The Feast of St. Max fell on a Saturday, so we had grand plans that would fill the afternoon, since it's way too hot to do anything else. Well, we learned earlier in the week on the Feast of St. Clare that plans don't always go the way we think they will...And so it was with today as well, but at least there were no spills...only interruptions!
The agenda today included two recipes and several crafts: Ptasie Mleczko (our version anyway!) from Waltzing Matilda
Crown Cakes
Handmade Holy Cards
Beaded Maximilian Kolbe Chaplet
(all found at my favorite blog, Shower of Roses)
Birdie and I made the Ptasie on Friday evening, so it was ready to go. We just melted chocolate chips and rolled them in chopped almonds. Not really the traditional Polish candy, but the girls loved the idea! The hardest part was waiting until Saturday to eat one!
The crown cakes (one white and one red) were made of a 9x9 brownie that was cut in half and serrated at the top to look like a crown. (Ugh, I know...this one would have been perfectly gorgeous, but just more than we could do today!) The girls iced and sprinkled the necessary sugar color as I read the story of the vision of Mary offering the crowns of purity and martyrdom to St. Max. He, of course, accepted both.
Not too terrible to look at, delicious to eat, so all was well!
And then grandpa came by! Time out for a while to visit!
After grandpa left we were all prepared to get to work on the crafts. Our table was set with the coloring page (also from Waltzing Matilda) and materials for making our own holy cards (stickers, colorful papers, images of St. Max). Just as we were beginning, two little neighbor friends came by to see the baby bunnies that we are babysitting for a family down the street! The bunnies are positively irresistible, so we had to take another time out!
Not too terrible to look at, delicious to eat, so all was well!
And then grandpa came by! Time out for a while to visit!
After grandpa left we were all prepared to get to work on the crafts. Our table was set with the coloring page (also from Waltzing Matilda) and materials for making our own holy cards (stickers, colorful papers, images of St. Max). Just as we were beginning, two little neighbor friends came by to see the baby bunnies that we are babysitting for a family down the street! The bunnies are positively irresistible, so we had to take another time out!
Once back at work, the coloring pages and holy cards were completed and really turned out nice. Our regret for the day was that we were not able to get the beads out and bead our own St. Maximilian Kolbe Chaplet. Birdie has been very interested in beading her own rosaries and chaplets, so she was disappointed that we didn't have time. The bunnies, however, quickly consoled her!
And our work board looked quite nice as we finished our day.
St. Maximilian Kolbe, Pray for Us!
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