This post is inspired by one of my favorite Catholic mom bloggers of all time (Lacy of
Catholic Icing and
Catholic ABC's preschool curriculum - just got our copy a few days ago, the same day we had
our first official field trip to an exhibit on Blessed John Paul II!).
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| That's me holding our copy of Catholic ABC's! Yahoo! Praise GOD after 1 month plus of waiting! ;-) |
Halloween is just around the corner, and I hope to be celebrating it with our kids in a more meaningful way, compared to
last year.
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| Last year we celebrated Halloween for the first time in the Philippines and the kids went trick or treat-ing at Valle Verde 1, where hubby's aunt lives. ;-) |
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Tim was dressed as a knight (I kept telling him he was St. George, but he didn't quite appreciate it. This year though, he is excited to be dressed up as the dragon-slaying saint, so we'll just be recycling his costume and adding a few more touches. Like a sword and shield maybe.
Rysse was dressed as an angel upon the request of her aunt, hubby's sister (she bought everything!). :-) Don't know if she'll be the same this year BUT if I have my way, I want to dress her up as one of those saints who were royalty. She is after all very fond of princesses now. If not, I would love to have her dressed up as her patron saint, St. Therese of Lisieux! |
Borrowing from
one of Lacy's posts about Halloween, let's check out what the word HALLOW really means:
Definition of Hallow: Hallow is a word usually used as a verb, meaning "to make holy or sacred, to sanctify or consecrate, to venerate".[1] The adjective form hallowed, as used in The Lord's Prayer, means holy, consecrated, sacred, or revered.[2] In modern English usage, the noun hallow appears mostly in compounds in Halloween and Hallowmas. Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is a shortened form of All Hallow Even, meaning "All Hallow's Eve" or "All Saints' Eve".[3] Hallowmas, the day after Halloween, is shortened from Hallow's mass, and is also known as "All Hallow's Day" or "All Saints' Day".[4]
