Sacrament Prep

While preparing the girls for their Sacraments of Initiation this spring, I came across a great craft at a favorite Catholic Mom blog.   It was a color-by-number and was fairly intricate to color in, but Noelle and I were able to finish it in about an hour.

Folding it in a zig-zag was probably the most complicated part, but the finished product...wow!  When you view it from the left, you can see a monstrance...

but when viewed from the other direction, you can see Jesus Christ.

The object of the lesson is that when you receive the Eucharist, even though it doesn't look like Him and you can't see Him...He's really there.

Pictures from the Twins' First Holy Communion

Noelle (L) and Natalie (R) on their First Communion Day, pictured with Fr. Adam

Natalie with Philip and Regina

Natalie

Natalie

Noelle

Noelle

Swinging

Today was such a GORGEOUS day!  Temps were in the low 70s and it was gloriously sunny.  The kids were all in shorts and flip-flops.  We let the wood stove go out, the doors were flung open wide, and we emerged from our cozy winter den to do some yardwork and detail/declutter the Suburban.

Even Philip was out, enjoying the day.

He cut his first tooth yesterday, by the way.  He's 6 1/2 months old.

Puppies Galore!

 A very nice lady we know invited us over to play with her puppies...she breeds dachshunds, and had two litters totaling seven puppies.

When we went for a visit, they were about six weeks old,
toddling all over the place.

Clare thought they looked like potatoes with legs.

Here is Noelle petting one of the mamas.
They were just as sweet and good-natured as the pups.

We could have stayed forever.

 Theresa couldn't bear to say goodbye.

Today, Noelle...

decided to teach herself the Greek alphabet.