St. Patrick's Day

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St. Patrick's Day

Posted by Holly Nelson on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Under: Tip of the Week

St. Patrick's Day is next Wednesday. It another fun holiday to celebrate with wearing green and decorating with shamrocks, etc... But do you know the whole story about St. Patrick? Go to the link below to read about him. Talk about him to your children all week until next Wednesday. There is so much more to him than just what the world has commercialized. For example, he used shamrocks to describe the Trinity~Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The Story of St Patrick

Kids love to have fun.( and so do I!). Here are a few ideas and link to other sites to get ready for next week:
1. Decorate with green. You can very inexpensive stuff at the Dollar Tree and the dollar section at Target.
2. Make green eggs for breakfast
3. Color their milk green for their cereal.
4. Color their mashed potatoes green at dinner
5. Serve a traditional Irish meal~ Recipezaar.com-( St. Patrick's Day meal ideas)
6. Make green shamrock cupcakes for dessert
7. Make crafts~ Family Fun Crafts
8. Print out coloring pages for the kids. Let them color as you read the story of St. Patrick. ~ Family Fun Printables
9. Play traditional Gaelic games and others~ Family Fun Games
10. Buy or rent the Veggie Tales movie that tells the story of St. Patrick. (It's in between the story of the sumo) ~ Sumo of the Opera

Whatever you do , make sure you have fun as you teach your children about this wonderful man of God.

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Holly Nelson

Arlington

"Let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a quiet and gentle sprirt, which is precious in the sight of God." 1 Peter 3:4 - "An excellent wife,who can find? Her worth is far above jewels." Proverbs 31:10 ~~ I am a stay-at-home-mom(SAHM) married to the love of my life, Jeff Nelson. We have five wonderful boys. Ryan(13), Seth(11), Ian(8), Noah(5), Luke(4), and Jack (born April 2010). We live in Tennessee on 4 acres. I grew up the first few years of my life on a dairy farm in Missouri and loved country living. I was saved at a young age by the grace of God and shed blood of Jesus during that time of simple country living. That part of my life is very dear to me. God taught me many things as a baby Christian that I can still think about today. Then we moved to Memphis when I was in the 5th grade. I learned to love the city life, too. It was a completely different way of life. My whole family still lives in Missouri, still does a little farming and simple country living. When Jeff, the kids, and I moved from the city to the country, I incorporated my city life with my country background. My mom laughs at me when I cut my grass on my John Deere tractor while drinking my Starbucks Mocha and wearing my fancy sunglasses. And when I am shampooing my carpet in my high-heeled black boots. I just love those boots! But I would love to share about how I got to be the way I am today, The Victoriously Organized Woman! I used to work as a supervisor at bank for years. I had to dress up everyday. After the birth of our second child we decide I should be a SAHM. One of the best decision I've ever made. But I made a bad decision, too. I hardly ever dressed up anymore. I hardly ever wore make-up. After about a year I looked in the mirror and said, "OH MY! Jeff has to come home to this!?!" He is so wonderful he said he liked me that way, "natural". Well , I realized that I didn't. It made me feel bad about myself. I felt disorganized, tired and stressed and a little "rough" looking. I felt I just couldn't get it all done. At this time I was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. I wasn't able to do certains things. Like mop the floor of my completely hardwood floor home that I was obsessed about keeping clean. The doctor told me I couldn't have salt, caffeine, or stress! "What?! Are you kidding!?" So , then I decided to change my routine,thought pattern, and cooking. I began to get up early, shower and dress, put on make up. Always being ready to leave whenever I needed to. I established routines that helped me eliminate extra cleaning and stresses. I was able to make more time for myself and make more time for my family. And the family had more time for each other. I made more time for God and others. This made me feel better about myself. I am so happy about how this changed my life I want to share it with everyone.