Lent~ March 3

Fast

Don't cut corners. Even if no one will know, complete today's work thoroughly.

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Pray

Light a candle. Every time you pass that candle today, offer a prayer of thanks. Don't ask for anything. Just thank Him.

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Give

Touch is a powerful thing. Make an effort today to touch your children; a hug, a shoulder rub, a touseled head--especially the bigger ones.

Last Chance!

Giveaways are here. Winners will be drawn on Monday:-)

Sarah's Silks.

Loreto Rosaries

St. Luke's Brush

Fat Quarter Shop

Lent~March 2

Fast

Give up your pride. "A soul does not benefit from the sacrament of confession if it is not humble. Pride keeps it in darkness. The soul neither knows how, nor is it willing, to probe with precision the depths of its own misery. It puts on a mask and avoids everything that might bring it recovey." (St. Faustina)

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Pray

Go to confession.

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Give

Take your children to confession.

A Handmade Alphabet

It was Nicholas, long ago, who insisted we buy The Handmade Alphabet And with this book began our family's plunge into sign language. Before long, the many, many wonderful songs of Signing Time became an integral part of our family culture. The Handmade Alphabet features amazing pictures of human hands signing each of the 26 alphabet letters with a cue in or around them.

Extending the book:

• Do check out Signing Time. I've sung its praises before and I'm still a big fan. 
• Challenge each other to learn the Alphabet Song on Signing Time or to sign while singing the traiditional ABC song.
• Learn to draw hands. It's definitely a challenge.
• Do a sign language alphabet puzzle.

More wonderful alphabet books:

The Angels' Alphabet

The Butterfly Alphabet

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

This is the Ambulance Leaving the Zoo

Eating The Alphabet

Allison's Zinnia

The Real Mother Goose ABCs

I Spy: An Alphabet in Art

Jambo Means Hello

K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo

L is for Loving/Let's Fly from A to Z

Mousekins ABCs

New Testament Alphabet in Rhyme

On Market Street

A Prairie Alphabet

Quilt Alphabet

The Racecar Alphabet

AbeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art in ABCs in English and Spanish

A is for Annabell

Underwater Alphabet

A is for Abigail

The Extinct Alphabet Book/Elfabet

The Z was Zapped

Lent~March 1

Fast

Don't rob your family of yourself in order to impress others. That's not impressive.

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Pray

Give your troubles to God who is infinitely powerful and can transform them.

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Give

Be Christ to your family today. Feed their minds. Fill their hearts.