Catholic Education: Homeward Bound

Several people have asked me for book recommendations -- I do have a few on homeschooling. Kimberly Hahn and Mary Hasson wrote a book titled: Catholic Education: Homeward Bound that was first published in 1996. I read it before we ever started homeschooling. Mary Kay Clark (founder of Seton Home Study School) also wrote a book titled Catholic Homeschooling that I also found useful. If you are considering homeschooling, these are great resources.

Holy Thursday Art

On Thursday, the boys went to art class and listened to the passion (the Last Supper music) as they touch painted the Holy Grail and the table from Holy Thursday. They also drew with charcoal and crayon on the yellowish paper.

Our Easter Lamb Cake

Making Eggs with Natural Dyes

The pictures were loaded out of order. We're still letting the eggs soak in the lemon peel and orange peel dye in the fridge. Actually, we've got quite a few colors in the fridge tonight. J proclaimed this to be the coolest thing in the world.

Joseph trying to make lemon zest for boiling.

Sean making orange zest to boil.

Our first batch of finished eggs. From the top left to the right the egg colors come from: The Repub;ic of Tea Rasperry and quince tea-- makes a dark gray/black, purple cabbage (sitting overnight), purple cabbage sitting a shorter time, spinach, purple cabbage, red onion skin. The next row: coffee?, beet juice, red onion skin (overnight), tea, red onion skin, spinach. Last row: Rasp. Quince tea, beet juice, tea, blueberry, raspberry, spinach. The second carton has the cumin eggs and paprika eggs with various others. The colors vary-- even when using the same dye. Very interesting.
These eggs are blueberry eggs, red cabbage, red bush tea, raspberry quince tea (came out green in a second batch)

Joseph checking out the beet juice egg.

Sean with a coffee egg (after a short time)-- front egg in tea.
An egg that just came out of the red cabbage dye.
more eggs........ the red onion skin egg is the red looking egg in the middle.
Joseph with the lemon peel before boiling.

Sean mashing blueberries

Matthew taking a turn mashing.

Joseph mashing raspberries

Sean with the cabbage before we boil it.

Sean with a blueberry egg....