Last Friday we celebrated the Feast of St.Nicholas for the first time. How have I never done this with the kids before??? They loved it!
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The night before, I told them the tradition of
leaving a shoe outside the bedroom door. |
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| St. Nick brought each of them gold coins! |
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That wasn't the only surprise for the morning: the kids were
thrilled to wake up to some snow. |
After breakfast (oatmeal day, just like every M/W/F), we did some of our normal school routine. Without Mrs. N we have been gathering in the dining room to do our work, and we always start with going over the schedule for the day, prayer, memory work, and a saint story if we have one. I told them the legends and facts of St. Nicholas' life, and we were excited to learn that he probably helped form the Nicene Creed, which we are memorizing this month!
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I had some fun games and activities planned for the morning.
They loved this one, where you roll a die and draw a part of
St. Nicholas (hat, staff, head, beard, eyes, and robe)... |
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| ...then we did St. Nick origami... |
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| ...all under the watchful eye of the big guy himself! |
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| Sedric didn't know what to think of the snow. |
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The Highlights "Hidden Picture" page rounded out a nice
morning for the kids, and for mom! |
Same thing happened at our house. Sarah Grace reminded us that it was the night to set out our shoes. I crawled into bed, woke up at 11:00 remembering to set out my shoes if I wanted to get something this year. :) Last year I didn`t and the other 3 did and I was super jealous cause I didn`t believe them and they all got stuff like either shampoo or hair things and lots of candy. This year we got a chocolate bear and a $1 coin. I was pretty bumbed. :)
ReplyDeleteHey, a little sugar and a Dollar Tree shopping spree...that's not half bad, Tess!! ;o) Mrs. C
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