Our Cast of Saints - 2015

Realized that I never posted about our All Saints Day celebrations from last month - doh!

So, here goes....

All 8 of our crew dressed up as saints and we went to our homeschool group's All Saints Day party.  I was kinda pulled in last minute and helped plan and lead the games.  Not so hard to do though with all the great ideas on the internet.  Things turned out fantastic - great turn out and the kids had a blast. It was such a fun party!

Fone (Saint Longinus)

Mario (Saint Stephen)

Melody (Our Lady of Snows) 

& Yoda (Baby Jesus)

Ariel (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)

Max (Saint Joseph)

Pookey (Saint Wenceslaus)

Rose (Saint Zita) 

~~ St. John Bosco's juggling ~~

~~ Saint Nicholas coin toss ~~

~~ Musical Saints ~~

~~ Blessed Fra Angelica's Art Studio ~~
 




~~ Saint Anthony's Treasure Bottles ~~

~~ Saint Cecilia's Guess That Tune ~~ 

 

~~ Pin the Halo on the Angel ~~

 How blessed we are to have the saints' example, love and intercession and the beauty of our faith to remind us to celebrate their lives!!

++Thank you, God!!!++

All Saints Day

++St. John, pray for us!++

++St. Matthew, pray for us!++

++St. Anne, pray for us!++

++St. Elizabeth, pray for us!++

++St. Mark, pray for us!++

++St. Luke, pray for us!++

++St. Therese, pray for us!++

++Fulton Sheen, pray for us!++

All Saints Day feast and celebration

We had a few families over tonight to celebrate All Saints Day, and of course, we had to have Saint-themed foods and games.  It is so much fun to tie food and faith together!  :)

Here was our menu tonight....

St Guissepe's pizza 

(although it was not from our local St Guiessepe's since they are closed on Sunday....

 it was Pizza Hut instead!)  

Mother Teresa's Indian Pineapple Chicken Curry

Juan Diego's Pork Carnitas

Martin de Porres cheese and crackers

St Valentine's sweet treats (pineapple) and St Therese of Lisieux' roses (strawberries)

Juan Diego's salsa and chips

St Isidore's pumpkin bars

St Cecilia's musical keys

St Christopher's traffic lights

**For games, the kids played....

Simon Peter Says

Pin the Flower on "The Little Flower" saint

Saint Treasure Hunt

(We did the treasure hunt twice, since we had so many kids -One time for the littler kids and then another time for the older kids.  Printables can be found here)

**And then we ended by gathering in our living room and singing a beautiful Litany of the Saints (led by my brother-in-law) where we invoked the intercession of everyone's patron saints and the saints they dressed up as this year.  It was super cute as each child heard their saint and seeing them light up!  

++Thank you, God, for the Saints who have paved the way for us to live with you forever in Heaven.  And, thank you for friends who hold our hands and walk along with us on earth to help us get There as well!++

Our Cast of Saints - 2013

Our kids dress up all throughout the year, so Halloween is always a great hit for them.  But even more special is the day after and the celebrations that come from that Holy Day....  All Saints Day!!  We get to tie dressing up into our faith - how perfect is that!!!  :)

Here are the kids' choices for celebrations this year....

"St Kateri Tekakwitha"  (Rose)

"St Michael the Archangel" (Pookey)

"St Isaac Jogues" (Max)

"Bl Mother Teresa" (Ariel)

"St. Therese of Lisieux" (Melody)

"St Stephen" (Mario)

"St Ignatius of Loyola" (Fone)

Isn't this a good lookin' crew???.....

Here are the choices from last year.  And, here is our family litany of saints from this year.  

And, this post wouldn't be complete without including two of my favorite All Saints YouTube videos.  Enjoy!