Lent

We love our church and the liturgical year. Today we entered into the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday and we have a few fun traditions we have in our house that I wanted to share.

First we have our "Lamb of God." We use this to count the 40 days of Lent. Each day we add a cotton ball to the lamb until he is all filled up which means it is Easter!

Painting our crown of thorns. We made it yesterday and painted it today. Each time we make a sacrifice or do a good deed we get to break off a thorn. We do these good things to grow closer to Jesus during Lent.

We really love the Catholic Icing Blog and this is a calendar that she created. We have used this the last two years and love to share it with our friends.

Putting our first cotton ball up today. Sam wanted to do it too and was crying so I took it off and handed it to him to put up. I think I am getting these good deeds down.

Teamwork! He loves to paint with me!

We can't have Ash Wednesday without Mass. You can kind of see my ashes left on my forehead. I remembered the words perfectly, they say, "Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

Our finished centerpiece. The liturgical color is purple so we added a purple cloth and candle.

We also participate in an online program called Holy Heroes Adventures. They have activities, prayers, and videos to watch. It is great, if you haven't checked it out, you should!

We learned today about praying, fasting, almsgiving, and righteous deeds, the themes of Lent. We look forward to the journey over the next 40 days in growing in our relationships.