Epiphany Celebration!

The Christmas season continues for another few days!  The Epiphany is a celebration of the Wisemen arriving to see the newborn King who would unite the nations!

We started the morning with our Wise Man Coffee Cake....the batter holds blueberry, cranberry and applesauce mixture and then to celebrate the wise men who still seek Him...a nutty crumb topping!

We gave one last clue to children to end our treasure hunt:

The wise men came to seek Him,
And we should do the same.
We celebrate the fact that His light will never dim.
Just as the men found Jesus, this should be our aim.
Maybe we could watch a show
Telling how the fourth wise man went with life’s flow.

We watched the children stand in shock when we showed them their first TV in over ten years!  Yeah...they have seen TV at their friend's house and Gramma's...but NOT at our house!  Most people would say we still do not have TV since we opt out of cable, but we can now watch movies on a big screen (oh...we were told a 42 inch screen is actual considered small!).  We also found out that our TV can do the craziest thing...PLAY MUSIC or our choice!  WOW!  Now I can play classical music while the children do their school work with ease!  Yeah...we are that family and I LOVE it!

I thought it was fitting to watch The Fourth Wise Man for the first show we watched.

We have not watched anything since that first first day...I am so thankful for that...I love our children and their imagination that is used to enjoy time together!

We went to Mass to celebrate and then we enjoyed an Epiphany event with our fellow home schoolers!  The organizer set up an Epiphany treasure hunt for the children after a dramatic reading of the Bible story from Matthew 2:1-12.  The children read the story in parts.  Then she had 12 clues with Bible readings.  The clues showed different numbers of objects (1-12).  I thought it was very creative and the children loved running around together looking for the treasure!  We ended with a Crown Cake and Star Cookies for refreshments!

Our Epiphany celebration ended with our family gathering for an Epiphany dinner.  Normally, we invite a guest for dinner but we were sadly unable to coordinate with anyone to enjoy with us!  God must have known we needed the evening to relax together!  The dinner theme was all about the number three!  Here is the menu:

Dinner Rolls with 3-herbed butter

Three cheese scalloped potatoes



Three proteins--Turkey, Ham and Hard boiled eggs ( a stretch but it worked!)


Three veggie medley of carrots, broccoli and peas!

Three citrus punch to drink!

Three types of cookies for dessert!

A simple fare after a full day of fun and celebration!

The Christmas season does not officially end until the feast of the Baptism of the Lord this Sunday!  Thankful for that as I finally got Christmas cards mailed the next day!  And I can still talk about Christmas on the blog without feeling guilty for the delay!  SO...

God bless you all during this Christmas season!  AND...

Happy New Year!  May you be blessed with God's presence in 2015!