Mother Daughter Tea

One of our favorite Little Flowers traditions is the Mother Daughter Tea.  Every year is a little bit different but always lovely & a nice time to spend with Rebecca.

St. Therese, pray for us!



Mardi Gras

 We had Rebecca's Little Flowers group over for a Mardi Gras celebration.  Pulled out revised versions of the Minute-to-Win-It games from Andrew's St. Valentine's Day party & they LOVED it!  It was even more fun watching the moms compete this time, too.  I think the hula hoop contest was my favorite!  Everyone brought goodies to share that they were giving up for Lent (starting the next day) & we chowed down while we played. 

 Love that Rebecca has such sweet little friends & that they have such awesome mamas!

I hope we can make this a yearly tradition. Lots of fun!

Trunk or Treat

 My hunter, St. Therese, ladybug, & Anna from Frozen

 What?  You've never seen St. Therese with a feather boa?

 Helping at the Little Flowers trunk...

we gave out candy AND holy cards  :)

Little Flower

Our Little Flowers sang a special song at school Mass this year on the feast of St. Therese of Liseiux.  She is the patroness of our group & a great example of how to follow in the footsteps of Mary towards Jesus.  We sang "The Little Flower".  They did a fantastic job!  I love their little voices harmonizing together.

Mercy

 Our first Little Flowers virtue meeting of the year!  We learned about mercy, talked about St. Faustina, & prayed a Divine Mercy Chaplet together.  We also practiced a special song to sing for St. Therese's feast day.  What a sweet group of girls!

Sashing Ceremony

 For our Sashing Ceremony this year, our Little Flowers went out to the Marians.  We had the ceremony at the Marian bell tower which was dedicated on the same day 50 years ago!  (Total coincidence, too!)

 We have 39 girls this year!

 After the ceremony, the Sisters gave us a tour of the convent & grounds, led us in some games,

 put on a vocations puppet show, & answered questions.  It was such a perfect morning!  Excited for another year with these lovely little ladies.

Little Flowers Tea

 Every spring we wrap up the year for Little Flowers with a Mother Daughter Tea.  It's such a fun tradition.  Amazing moms & ambitious daughters help to make it a special celebration.  Here are some of our goodies that we enjoyed.  I didn't take other pictures of us eating... because we were eating! 

 We took pictures of all the moms with their daughters.  Sarah joined in the fun with Rebecca.  She's not a Little Flower yet... more of a rosebud.

 The girls made special thank you notes for their moms.

 We had a Cupcake Walk using the music from our meetings.

 They also did palm weaving & practicing of good table manners for prizes.  Rebecca enjoyed every aspect of it & we had a lovely time.

So thankful for time with my sweet girls & such a virtuous group of women!

Little Flowers 2013-2014

An inside look

 Our Little Flowers took a field trip out to visit some of my favorite sisters!  They gave us an inside look at life at their convent.  First, they practiced waking up with a smile...

 & a prayer.

 Then we did our daily duties with joy!  (I don't think they actually have dust mop races on a regular basis, but maybe they should!  It sure was fun.)

 We learned about how their seal explains important priorities in their life.

 Then we split into two groups.  The big girls went to make a snack for us all in the kitchen,

 while the little girls cleaned the chapel & the entryway.  Sister told them to dust anything that was wood.  They even dusted the bark on the plants!

 

 We took a break & enjoyed the yummy snack.

 We wrapped up the morning with sung midday prayer in the Chapel.  Beautiful!

Thank you, Sisters, for a marvelous time!

Industrious Little Flowers

Sashing Ceremony

 2013 Little Flowers Girls' Club

Excited for another year!