The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Feeling the vibration of the bells ringing to the music
~Hearing my girlies, from the youngest to the oldest, joyfully singing carols by my side
~Seeing excitement of one girl lighting another one's candle down the pew to remember the coming of the Light of the World

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~The perfect night for Barbie and her friends to decorate the tree together...
~Chat with a friend while wrapping some presents...
~And get a little closer to what this season is all about

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~Hearing robins singing at sunset
~Catching a squirrel noshing on a tootsie roll
~Thea while putting together the Resurrection Eggs set, found the felt figure I put in there, and softly said, "This is Jesus loves me!" heart emoticon Yes He truly does my child, more than you'll ever know smile emoticon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 6th- A few of my favorite things...
~Girlies excited over the presents the Magi and camels left for them 
~Clouds, sun and snow mingling together in a choreographed dance
~Watching the sunset over Ithaca, NY in a display seemingly fiery enough to melt the cold away

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~Little girlies putting their shoes out for the wisemen's arrival
~Helping the camels fill the shoes in exchange for the extra hay
~Remembering that Jesus is the greatest gift one more day 

Winslow's Advent Musings: Occupy Advent- Day 6

Winslow loves looking at candles in windows.

They remind him 

to get ready for His coming,

 the Light of the world, 

Jesus!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 3rd- A few of my favorite...
~Moriah's "groupie" following at St Camillus...one lady knows all the girls by name 
~Felicity's excitement at seeing and greeting the therapy dog today at St Camillus...so thankful her fears are waning
~Coming in the room to find that Thea is sweetly rocking baby Jesus 

Winslow's Advent Musings: Occupy Advent- Day 3

Winslow loves the countdown 

to Christmas because

the best gift

is at the

end: 

Jesus! 

Winslow's Advent Musings: Occupy Advent- Day 1

Winslow thinks 

it is good to 

take time 

to be more mindful 

of the season...

...Jesus...

don't rush and miss the wonder!

#occupyadvent