St. Gerard & St. Margaret Mary

Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?
St. Gerard Majella

Let every knee bend before Thee, O greatness of my God, so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host. May every heart love Thee, every spirit adore Thee and every will be subject to Thee!
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Life This Week

Soap Makers

Galadriel & Eowyn made soap in science... realistically speaking they melted down plain soap and added in oats and scent.  (I love oat soap).  The kit said using lye could be dangerous so this was the alternative.  The same week on my "to buy" list from Sam was "Lye" and 2 different kinds at that.  Such is life in a one-room school house that has more children in it than Laura Ingall's school.

Kitties 

Of our triplet kittie-cats we now have twins. 

 Frodo's burial ground for the little blond kitty who passed on from this earthly life to... the dust.  Being that Frodo is an avid "Where the Red Fern Grows" fan, methinks he is hoping a red fern will grow up on this rather-large-for-a-kitten grave... which I read in the 2 "fern-like" leaves on the grave. 

Babies Know Their Own Minds

 So we got these little *things* that you can put a piece of ice or a strawberry or something in  for a baby to gnaw on.  Since Marigold is not on solids and she is teething (I ought to know) we let her be entertained with a piece of ice in this *thing*

 The game began because she kept dropping it and getting irate about it. 

Gravity is a baby's arch-enemy.

What?!  I'm sweet, content and loveable.  Don't look at me like it was my fault.

(that was my best summary of what she was really thinking... which I know contained language that we oughtn't ever utter)

Field Trip to the Nature Center

 After getting totally rained on just as we were to start on our nature hike, we assembled our group indoors.  It was a great "live animal" talk.

 Toads vs Frogs

 Turtles vs Tortoises

 Snakes

Etiquette By Poppy

私は日本で受け入れ可能です

(I am acceptable in Japan)

それは日本で1つのボウルから飲むことを許容

(It is acceptable to drink out of one's bowl in Japan)

Beautiful Blue Eyes

Marigold would like everyone who saw her yesterday that she isn't always a crank.  I believe she is also looking rather apologetic because she woke up around Midnight with a blood-curdling scream.  That's always a very joyful experience.  I think it would be a great joke on all my single friends to sneak in a baby-with-midnight-gas so they can have an experience of a life-time. 

Treasures with Treasures

 The 3 stooges show their treasures.

Deer Teeth... no joke.  DEER teeth.  That's disgusting! Thank you for sharing boys.

Feast of St. Teresa of Avila

The Communion of Saint Theresa of Avila;

Petrus of Alcantara offers the host,

Saint Francis and Saint Anthony of Padua assist as deacons

Artist:  Claudio Coello

Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.

Pain is never permanent.

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same.

If this is the way You (God) treat your friends, it's no wonder you have so few!

Snitched Quote

“God from all eternity, choose you to be where you are, at this time in history, to change the world!”
–Mother Angelica


(thanks for posting that Lady Modesty... and thanks for not suing me for snitchin' haha)

Feast of Our Lady of Fatima (Miracle of the Sun)

"What do you want of me?"

I want a chapel built here in my honor. I want you to continue saying the Rosary every day. The war will end soon, and the soldiers will return to their homes.

"Yes. Yes."
"Will you tell me your name?"
I am the Lady of the Rosary.

"I have many petitions from many people. Will you grant them? "
Some I shall grant, and others I must deny. People must amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend our Lord any more, for He is already too much offended!

"And is that all you have to ask?"
There is nothing more.

As the Lady of the Rosary rises toward the east she turns the palms of her hands toward the dark sky. While the rain had stopped, dark clouds continued to obscure the sun, which suddenly bursts through them and is seen to be a soft spinning disk of silver.

"Look at the sun!"

Happy Birthday Lady Modesty!

Fair and Party

 Marigold went to her first ever giant pumpkin weigh-off.

 Those are our 2 pumpkins... which were miniature compared to our biggest last year. 

 Preparing to weigh a pumpkin.

 This was the biggest at the fair this year weighing in at something like 1320 pounds. Wahh... it wasn't ours.

 I don't know this just struck me funny, notice the mouth on the side of the silo.  They had a couple "haunted" houses that the boys  thought were hilarious.  My "fond" memories of haunted houses as a child are not very fond.   I'm very much not into (and won't go into) one... no thanks.

 The boys got a kick out of the "magic" tricks man.  Sam enjoyed trying to figure them out. I couldn't figure them out. 

 We ended up selling the 2 pumpkins we did bring.

 We came in 9th and 10th place.... out of... haha.... 10 pumpkins HAHAHA  The biggest weighed in at only a mere 545 pounds or so.  Bummer. Better "luck" next year, eh?

 This was one of our pumpkins and it so much reminded me of .....

 Dumb Donald from Hey, Hey, Hey It's FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT Albert.  The pumpkin just needed eyes.

 Our newest nephew was baptized the day after he was born so we celebrated today.  Auntie has the best dress up box.... can you tell?  There were some very pretty little ladies.

 At first I thought Marigold was just being uncooperative about her picture being taken in the end perhaps it was that cousin L had a pacifier and she didn't.

 The 3 current baby cousins... one more to come in about 6-ish weeks. YAY!

 Only Pippin!

 The little ladies were having a tea party but they were having champagne (water) instead of tea. So I said, "Oh, so you are having a champagne party?"  In a tone of  silly Aunt Julie, "No, we are having TEA party... with champagne."

We shall have our cake and eat it too.