Month of September

There was not much time I kept aside for blogging last month. However,I want to drop a few lines about my favourite month of September.

We had a visit to famous writer, illustrator,conservationist Beatrix Potter's land in Cumbria. She wrote a lot of animals featuring children books including the tale of Peter Rabbit.

                   Beatrix lived a typical life of victorian girl looked after by governess and away from parents.She had a deep passion to drawing and painting,which took most of her spare time. Thereafter, we visited the museum with lots of her illustrations and funny quotes.

 Hilltop is this amazing woman's time capsule.House full of tales, Hilltop and the surroundings is the inspiration of her stories, rhubarb patch where Jemima duck laid her egg and so on...

This is the palace where she celebrated her birthday and is missing time in the diary where she was out with her friends.

 Another day at home, Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, Lady Richeldis was brought to the place of Holy Family in the vision and Our Lady asked her to built a replica of the house in England just before Norman invasion in 1061. This shrine was built while later and it was destroyed during reformation.This was rebuilt long time later. We were very fortunate to have the statue of lady at home as part of marian voyage.

Children listened to the story and coloured some pictures and learnt the significance of picture,
following that some chocolate croissants were made, as this is one of the precious olden marian pilgrimage shrine where people come afar .

                           Geo and Theresu is cutting pastries and folding.

One of the important feast we had at home was Feast of Archangels, since it is the feast of of my son,Mich. Little ones were read out the story of Archangels and made some hanging chimes and  had a mini feast with home made apple crumble.It is the tradition of Michaelmas to make tarts with blackberries and have roast goose.It says blackberries are not good after this feast.Gifted some money to Mich as he is very keen in developing his little business. I learnt something new to say The chaplet of St Michael which is a beautiful prayer to say as often we can.

Space Chase reading challenge

The summer Reading challenge in libraries this year is Space chase. There are lot of amazing activities going around in libraries. Children took part in making space craft , solar system chalk board which is all about making own chalkboard with hilarious and fun planets from it. The magically magic show was a magic show happened in libraries, pulling a coin from your ear and making objects disappear.


              Making space rockets and astronaut. Geo is decorating rockets with gems and colored papers.

They enjoyed the hour and it was a good learning for them and on the way back they borrowed a few books from library.

Month Of August

Most popular month in the internet may be December. However, month of August is the favourite. Generally the weather is warm and more pleasant. Everyone can enjoy and soak in the sun while there is still warmth in it. Farmers, fruit growers and all who work on the earth love it since it is the month to reap the fruit of their labours. As Children of Mary. we look forward as well to celebrate the feast of the Assumption of our Lady on August 15th and on the following week her coronation as Queen of Heaven.

It has been a few blessed weeks in our family. My sister was not very well and asked many to pray. She has recovered amazingly and thank God for His blessing and for so many other things. Children took part in some of the reading challenges -Space Chase, no school, playing outdoor most of the time, time with our cousins, arise fundraising in Sheffield, visiting museums, attending Summer camps with FSSP, Formby beach,pottery


                                          visit to Manchester Museum.the current event is all about sensory play with water, 
paint and so on.

Munnu went for Summer camp with FSSP ,with lots of fun outdoor,games, hiking and time of catechesis.Now 
Annu is attending girls camp.

                One of the snap from last month, our Godson's birthday

As part of member of National trust, we visited Formby beach in Liverpool,sandy beach and it was a bit sunny 
day. Children enjoyed making sand castle and Geo was bit unhappy as he was packed with sand when finished playing in the water.It was the Feast of St Maximilian Kolbe who was a courageous and strong martyr, whom I was so inspired to read and listen,their horrible lives in the concentration camp,however,Kolbe was sharing God's love among others in the camp.

 

 

Stoke on Trent is famous for pottery factories and visited Middleport pottery yesterday for a play with clay event, made some impressions.

Today is Feast of Assumption of our Lady, you can find details of feast from archives.

Mid Summer days

Last week it was the Feast of St James on July 25th. He is one of the disciples who martyred for the faith and the body was brought to spain and was buried. The journey was a difficult one by sea and the symbol is a  scallop shell . The burial place is  a great pilgrimage which is Compostela in Spain. It was an old custom that children can prepare grotto and decorate with shells from the beach during sunny days.

Reminded of this , we went for a walk in Malvern hills in Worcester with Thomas family. Most of the children climbed the peak with Jobycha and that was a great time though there was showers on and off. Left there at 9 pm.

 As well as that, libraries are doing Summer reading challenge.Theme is 'Space Chase' for this year and Theresu and Georgu went for a space helmet craft workshop which was interesting and fun for both.