Dinner: homemade burgers on the grill
Dessert: Death by Chocolate
Tuesday, September 30: Feast of St. Jerome--time to break out the old Bible
Dinner: grilled chicken and teriyaki vegetables
Dessert: more Death by Chocolate :-)
Wednesday, October 1: Feast of St. Therese of Liseux, Margaret Maire-Therese's first name day
Dinner: tuna casserole (little dinners for little saints)
Dessert: apple pie. Matthew was convinced that this was what Meghan wanted for her name day dessert. Sounded good to the rest of us, too. Didn't hurt that it fit right in with "A" week in our preschool program, either.
Thursday, October 2: Feast of the Guardian Angels, a feast for everyone
Dinner: spaghetti and meat sauce (I like to feed Patrick pasta before he leaves town for a race)
Dessert: leftover death by chocolate or apple pie
Friday, October 3: John's birthday
Dinner: grilled cheese and tomato soup, if you can believe it
Dessert: German chocolate cake (now that's more like it!)
Saturday, October 4: Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, John's and Matthew Francis's name day
Dinner: pizza
Dessert: cherry vanilla ice cream pie. Matthew chose this one, and it was delicious. You might think it was a break from all the chocolate, but no, it had a chocolate cookie crust.
Sunday: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday :-) John's real birthday dinner will be tonight. Steaks on the grill and more German chocolate cake.
Then, my birthday on October 10th: John took us out to dinner, and we came home to a dessert of Henry's Cheesecake: YUM!!
John's baptism day on October 11th: more cheesecake (what a shame that he had to eat leftovers ;-). That's turtle, carmel Heath, and a bit of strawberry swirl left on the plate.
October 16: Meghan's 2nd name day, the feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: 7-layer cookie bars.
I wish I had a 12-layer dessert for the 12 promises Jesus gave to St. Margaret Mary for devotion to His Sacred Heart. Maybe I can come up with something by next year. :-)
My baptism day on the 18th (also the feast of Saint Luke): Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch. Made with fair trade coffee extract, it's both delicious and politically correct.
Okay, I think we're done for awhile now.
By the 11th, John started asking, "When are we going to get a break from all this dessert?"
The kids, on the other hand, are now searching through saint information to try to make the case for additional feast days. Last Friday, Katie made heartfelt argument for dessert in celebration of St. Ignatius of Antioch because he was probably the name day saint for St. Ignatius of Loyola, who is a patron of our home school. Nice try.
And not a bad preparation for All Saints Day coming up in a couple of weeks. I think we might even let them win a few if they keep this up. :-)
2 comments:
I gained about five pounds just reading this!!!
Luckily, we've had nice wether and got out for some hiking, too!
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