Tuesday, March 5

Living and Learning: March...

Faith
Prodigal Son
40 Martyrs of Sebaste

Sunday of the Last Judgement
Forgiveness Sunday 
Saint Patrick 
Saint Nikolai Velimirovich
Sunday of Orthodoxy

Annunciation
Saint Gregory Palamas
 

Homemaking
Take down winter decor and slowly replace with spring things
Follow Lenten Cleaning Schedule

Enjoy Daffodils and Shamrocks
Work on making a filling lenten dinners for our noon meal

Birthday Thank you notes
Plan Button's namesday celebration
Plan Father John's birthday celebration
Prepare for Pascha
Organize Sugar Plum's Pascha egg necklace
Plan Pascha outfits
Plan Spring wardrobes
Think about container gardening this spring and summer
Order Pascha candle

Knit my Tea Leaves Cardigan
Read Lark Rise to Candleford
Read Everyday Saints

Themes


Rituals
Begin building in more outdoor time on fine days... consider bringing life outside (meal times, reading, play, cleaning, etc.)

Special Days
Mama’s Birthday (5th)
Grandmama and Grandpapa’s Anniv. (16th)
Button's Namesday (18th)
Grandma Daria’s Namesday (19th)
Papa’s Birthday (21st)
Grandma Judy’s Birthday (25th)

Full Lenten Moon (27th)
Aunt Jenny’s Birthday (30th)

Learning
Practice patience and love towards one another
Tidy bedrooms each morning
Practice Being Still and Quiet during Prayers and Services
Learn the Prayer of Saint Ephraim

The Sign of the Cross for Button 
Lark Buns for the feast of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste
Lenten Lilies - Daffodils!
Festal Learning basket for Annunciation
Rainbows - Roy G. Biv
Shamrocks and Clover
"March Comes in Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb"
Learning How to Put Away Laundry
Nature table scene and book basket
Use Glob Paints
Make a rainbow of playdough
Play with Modeling Beeswax
Butterfly Lenten Calendar
Magnetic Lenten Calendar

Listen to Saint Matthew Passion by Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev 
Tidying up Toys after Play
Clearing the Table after Meals

Complete the Ramona Series
Nature Table Scene
Winter Book Basket
Watercolor Pencils

Feed birds
Polish wooden toys together
 
Weaving with Sugar Plum
Knitting Fork with Little Man

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