Thursday, May 15, 2008
Preschool Activity
I have taken care of children in my home for 25 years now. I thought I would quit doing child care when my youngest went to school and I did take a year off but found myself needing the income as well as missing be surrounded by children. God really has blessed me and my business as I am always full and usually have a waiting list. Since I do preschool with the children I thought I would share activities once in awhile.
One of our themes this month is "flowers". A fun thing to do is color the very bottom of cupcake liners different colors. Place them in a muffin tin and use colored erasers, beads or buttons to match to the colors on the bottom of the liners. Great for color matching and one-to-one correspondence.
A picture of me and a few of my "kids!"
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Blasted Chicken
No, I'm not mad at my chickens - hehe (since I STILL don't have any!) Just thought I would share one of my favorites ways to roast a chicken - easy and so moist. I roasted a chicken on Monday and we've had several meals with it and I'm about ready to put the bones in a pot to make a broth which will turn into chicken and dumplings or a soup.
Blasted Chicken
3 1/2 lb. chicken
olive oil
salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Rub a little olive oil on the chicken, season with salt and pepper (and any other seasonings you like). Place in roasting pan and bake for 45 minutes or until juices run clear. Let sit for at least 15 minutes before cutting - this is most important!
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
My Grandbaby, bread and a mouse!
I have so enjoyed spending the last two days with my daughter and new grandbaby. Molly has stepped into this mommy role wonderfully and I'm so proud of her. I'm really going to enjoy this phase of my life - I feel like a very lucky grandma!
Back to child care today and my first blast of reality was that I didn't have any bread! Now...when you have a house full of little children and no bread that is a recipe for disaster! I started the bread at 5:00 am and had two loaves done by 8:00ish! Oh how I love my bread machine!
Oh my gosh.....I'm sitting here writing this and I see one of my cats walking toward the house....with something gray and fat in her mouth! I think she's putting it on the porch just for me - how sweet (yikes). I better go get it before the parents start arriving to pick up the children - never a dull moment around here!
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Pentecost and Happy Mother's Day
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
on the Apostles
by Dom Columba Marmion, O.S.B. Abbot of Maredsous
The Holy Spirit appeared under the form of tongues of fire in order to fill the Apostles with truth and to prepare them to bear witness to Jesus. He also come to fill their hearts with love.
He is the Person of Love in the life of God. He is also like a breath, an aspiration of infinite Love, from which we draw the breath of life.
On the day of Pentecost the Divine Spirit communicated such an abundance of life to the whole Church that to symbolize it "there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they (the Apostles) were sitting."
But it is also for us that the Holy Spirit has come, for the group in the Cenacle represented the whole Church. The Holy Spirit came to remain with the Church forever. This is the promise of Jesus Himself. He dwells in the Church permanently and unfailingly, performing in it without ceasing, His action of life-giving and sanctification. He establishes the Church infallibly in the truth. It is He who makes the Church blossom forth with a marvelous supernatural fruitfulness, for He brings to life and full fruition in Virgins, Martyrs, Confessors, those heroic virtues which are one of the marks of true sanctity.
Wishing you all a very Happy Mother's Day! Blessings!
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
A Big Welcome to A Homestead Daughter!
A wonderful family who are a "homestead" inspiration to me! Please stop by and say Hi!
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/AHomesteadDaughter/
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