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Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is editor-in-chief of Catholic Digest and Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her …
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Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com and the author of A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms and The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also enjoys speaking around the country, is employed as webmaster for her parish web sites and spends time on various …
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Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their 4-year-old daughter, 2-year-old son, and twin boys born May 2011. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site …
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Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is a 30-something, single lady, living in Connecticut in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law and six kids ... and two doors down are her parents. She received her undergraduate degree from …
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Daria Sockey is a freelance writer and veteran of the large family/homeschooling scene. She recently returned home from a three-year experiment in full time outside employment. (Hallelujah!) Daria authored several of the original Faith&Life Catechetical Series student texts (Ignatius Press), and is currently a Senior Writer for Faith&Family magazine. A latecomer …
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Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Lynn Wehner
As a wife and mother, writer and speaker, Lynn Wehner challenges others to see the blessings that flow when we struggle to say "Yes" to God’s call. Control freak extraordinaire, she is adept at informing God of her brilliant plans and then wondering why the heck they never turn out that …
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Posted by Therese on Friday, Dec 30, 2011 11:30 AM (EDT):

Does anyone have any great ideas for the first January week back to school for first graders? Any ideas for Epiphany or something to get them back in to the routine, but still fun?

Posted by RMK on Friday, Dec 30, 2011 6:09 PM (EDT):

I second this question, but for preschool age.

Posted by Michelle Reitemeyer on Friday, Dec 30, 2011 7:33 PM (EDT):

When my oldest boys were this age (4 and 6), we made crowns out of construction paper and glitter and whatever else I had. Then I hid the Holy Family from our nativity set, and they marched around the house singing “We Three Kings” and looking for the Christ Child. {We still do this, minus the crowns, and I usually have a few small gifts hidden with the Holy Family.}

You can also spend some time looking at maps of the Far East and considering where the kings traveled from. And look at maps showing where the Holy Family fled to Egypt…look up distance and how long it might have taken them to walk there. Most Bibles have maps to make it easy for you. There are traditional house blessings for the feast of the Epiphany where you mark the year above the door frame using chalk.

Lastly, consider googling images of “The Flight to Egypt” or “The Epiphany” and look at some great works of art that depict these scenes. I like “The Adoration of the Wise Men” by Tissot and “Flight into Egypt” by Rubens.

Posted by Joan on Friday, Dec 30, 2011 6:45 PM (EDT):

How about another week of vacation LOL!!! I need a vacation from my Christmas vacation!

Posted by Kristina on Friday, Dec 30, 2011 7:50 PM (EDT):

DITTO!!!!! The whole family had a vicious stomach virus. From Dad on down to the 2 year old. This week was shot. Tomorrow will be the first day that no one (cross your fingers!) will be cemented to the bathroom floor. So if you start a petition to have one more week, I’ll be the first to sign!

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