how to get inside the holiday spirit {{review, gift, and coupon code}}
Step 1: do not go out of town for Thanksgiving. Lap up the days & days of your spouse being home, roasting fires, knitting in front of said fires, and making sure the crawling standing six month old doesn’t hurl himself into said fire.
Step 2: decorate for Christmas (or whatever you’re celebrating) right after you’ve consumed more freshly whipped cream than your postpartum jeans thought were humanly possible.
Step 3: bust out your Holy Heroes paraphernalia and go to town catechizing your kids via CD and coloring books.
But seriously. Jenny from Holy Heroes is a superwoman I met at the Edel Gathering. I LOVED the Holy Heroes cd my friend Cynthia (check out her etsy skillz, for seriously) gave SuperBoy for his birthday but we needed something fresh. We were maxing out on Curious George books on tape (I mean CD, I mean digital file, I mean beam me to the next galaxy and back) and when I saw her booth I practically trotted up to her shouting
My four year old wants to be an altar boy so badly and is obsessed with all things Catholic–I need loot.
She obliged! She sent over the Joyful Rosary CD and accompanying coloring book AND the Best Loved Prayers of the Mass CD and coloring book.
Stop.
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Hang on.
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Yup. He’s listening to it right now. He repeats the Mass prayers and not-so-gently instructs his sister and cousin on them. Complete with practicing the EF in Latin, he now can do the OF in English.
Next Pope. In the house. Or very nice parish priest?
I love their Advent line for kids. I love their Saints stories on CD, aptly called Glory Stories. Get the Advent Adventure to get in the seasonal mood.
When the kids listen to other little kid voices saying the Rosary, they chime in more readily than they would if it were adults. They pretend so-and-so is saying this decade. It’s always their three (and fourth on the way!) cousins who play an unwitting role in their games. To hear my children say the Rosary, their little voices in the steady sweeping repetition of it, makes me tear up.
Postpartum hormones. Even so. It’s pretty touching when I ask them what they think they’re doing and they say, talking to God with our friends on the CD.
In true form that beautiful moment’s crystalized image is shattered by the screaming that happens when they both go for the coloring book. But we had a moment.
Holy Heroes is generously offering a giveaway AND a coupon code for you. So hustle on to the raffling & shopping. Adults: there’s a whole lot on the site for you, too.
GIFT: complete set of Rosary CDs! Coupon code: 10parents for 10% off your order.
I wish I could win! 😉
Coloring book choice would have to be The Childhood of Jesus though the JPII book looks pretty fab as well.
That ABC plush custom blanket is definitely on my wish list (though honestly I change my mind on favorite pattern DAILY).
From your shop….I can’t decide between a minky blanket and one of the leggings. And for the coloring book, I like the Childhood of Jesus one 🙂
The childhood of Jesus would be awesome right now!
My oldest will be receiving his First Communion next spring so the Bl. Imelda book would be perfect!
I just ordered a bib from you for my Thomas yesterday (so excited and it’s SO needed…he’s a drooler already!) but I was seriously considering the fox toddler blanket too. SOOO cute!
I love Holy Heroes! We are doing the Advent Adventure this year. We have some Glory Stories, but not the Rosary CDs, so yay! Since we are in the Christmas spirit around here, my favorite coloring book would be the Childhood of Jesus (popular choice). And from your shop, I love love love the little skirts!
The Life of Jesus would be awesome for my daughter!
The Childhood of Jesus would be awesome for my daughter! I would have to pick matching skirts for my daughters from your shop!
I love the products on the website! The Childhood of Jesus would be particularly fun for my girls. I also love all the new leggings in the Etsy shop! So many great fabrics, it’d be hard to pick just one!
Great giveaway!
Jen
I do love colouring!! I’d likely pick one of the rosary colouring books! 🙂
The Childhood of Jesus color books likes so great! And I’m dying for your leggings, or plush blanket, or knit scarf–anything really!!:)
Childhood of Jesus, perhaps? Or the Rosary one?
I would LOVE a large minky blanket for my baby due next month 🙂
thanks for the giveaway!
JP2, obvi!
Also, I’m just going to be really selfish and say that I am holding out for when you start making adult leggings. Cannot wait.
Don’t have a any holy heros yet but have been eyeing them! My daughter is starting to learn more prayers and they rosary cd would be so wonderful!
We love the childhood of Jesus one!
I really like the lemon blanket- baby blankets are my weakness!
The Pope Saint John Paul II downloadable one!
I would love one of these around my neck during the cold wet months here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/207343269/british-soft-wool-cowl-scarf-in-jet?ref=shop_home_active_14
Love this site. Can’t figure out where to start. Thanks for the lead!
Ooh excited about the Rosary CD! Not sure the almost-2 year old would quite get them yet, but they will be great in the coming years!
And leggings of course 🙂
I love the Rosary one!
And your leggings. If only my littles were that little and/or it wouldn’t be scandalous to send a 7-year old out in leggings and a tee. Swoony swoon swoon.
I love the Advent Adventure Coloring book!
I am loving your new skirts! I have two girls and skirts are their favorite clothing option 🙂
ooohhh… JPII coloring book. Definitely. And the British soft wool cowl scarf!! Ah, if only…
We love Glory Stories! (…and Cat.Chat, for that matter.) Between the two, I hardly listen to anything else these days!
The Childhood of Jesus would be a great one right now!
Those leggings that are coming in the mail!! 🙂
The Childhood of Jesus coloring book looks perfect for the season! 🙂 Thanks, Nell!
Oh, and the caramel tribal leggings for…me? 😉
I love all the Holy Heroes stuff, especially the John Paul II colouring pages!
I’ve always loved your lemon mink quilt, but my baby boy could sure use some drool catchers!