Lockdown Day 22. Happy Birthday Mother Mary!

The little man is a dependable helper in the kitchen. He follows instructions well and stays on task. His older brother prefers freestyling or adapting instructions! For example, insisting on grating cheese with all four sides of the box grater when you really just need cheese grated one way. 

I made Filipino Spanish Rolls for tea and the little man helped with the finishing touches. 

The rolls are "painted" with evaporated milk and rolled in breadcrumbs to give the buns an extra crunch. Yum.

It's the feast day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We sang a birthday song and had some sweet treats. And the children did a special colouring for the occasion too. Happy birthday, Mother Mary! 

The little man was initially not keen to do this, but our big girl expertly talked him into it by displaying all the colour pencils beautifully and telling him how Mother Mary loves blue, which also happens to be his favourite colour. As they coloured, she taught him about Mother Mary and Jesus too. She truly has a special way with the younger ones, our big girl.