tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post252534881004653983..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: Ideas?Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-15319384096256603352015-02-22T21:25:20.818+03:002015-02-22T21:25:20.818+03:00I was hoping you would have ideas. I like the pret...I was hoping you would have ideas. I like the pretzels one as I have a good recipe, maybe in a year or two. You also reminded me that there are so many parallels with springtime...flowers and new life and all that, after the winter.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-25409155723736669512015-02-17T01:51:37.106+03:002015-02-17T01:51:37.106+03:00Oh, just thought of another lovely one - for each ...Oh, just thought of another lovely one - for each good deed you give the child a seed (maybe a bean) and at Easter they can plant them all.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-66571913299803746212015-02-17T01:50:20.960+03:002015-02-17T01:50:20.960+03:00This IS a tough one for preschool, I think.... I ...This IS a tough one for preschool, I think.... I really think that it is almost beyond them (and possibly should be). However, with my older kids I just took them with me to everything - Stations of the Cross, all the many celebrations of Holy Week. I remember Aidan, at about 4, asking my why Jesus was hanging from the cross, and my desperately trying to simplify that whole Sacrifice of Christ for him....at the conclusion of the liturgy he had had enough time to figure it out for himself - he said, figuring I didn't know "Mom - he's there because they put nails in his hands." I was getting deep and he was looking at the laws of physics.<br /><br />At the Lenten Activity morning, we're having the kids make pretzels (pretzels were originally made to signify arms folded in the style of prayer of that day). We are giving them a little "path" of 40 stones and for each day they do a good deed they can color one. We are introducing the devotion, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, which does focus on the Passion. That's probably the main thing for littles - a special time to get close to Jesus through extra prayer, extra kindnesses, and giving things up for others. I don't suppose I'll even try with Monnie....except she may pick up something and wonder about it fruitfully....Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.com