A Picture for Today: A Librandi Daily Lenten Tradition

Good morning! I'm sharing today a couple simple things the big kids and I do every morning of Lent. Yesterday I shared some of the things that the kids are giving up for Lent. Well, we type their offerings up in a formal document, of sorts, including a prayer for grace and perseverance. We pray that prayer every morning and also add a sticker to the appropriate day on our "40 Days of Lent" calendar. We use the one found at the CatholicIcing blog. Sorry, I don't know how to properly link to them… but they have some great stuff!

Anyways, those are just a couple simple things that we add to our routine to remind us daily of the season of grace that we are in.

Love, Us.

For Today: Things Given Up For Lent

The big kids around here have made their decisions and the sacrificed toys have been gathered and placed within sight, but out of reach. I must say, I think they made some good, tough decisions. T gave up much of her baby doll stuff. D gave up some of his favorite weapons, all of his super hero figurines, and one of his favorite costumes. Sundays are going to be SO MUCH FUN around here!

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For Today: A Final Moment from our Fat Tuesday

Looking back, we had quite a fun Fat Tuesday around here. It included extra play time with things that would not be accessible during Lent, extra treats, and even chocolate milk and cereal for LUNCH! The crowning event, however, was ice cream with toppings before bedtime. Yum!

Luckily, Patrick was distracted and didn't beg for any. I didn't want to deal with a sugared-up one-year-old at night.
The four-year-old was enough of a battle!

Love, Us.

Today: Ash Wednesday

These will soon be ashes…

Blessings on your Lenten journey.

Love, Us.

For Today: David, the Working Man

Have a job to be done? Here's your man!

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Pictures for Today: Let's Go Fly a Kite!

It was REALLY windy here yesterday. So, David finally got to try out the kite that we got free off the curb several months ago. It was, in fact, a bit too windy… the kite didn't last very long. We had a blast, though, and are now determined to make ourselves a more durable, El Paso wind-proof, kite!

Love, Us.

For Today: Buddies

As you may or may not know, I am a horrible nick-namer. Literally, I think I am the most obnoxious mom ever when it comes to nick-names. And the funny thing is that I started out my mothering being very against all nick-names. Oh well! My poor kids will just never know their real names. 

However, my son David (that is his real name, mind you) has decided to just stick with one name for Patrick, and I love that it is what he always calls him. To David, Patrick is "Buddy". And they really are just that… Buddies!

Love, Us.