Boy stuff

Saturday after Julia's horse show Marc took the three boys to the civic center to see the gun show.  They met some friends and their boys and had a great time!

 

 

"Too close for missiles- switching to guns!"

One of the dads offered to take Marky home with them for some more playtime.  They had Marky and another boy from our basketball team over- they sent me a pic from dinner!  :)

I got the boys some pajamas from Pottery Barn to put in their Easter baskets, but Daddy saw them and he just couldn't wait to let them be "wittle match boys."  :)  They LOVE to dress alike.  Marc reminded me, "if you are saving something for a special occassion- don't show me!"  :)

A couple Sunday pics.  Marc and Julia sang in the Cathedral Children's Schola Cantorum today and sounded great! 

They sing in the back balcony where the organ is.  Julia was nervous at first, but it really neat up there. 

Because today was the fifth Sunday of Lent all the statues and the crucifix were covered.  On Good Friday they will uncover the crucifix and on Easter it will all be back with flowers and be gorgeous!

Sissy's horse show!

Today was Sissy's first "real" horse show with girls from other barns.  She had a great time!  This morning I had to figure out how to french braid her hair (thank you YouTube).  :)  I thought she looked adorable!

You know BB and Poppy met us there!

For this show she rode Swayze.  :)

She rode with one of her best friends!

 During the first two walk/trot rounds she won two 2nd place ribbons!  Go Sissybug!

 But during the jumper round she won FIRST PLACE!  And the girl who came in 5th rode the same horse Julia did so you know the rider won the ribbon- not the horse!  In the final round she came in third which added to her other ribbons made her "Reserve Champion" (2nd place) for the entire division and she won a gift certificate to the tack shop!

 He awesome trainer- Ms. Amy!

Proud Mommy and Daddy!

We love you Sissybug!

St. Joseph's Day

Today was the feast day of St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus.  We had a wonderful day reading books about dear St. Joseph and celebrating tonight with a traditional St. Joseph's altar and mass at church.

I read several books to the three older ones (Charlie was at Moms Day Out).  They colored pictures of St. Joseph.  

I had ordered that "Father and Son" book last week to save for St. Nicholas's day, but I opened it and realized it was PERFECT for today.  The whole book is written from the perspective of St. Joseph thinking "how do I teach my boy about the stars when he created the stars?  How do I teach him boundaries when he put the boundary on the sea..."  In the end St. Joseph realizes he has strong hands to help Jesus and that's what he offers.  Momma teared up a little on that one!

We had great conversations about what it must have been like to parent a child who was a sinless and Holy God when you yourself had a sin nature due to the fall in the garden.

 

Tonight they had a mass and a St. Joseph's altar where people bring food for the poor in honor of poor St. Joseph-

The ladies of the altar sodality made beautiful cakes and breads using the symbols of St. Joseph.  The lily is one of his symbols because it of the legend that he was picked among the single men in the House of David to be Mary's husband because his staff blossomed into a lily.

A Lenten dinner of Pasta e fagioli, salad and blessed bread.

St. Jospeph, ora pro nobis.