Remembering St. Cecilia in our own little way

Yesterday, November 22, was the Feast Day of St. Cecilia. It was a Tuesday, so I had to report to the office. (Although my dream to be a fulltime, stay-at-home mom is not financially feasible for us at this time, I am still blessed to have a work-at-home arrangement that requires me to go to the office at least 2x a week - thanks to my dear elders at Couples for Christ, who are so supportive).

St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians

So anyway, I left some activities for Tim and Rysse to do with their Ate* (yes, we have a helper now!). She has been a HUGE help and blessing, so yes, I'm not the "do-everything-by-myself-supermom" you may think I am! Still, I am AMAZED at the many homeschool moms out there who keep their homes, teach their kids and blog/work on the side WITHOUT any help whatsoever - hats off to you!

Back to the reason for this post. Hehe! I wanted Tim (and Rysse) to celebrate even in a simple way, St. Cecilia's special day. So what did we do before our regular storytime / booktime?

Play "Guess What Musical Instrument"!

How to play:
1. Choose an instrument you'd like to "be guessed." e.g. violin
2. Give clues about the instrument. e.g. It's a stringed instrument; it's made of wood; etc. (Then "act out" playing a violin; make "violin sounds;" etc).
3. Wait for your child to guess.

Easy right? ;-) Of course, it helped a lot that we went through the entire "I Wonder Why" book about music and musical instruments the other night. (We borrowed it from my brother).

We had so much fun! And didn't have to spend a single cent! ;-)

Prior to that of course, I told Tim it was St. Cecilia's feast day today. I was very pleased that he still remembers that she is the patron saint of musicians, which is why we played "St. Cecilia's Musical Chairs" at the ROCKERs All Saints' Day party earlier this month.

More photos here. Sorry for the blurred shots though! ;-) LOL!

So yes, homeschooling even if you're working is totally possible! Although, ideally of course, one parent should be home fulltime (Lord, please make a way for us in this aspect, hehe!).

Meanwhile though, we'll try to keep "injecting" our Catholic faith, values and teachings into everyday life as much as possible. In my opinion, this is what all Catholic parents should do anyway - homeschooling or otherwise!

Be blessed everyone!

- Tina

*Ate is Filipino for "older sister."