice storm.
Aragorn took these next pictures when we went to work.
I love this one above!!
Good Friday.
Procession of the Blessed Sacrament with our gorgeous ombrellino.There is no Mass on Good Friday, but the Sacred Hosts are brought from the altar of repose so that the Faithful may receive Holy Communion.
I brought some of the kids to the easter egg hunt at our parish, put on by the Knights of Columbus.
Pippin found one of the golden eggs and won a great basket of goodies.
We bought 5 more pigs on Holy Saturday. These ones are larger and will be ready for the butcher within a couple months.
I don't know where the dog finds his treats, this one is a deer leg. Seriously. Gross!
Today, Holy Saturday, was a beautiful day about 50 degrees so we worked a little in our Mary Garden. We planted 6 rose bushes. Our garden looks nice this time of year, just wait a couple months when it is very apparent we have no special gardening skill... except to grow expansive weeds!
Fr. Z graciously translated this old church Slovanic:
The company of Angels was amazed, seeing Thee numbered among the dead.
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