In the late sixteenth century the Christian world feared invasion by the Ottoman Turks. The Muslim armada was mighty and ruthless. Those who were not killed in battle by the Turks were captured and forced into a life of slavery. In a last ditch effort to stave off the inevitable invasion of their countries […]
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This is a quick and easy craft to help your children understand the wonder of the Ascension. You will need For option one: Ascension craft pattern Paper or card Glue Scissors Pencils, crayons or textas For option two: The Ascension image Card Sticky tape String A drinking straw What to do Option one 1.
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My four year old daughter looks like a healthy, happy, though lean, pre-schooler. Although she is perhaps not aware of full reality of her predicament she does know that she has food allergies and must check with mum before consuming other people’s food. Her allergies were a shock to us all, and had a fairly
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A perfect handmade present for a baby shower. You will need: Two different fabrics (choose different colours and textures) Assorted lengths of ribbon Scissors Dressmaking pins Sewing machine What to do: 1. Cut 2 rectangles the same size, one from each fabric. You can make the blanket any size you like, especially if you have
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This Easy DIY Bassinet Mattress Protector is quick, easy and thrifty. This is a sure fire solution for keeping your bassinet mattress clean! You will need: A bassinet mattress Waterproof material Jersey fabric (20cm by 150cm) Dressmaking pins and 2 safety pins Elastic Coordinating thread Scissors Fabric pencil or marker Sewing machine What to do: Lay
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My children were recently invited to become part of a sticker club which we accepted on the whole because it was a simple formula and required me to invite 6 other children to join and cost me a packet of stickers and six stamps. But then I thought, what about creating a ‘Holy Card Club’
As I write this post many of the blogs and pages I follow, as well as the catalogues in my letterbox, are all full of ideas for making mums feel special on Mother’s Day. For my part I have also been drafting up some simple yet unique Mother’s Day gift ideas to upload to
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We are often asked to pray for special intentions and I felt as sincerely as I promised to pray for these intentions I may have forgotten a few from time to time. In order to keep track of them I started pinning small pieces of coloured paper to a cork board/white board that I used
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One of the best compliments I have ever received is this: ‘Your children have beautiful manners.’ It’s the kind of thing that makes you want to jump in the air, like they do in the car commercials, and scream ‘hooray’. Because, let’s face it, it means that your effort is paying off! As much
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I’ve been called a lot of things in my life some nice, some not so nice and mostly true, but more recently I was taken aback by two comments on one morning by two lovely religious sisters independent of each other. Last week was the first week of the school holidays which means that
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