Thursday, June 24, 2010

Feast of St. John the Baptist

Today was the feast day of St. John the Baptist, one of our John's patron saints. I like to do something a little special on our family's patron saint days. This time in particular I did a little extra because John has been highly interested (one might say obsessed) with his fourth birthday party since he attended his cousin's sixth birthday party a few weeks ago. He keeps asking if his party is tomorrow, so then I explain again that his birthday is in the winter, when it is cold, and that is about a half a year away, which is A Long Time. And then John will ask, "Will it be snowing tomorrow?"

So today I dug into my party supplies, blew up some balloons, hung them around the kitchen with streamers, and wrapped our little gift for John.

He received a holy card of St. John the Baptist and a framed room blessing showing Mary with her Immaculate Heart, Jesus with his Sacred Heart, and a Guardian Angel. While it wasn't a snazzy toy, John did still say, "Wow! This is a wonderful gift!" Our boy is still unsullied!

Then I served ice cream and chocolate chip cookies (my friend Sarah's recipe, which contains things like bran, milled flaxseed, and whole wheat flour--this was the first time I tried using "white whole wheat"). We lit a candle and sang "Happy Feast Day To You." (The above expression was part of a genuine smile.)


I have been thinking of buying a plastic toddler slide of some sort, but tonight the kids made a slide out of a bookshelf and a little armchair.
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4 comments:

  1. ElaineJune 24, 2010 at 9:22:00 PM EDT

    I want the recipe for these healthy chocolate chip cookies! how did they taste? Did John eat them?
    Sweet that he was appreciative of his gift!

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  2. KatherineJune 25, 2010 at 6:10:00 AM EDT

    Elaine: Sure, I'll email you the recipe. John eats them and loves them. The only cookies I make are this recipe, your chocolate chip recipe (the easy ones), and peanut butter cookies in which I substitute one-third almond meal.

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  3. Sarah FaithJune 25, 2010 at 9:41:00 AM EDT

    Ohh I bet it was good with white whole wheat!!
    Dave & I decided we really prefer hard white for bread, too, but unfortunately I just bought 6 gallons of hard red berries that we have to use up first :)
    And Elaine, you'd never know they were good for you... :)

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  4. KatherineJune 28, 2010 at 8:05:00 AM EDT

    Update: When we had a family with their eight children over for lunch on Saturday, John and the other three-year-old boy bolted upstairs to play in John's room. Apparently the first thing John did was take down (from the shelf above the head of his bed) his holy card of John the Baptist and his framed room blessing to show them to little Patrick. I guess he likes them!

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