Welcome Back Buds!

It was great to see so many smiling faces, ready to dive into a new year of growing in Christ! Our first meeting was a success...although maybe a bit boring, as we had to get into the swing of things with some review "stuff"...but nevertheless, a great time to be together with all our Rose Bud friends.

We will be meeting this year in the school cafeteria because we have such a big group...27 girls! WOW!
It's not the most comfy of places but it gives us lots of table space, everything we need to get snack ready and the gym is right next door (which came in handy today as you will see!)

We began with Mary, Queen of Heaven coloring pages until all the Buds arrived.

Then we moved on to learning how to earn our September Cross.
This month is dedication to the virtue of faith and putting our faith into action.

The girls were very attentive and interested in their tasks for the month, especially the Marian Prayer Box that will rotate from girl to girl each week throughout our year as we pray for an increase in the lives of the faithful and an increase in vocations to religious life.

Then we discussed our next meeting, which is our first field trip! Already! We will visit the local Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis Motherhouse, bringing spiritual bouquets to all the Sisters there. We practiced a beautiful Marian poem and two songs that we will perform for the Sisters too.

After being such good listeners, the girls were ready for snack, which has become practically world famous (or at least town-wide famous!) for the best and cutest cupcakes ever (thanks to a very special Mom helper)! No, it's not Martha Stewart, but very, very close!

After all that sugar (yes, that rose is ALL icing!) we decided it might be best to run some energy off so... we hopped into the gym for a game of "Sinner, Sinner, Saint". That would be the Catholic version of "Duck, Duck, Goose"! The chosen "It" is Mary, who leads the chosen "Saint" to Jesus in Heaven! The girls had a blast! It's amazing how something so simple can be so much fun.

It was a great way to start our new year together and I hope everyone is looking as forward to the coming months as I am.

Keep planting seeds...