A Late Holy Week Update

What a busy Lent we had this year. It was wonderful to be able to fit in some of the fun crafts and activities that we never seem to find time for. We had standardized testing, also,which worked out great since the girls were rewarded after working hard on tests.

We made Resurrection Eggs that told the story of Easter. The girls colored Seder plates and we talked about what the food represented in the Passover Meal. It was neat that Passover and Holy Week overlapped this year so we could tie it all in together. Kevin had a Seder with the girls while I was out one evening. He had roasted chicken, hard boiled eggs, matzo, parsley, horseradish and made latkes and matzo ball soup (which technically aren't passover foods, but the girls love them.


We decorated eggs the next night and then made deviled eggs with them for Easter-one of Molly's favorite foods. We colored and put together a representation of The Last Supper and talked about the meal as well as da Vinci painting (craft from Catholic Icing blog.)

Connie had her last performance of the Passion Play at the church. She did a wonderful job and really enjoyed the whole process. We were happy that so many friends and family were able to see it. She's looking forward to her Shakespeare play at the end of April and has definitely been bitten by the acting bug.

So after some early grumbling at the beginning of the week about doing school while every one in the world was off for spring break, we enjoyed a thorough study of Easter and Passover, and had a really good time.

Now with only 17 days left to school, we're finishing up our Grammar course, our Math books, about to finish our last Science chapter on stars and constellations (I can't say I'm going to miss the planets and space after a whole year of them) and we're finishing up the states this week (which I will miss.) I'm planning some unit studies for the rest of the year and busily researching curriculum's for next year.